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Japan’s love affair with the fax machine (2021)
theconversation.com · Learning & ideas
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No. 170Unchecked
Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car
dealbook.nytimes.com · Learning & ideas
23.7durability32% evidence confidence
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No. 171Unchecked
As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail
thetransportpolitic.com · Learning & ideas
25.1durability32% evidence confidence
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No. 172Unchecked
TOML: Tom's Obvious Minimal Language
toml.io · Software engineering
34.2durability86% evidence confidence
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No. 173Unchecked
Hire people who give a shit
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27.4durability46% evidence confidence
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No. 174Unchecked
Make your Python functions return something meaningful, typed, and safe
returns.readthedocs.io · Software engineering
21.2durability32% evidence confidence
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No. 175Unchecked
Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $750M
robertsspaceindustries.com · Learning & ideas
30.4durability93% evidence confidence
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No. 176Unchecked
Apple R&D (1989): Mousing is faster than keyboarding, but users don't believe it
asktog.com · Learning & ideas
24.0durability32% evidence confidence
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No. 177Unchecked
New Mac Mini
apple.com · Learning & ideas
40.3durability86% evidence confidence
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No. 178Unchecked
Why I Two-Space
stevelosh.com · Science & mathematics
27.2durability55% evidence confidence
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No. 179Unchecked
Inflation rises to 6.8% year over year
bls.gov · Learning & ideas
34.2durability84% evidence confidence
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No. 180Unchecked
C++ and the Culture of Complexity (2013)
blog.greaterthanzero.com · Learning & ideas
27.4durability48% evidence confidence
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No. 181Unchecked
Why Not Mars
idlewords.com · Learning & ideas
31.0durability39% evidence confidence
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A vegan diet could affect your intelligence
bbc.com · Learning & ideas
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No. 183Unchecked
Reasons Python Sucks
hackerfactor.com · Software engineering
27.0durability32% evidence confidence
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No. 184Unchecked
MacBook Air M4
apple.com · Learning & ideas
53.0durability86% evidence confidence
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No. 185Unchecked
Law Enforcement’s “Warrior” Problem
harvardlawreview.org · Learning & ideas
23.1durability32% evidence confidence
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No. 186Unchecked
Why numbering should start at zero (1982)
cs.utexas.edu · Learning & ideas
43.8durability100% evidence confidence
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No. 187Unchecked
New Remote-First Formula and Updated Salary Calculator
open.buffer.com · Learning & ideas
23.6durability39% evidence confidence
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No. 188Unchecked
Why do recipe writers lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions? (2012)
slate.com · Learning & ideas
30.2durability70% evidence confidence
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No. 189Unchecked
The programming talent myth
lwn.net · Software engineering
24.8durability39% evidence confidence
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No. 190Unchecked
Your real biological clock is you’re going to die (2018)
hmmdaily.com · Learning & ideas
32.5durability70% evidence confidence
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No. 191Unchecked
Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency
theatlantic.com · Learning & ideas
21.2durability32% evidence confidence
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No. 192Unchecked
Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week
covid.cdc.gov · Learning & ideas
27.7durability55% evidence confidence
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Independent discovery12.0/20
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