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by ccity88 2y ago
I would thoroughly recommend the Fall of Civilizations podcast episode on the ancient Phonecians. It goes into detail about life in Phonecian society, particularly Carthage, and its rivalry with Rome and ultimately the Punic wars. It's
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by ccity88 3y ago
So just of the top of my head, things that have made mainstream news in the past ~week; - A Small molecule oral cancer drug kills 100% of solid tumors across 70 evaluated cancer types - LK-99, potentially the first ever room temperature amb
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by ccity88 3y ago
I would love to use Firefox, Brave, even Safari, but I'm quite literally locked into the Google eco-system. My work emails are G-Suite, so having chrome means I can sync data from sheets, slides, docs etc. I stupidly moved everything p
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by ccity88 3y ago
Iris Alexandra's twitter is especially enthralling. Seems like so much discoveries and innovation happens from computer science to physics, chemistry and biology all from people with anime profile pictures.
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Consideration for the development of room-temperature superconductor(journal.kci.go.kr)
5 points by ccity88 3y ago|0 comments
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by ccity88 3y ago
I know this is a joke, but can we for a second take a step back to marvel at how we're now watching US Congressional hearings about UAP's, where the word "Aliens" and "Extra-terrestrial life" was mentioned seve
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by ccity88 3y ago
Signal is great, easily one of the best apps I've ever used. As someone who's privacy conscious, I've been trying forever to get my network of friends, family and colleagues to use signal with literally no success. Here in th
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by ccity88 3y ago
Kind of wild that Apple have built up so much of a reputation that you're calling it the 'best VR headset ever made' without it even being released yet. This just proves that good products are like 70% perception, and its why
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by ccity88 3y ago
I've been using pop on my 2017 xps for 3 years now, its amazing. Honestly the best linux experience
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by ccity88 3y ago
You don't just develop existential dread about climate change out of nowhere. First comes awareness, in this case the younger generation grew up being educated about climate change. Then you get exacerbation/increased attention -
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by ccity88 3y ago
Blender is what I point to when people tell me open source is doomed for failure. There isn't anything that comes remotely close in terms of features and ubiquitous support, and its free. Honestly the best example of open source done r
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by ccity88 3y ago
For context, this is part of a wider layoff at Amazon, with over 9000 job losses: https://twitter.com/zachbussey/status/1637826120216195075
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Twitch.tv Lays of 400 Employees(blog.twitch.tv)
214 points by ccity88 3y ago|222 comments
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by ccity88 3y ago
Its quite sad that ad-blocking is framed as killing this business. Surely it's more akin to a subsidised business failing to move to a more sustainable model? Don't get me wrong I love free no nonsense business models, but as Goog
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by ccity88 4y ago
Anecdotally, it's already being used in day to day life. My friends (who work in non stem fields) have been using it to settle arguments. My neighbour has been using it to ask for gardening advice. An acquaintance at the mosque used it
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by ccity88 4y ago
I got my start writing RuneScape bots too! It's such a shame because speaking to the younger generation (I call them the TikTok generation) they don't have the same experience with the web the way we did. For them, the internet is
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by ccity88 4y ago
Looks like the current news cycle is mostly pushing fanfare; everybody loves a good Alien story. It seems like the pentagon and US officials are also eager to hint that it's extra terrestrial activity - In reality it's most likel
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by ccity88 4y ago
>Most European countries have failed to integrate their growing Muslim populations. They’ve imported an underclass, one that’s going to be increasingly furious that they’re stuck in socioeconomic ghettos Muslim from London here - my fath
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by ccity88 4y ago
In my experience, it's the exact opposite. It's the first and second generation immigrants who tend to have more kids and who tend to bring in fresh labour pools, and therefore more business making and running opportunities. This
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by ccity88 4y ago
What's interesting to me is that if we're able to accept the idea that mass social media-induced illness can be developed just by virtue of video watching TikTok or YouTube, then this opens new doors to examining the behaviour of
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by ccity88 4y ago
I know HN will absolutely tear me apart for recommending this, but I use GitHub desktop. It has all the bells and whistles of the CLI, but you can actually see and understand what's going on. As a Junior Engineer, a Senior Engineer rec
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by ccity88 4y ago
Anyone condemning NHS England for these moves must look beyond current political/social discourse at the implications of allowing children who are unable to vote, drink, drive or any of the ""adult"" things to perma
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by ccity88 4y ago
How very pessimistic. We should never shirk technological progress for fear of upsetting the status quo or established agenda. All of this is only a matter of time away from emerging. Have fun being on the forgotten side of history
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by ccity88 4y ago
Yes and no. Hate speech can be arbitrarily defined, but speech inciting violence has a solid definition. There's a line between calling out refugee acceptance and questioning immigration to calling for all refugees to be hanged and for
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Epistemic Learned Helplessness(slatestarcodex.com)
17 points by ccity88 4y ago|1 comments
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by ccity88 4y ago
I think it's a reflection of our modern age that, and I know this has been said before to death, that authenticity has been chased out of the window. The social media of 2006 is gone. I can never see a viral clip and take it at face va
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by ccity88 4y ago
> Pulling the lever makes you a murderer instead of a bystander. Ah that, I'm not too sure about. If you have the means to avert a disaster and divert the trolley but consciously choose not to do so, you'd be a murderer either
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by ccity88 4y ago
I grew up and live a short 5 minute walk from Battersea Power Station - I have some fond memories of playing in the (admittedly quite unsafe) industrial estate around that area. It's quite sad to see what it's become now; as much
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Nerdle(nerdlegame.com)
4 points by ccity88 5y ago|0 comments
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by ccity88 5y ago
That's because a lot of these ""tech"" companies are just other business models in disguise. My especially favourite are the unsustainable business model food delivery apps like Deliveroo and JustEat, or the retail

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