566
318
Self hosting is important
https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-07-23-why-selfhosting-is-important.html
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497
203
How the Python import system works
https://tenthousandmeters.com/blog/python-behind-the-scenes-11-how-the-python-import-system-works/
397
177
Electromagnetism is a property of spacetime itself, study finds
https://sciencex.com/news/2021-07-electromagnetism-property-spacetime.html
384
129
Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended
https://twitter.com/Sci_Hub
350
116
A database with 3.8B phone numbers from Clubhouse is up for sale
https://twitter.com/mruef/status/1418693478574346242
323
99
Amazon Echo Dot does not wipe personal content after factory reset
https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/is-it-possible-to-make-iot-devices-private-amazon-echo-dot-does-not-wipe-personal-content-after-factory-reset/
291
470
Empty storefronts are killing neighbourhoods
https://thewalrus.ca/how-empty-storefronts-are-killing-our-neighbourhoods/
278
68
Archaeologists find ancient Egyptian warship sunk near Alexandria
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/archaeologists-find-ancient-egyptian-warship-sunk-near-alexandria/
270
134
K-9 Mail is back
https://k9mail.app/2021/07/24/K-9-Mail-is-back
259
260
Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed
https://insidemedicine.bulletin.com/2977384169199489/
251
246
Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00324-2/fulltext
240
223
China bans for-profit school tutoring in sweeping overhaul
https://www.bloombergquint.com/markets/china-bans-school-curriculum-tutoring-firms-from-going-public
212
66
Fun with Unix domain sockets
https://simonwillison.net/2021/Jul/13/unix-domain-sockets/
210
The Highest Forms of Wealth
https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-highest-forms-of-wealth/
197
137
Choose whether Search can show you personal results based on your Google Account
https://www.google.com/setting/search/privateresults/
8
Steven Weinberg has died
https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=12413
196
69
CudaText: Cross-platform code editor
https://cudatext.github.io/
193
136
Form Energy reveals the chemistry of its long-duration battery
https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/worlds-cheapest-energy-storage-will-be-an-iron-air-battery-says-jeff-bezos-backed-start-up/2-1-1044174
180
150
Half of US states now using facial recognition to vet unemployment claims
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/tech/idme-unemployment-facial-recognition/index.html
173
161
Is Norway the New East India Company?
https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/is-norway-the-new-east-india-company
171
175
HiveNightmare a.k.a. SeriousSAM – anybody can read the registry in Windows 10
https://doublepulsar.com/hivenightmare-aka-serioussam-anybody-can-read-the-registry-in-windows-10-7a871c465fa5
166
22
https://twitter.com/johncarlosbaez/status/1418804320611364867
163
21
Inserting 130M SQLite rows per minute from a scripting language
https://blog.metaobject.com/2021/07/inserting-130m-sqlite-rows-per.html
220
Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California Are Exhausting Aquifers
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/22/1019483661/without-enough-water-to-go-around-farmers-in-california-are-exhausting-aquifers
204
Rust for Linux redux
https://lwn.net/Articles/862018/
152
50
Registry Explorer: Replacement for the Windows Built-In Regedit.exe Tool
https://github.com/zodiacon/RegExp
151
52
Neofetch: Command-line system information tool written in bash
https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch
27
Beneath Istanbul, Archaeologists Explore an Ancient City's Byzantine Basements
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/23/1016814868/beneath-istanbul-archaeologists-explore-an-ancient-citys-byzantine-basements
147
142
Mixed Reality with Passthrough
https://developer.oculus.com/blog/mixed-reality-with-passthrough/
146
106
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA's Europa Clipper to icy Jupiter moon
https://www.space.com/nasa-picks-spacex-falcon-heavy-for-europa-clipper-launch
139
37
Open Decision-Making (2014)
https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/decisions.php
55
Amiga 2000 EATX PCB
https://github.com/jasonsbeer/Amiga-2000-ATX
76
What did the ancient Romans eat?
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210719-what-did-the-ancient-romans-eat
135
185
California moves to cut off water to thousands of farmers
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/water-and-drought/article252986953.html
77
Colombia boosts budding cannabis industry by removing ban on dry flower exports
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-boosts-budding-cannabis-industry-by-removing-ban-dry-flower-exports-2021-07-23/
71
Deduplicating Archiver with Compression and Encryption
https://www.borgbackup.org
133
45
New algorithm flies drones faster than human racing pilots
https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2021/Drone-Race.html
132
80
A crucial idea for silicon PV cells was excluded by a patent for 20 years
https://theconversation.com/the-sunlight-that-powers-solar-panels-also-damages-them-gallium-doping-is-providing-a-solution-164935
128
81
NSO Group CEO says law-abiding citizens have 'nothing to be afraid of'
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/23/nso-group-ceo-says-law-abiding-citizens-have-nothing-to-be-afraid-of
123
Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi
https://github.com/alexellis/growlab/
114
89
Hobson's Browser: How Apple, Facebook and Google broke the mobile browser market
https://infrequently.org/2021/07/hobsons-browser/
111
EV startup Rivian announces $2.5B funding round led by Amazon, Ford
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ev-startup-rivian-announces-25-bln-funding-round-led-by-amazon-ford-2021-07-23/
10
Elixir: Practical Concurrency Cookbook
https://functional.works-hub.com/learn/elixir-practical-concurrency-3794f
109
25
Super MIDI Pak – Use Your SNES as a MIDI Synthesizer
https://www.supermidipak.com/
108
4
Cloudflare's Handling of an RCE Vulnerability in Cdnjs
https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflares-handling-of-an-rce-vulnerability-in-cdnjs/
26
LeVar Burton: 'Jeopardy ' host gig began 'scary,' ended fun
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/levar-burton-jeopardy-host-gig-began-scary-ended-79018577
78
NYC mental health response teams show better results than police
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/23/1019704823/police-mental-health-crisis-calls-new-york-city
23
Prioritizing everything is prioritizing nothing
https://blog.drgriffin.com.au/posts/2021-07-12-prioritizing-everything-is-prioritizing-nothing.html
98
57
The Hyper-Specialist Shops of Berlin (2019)
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/apr/29/are-the-hyper-specialist-shops-of-berlin-the-future-of-retail
96
40
Elite Romans decorated their floors with garbage
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-in-profane-museum-vatican
93
“Tivoization” and Your Right to Install Under Copyleft
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jul/23/tivoization-and-the-gpl-right-to-install/
88
41
A Fun List of Browsers
https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/a-fun-list-of-browsers-youve-never-heard-of/
87
19
A Tour of the Fuchsia Operating System [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIT1ISCioDY
86
Flying Only with the Heat of the Sun
https://www.notechmagazine.com/2021/07/flying-only-with-the-heat-of-the-sun.html
The Galileo Project: Daring to Look Through New Telescopes
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/activities
79
9
28 Books recommended by open source technologists
https://opensource.com/article/21/7/open-source-books
48
Oregon Trail Generation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials
36
Emulator dev who was bullied online dies by suicide. 'This stuff really hurts.'
https://news.yahoo.com/respected-developer-died-suicide-experts-165758039.html
12
How JavaScript works: an overview of the engine, the runtime, and the call stack
https://blog.sessionstack.com/how-does-javascript-actually-work-part-1-b0bacc073cf
75
62
Longer interval between Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine doses boosts immunity
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2021/07/pfizervaccineimmunity/
83
Are locally produced solar modules the future?
https://www.dw.com/en/high-tech-photovoltaics-solar-panels-produced-at-home/a-58239791
Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California Are Exhausting Aquifers