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Anger, despair, and defiance from a voice within the US federal research system

Posted by yunque on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:18AM
from the bmj.com dept.

https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r294

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The Nobel Prize for climate catastrophe

Posted by yunque on Monday December 10, 2018 @03:27PM
from the foreignpolicy.com dept.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/06/the-nobel-prize-for-climate-catastrophe/

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Brooklyn students hold walkout in protest of Facebook-designed online program

Posted by yunque on Monday November 12, 2018 @07:28AM
from the nypost.com dept.

https://nypost.com/2018/11/10/brooklyn-students-hold-walkout-in-protest-of-facebook-designed-online-program/

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The Twelve-Factor App

Posted by yunque on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @06:38AM
from the 12factor.net dept.

https://12factor.net/

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UK Dept for Education gets a failing grade on statistics

Posted by yunque on Monday October 08, 2018 @12:04PM
from the fullfact.org dept.

https://fullfact.org/blog/2018/oct/department-education-failing-grade-statistics/

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12 Guidelines for A/B Testing

Posted by yunque on Sunday October 07, 2018 @07:41AM
from the hookedondata.org dept.

http://hookedondata.org/Guidelines-for-AB-Testing/

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Researchers Discover a Pattern to the Distribution of Prime Numbers

Posted by yunque on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @04:19AM
from the motherboard.vice.com dept.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa8dw8/prime-number-pattern-mimics-crystal-patterns

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Research Software Engineer: A New Career Track?

Posted by yunque on Thursday August 23, 2018 @07:45PM
from the sinews.siam.org dept.

https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/research-software-engineer-a-new-career-track

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Chaff Bugs: Deterring Attackers by Making Software Buggier

Posted by yunque on Sunday August 19, 2018 @06:20AM
from the technologyreview.com dept.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611872/why-adding-bugs-to-software-can-make-it-safer/

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CS109: Ethical Foundations of Computer Science

Posted by yunque on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @04:00PM
from the cs.utexas.edu dept.

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~ans/classes/cs109/schedule.html

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Income Mobility Charts for Girls, Asian-Americans and Other Groups

Posted by yunque on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @03:08PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/27/upshot/make-your-own-mobility-animation.html

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Most common occupations by age

Posted by yunque on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @03:02PM
from the flowingdata.com dept.

https://flowingdata.com/projects/2018/occ-age/

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‘Deep Voice’ Software Can Clone Anyone's Voice with Just 3.7 Seconds of Audio

Posted by yunque on Sunday March 11, 2018 @12:48PM
from the motherboard.vice.com dept.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/3k7mgn/baidu-deep-voice-software-can-clone-anyones-voice-with-just-37-seconds-of-audio

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Genetically engineered maize: a meta-analysis of 21 years of field data

Posted by yunque on Friday February 23, 2018 @04:08AM
from the nature.com dept.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-21284-2

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FCC votes to limit program funding internet access for low-income communities

Posted by yunque on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @05:41AM
from the thehill.com dept.

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/360818-fcc-moves-to-limit-program-funding-internet-access-for-low-income

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De Blasio Announces Crackdown on E-Bike Riders

Posted by yunque on Saturday October 21, 2017 @07:10AM
from the dnainfo.com dept.

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20171019/upper-west-side/city-crack-down-businesses-enabling-e-bike-use

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Scientists' March on Washington

Posted by yunque on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:41AM
from the scientistsmarchonwashington.com dept.

http://www.scientistsmarchonwashington.com/?m=1

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AP: Across US, police officers abuse confidential databases

Posted by yunque on Thursday September 29, 2016 @01:08PM
from the bigstory.ap.org dept.

http://bigstory.ap.org/699236946e3140659fff8a2362e16f43

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3% of Americans own 50% of guns in the US

Posted by yunque on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @07:07AM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/19/us-gun-ownership-survey

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Walmart hired Lockheed Martin to watch its employees

Posted by yunque on Monday September 19, 2016 @01:29PM
from the uk.businessinsider.com dept.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/walmart-hired-lockheed-martin-to-survey-its-employees-2015-11

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Immigrants don't commit more crimes. Why does the myth persist?

Posted by yunque on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:50PM
from the latimes.com dept.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-bersani-piquero-immigrant-crime-20160906-snap-story.html

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Neural networks reveal gender bias in language

Posted by yunque on Thursday July 28, 2016 @01:33PM
from the technologyreview.com dept.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602025/how-vector-space-mathematics-reveals-the-hidden-sexism-in-language/

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Facebook is censoring some posts on Indian Kashmir

Posted by yunque on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @12:12PM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/07/27/facebook-is-censoring-posts-on-indian-kashmir-some-say

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Iran destroys 100,000 moral-corrupting satellite dishes

Posted by yunque on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @08:00PM
from the aljazeera.com dept.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/iran-destroys-100000-corrupting-satellite-dishes-160724202722493.html

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Mexican indigenous groups form co-op phone company to serve 356 municipalities

Posted by yunque on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @07:57PM
from the boingboing.net dept.

http://boingboing.net/2016/07/26/mexican-indigenous-groups-form.html

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China seeks to eradicate 'vile effect' of independent journalism

Posted by yunque on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @07:55PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/26/china-seeks-to-eradicate-vile-effect-of-independent-journalism

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Facebook admits its algorithms blocked links to Wikileaks's DNC emails

Posted by yunque on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @07:53PM
from the gizmodo.com dept.

http://gizmodo.com/facebook-admits-it-blocked-links-to-wikileaks-dnc-email-1784262270

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Brazil judge blocks WhatsApp over data in criminal case

Posted by yunque on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @01:42PM
from the reuters.com dept.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-facebook-whatsapp-idUSKCN0ZZ26Z

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Turkey coup: 15,200 education staff suspended

Posted by yunque on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @11:57AM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36838347

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