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Water Cooler / Re: Maersk Selected to Deploy World’s First Large-Scale Ocean Plastic Cleanup System

« on: December 12, 2019, 10:48:26 PM »

The Ocean Cleanup device returns with plastic
https://www.fastcompany.com/90441278/the-ocean-cleanup-device-has-returned-from-the-pacific-garbage-patch-with-its-first-load-of-plastic

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Water Cooler / Re: For the lolz.

« on: December 12, 2019, 09:15:35 PM »

https://i.imgur.com/a1fnPQn.gifv

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Hardware & Technology / Marissa Mayer is launching a new project: Lumi Labs

« on: December 12, 2019, 05:46:56 PM »

https://www.fastcompany.com/90429893/marissa-mayers-new-project-is-a-suite-of-time-saving-apps

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Traffic / Top 10 health questions America asked Dr. Google in 2019

« on: December 12, 2019, 04:26:23 PM »

TL;DR

How to lower blood pressure
What is keto?
How to get rid of hiccups
How long does the flu last?
What causes hiccups?
What causes kidney stones?
What is HPV?
How to lower cholesterol
How many calories should I eat a day?
How long does alcohol stay in your system?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/12/health/health-questions-trending-google-2019-trnd/index.html

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Water Cooler / The Elder Index

« on: December 05, 2019, 11:57:29 PM »

Turning gray and into the red: The true cost of growing old in America
http://theconversation.com/turning-gray-and-into-the-red-the-true-cost-of-growing-old-in-america-127162

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Hardware & Technology / Re: Python libraries caught stealing SSH and GPG keys

« on: December 05, 2019, 11:48:07 PM »

Machine-raiding Python libraries squashed by community – Naked Security
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/12/05/machine-raiding-python-libraries-squashed-by-community/

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Web Development / Re: How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a web developer

« on: December 05, 2019, 11:20:00 PM »

You really, really see this when you run ScriptSafe or similar. Many big dog sites have 20-25+ 3rd party sources. Some belong to them, though often with cryptic domains. Others are tracking & analytics. And still others are WTF-Is-That? Sometimes I have to allow 6-8 sources just to roughly render the page enough to read and see pix.

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Traffic / Re: Larry Page steps down as CEO of Alphabet

« on: December 04, 2019, 01:22:52 PM »

“Nothing in the Page/Brin announcement says anything about a divestiture or relinquishing of the voting control,” tweeted Luther Lowe, the Yelp lobbyist and professional Alphabet antagonist. “The fact remains: Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the most powerful and least accountable humans on the planet.”

Larry Page is the tech world’s Dr. Manhattan
https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/12/4/20993633/larry-page-sergey-brin-quit-google-dr-manhattan-watchmen-strained-metaphor

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