August 2020 Archive
2071.
Grafana Labs Raises $50 Mil to Accelerate R&D Investments in OSS Observability (grafana.com)
2072.
I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing (2008) [pdf] (nickbostrom.com)
2073.
Prosopagnosia: The artist in search of her face (bbc.co.uk)
2074.
Atmospheric Water Harvesting (chemistryworld.com)
2075.
Apple confirms cloud gaming services violate App Store guidelines (theverge.com)
2076.
“Dark” Personalities Are More Likely to Signal Victimhood (psychologytoday.com)
2077.
How Do You Decode a Hapax? Also, What’s a Hapax? (2017) (atlasobscura.com)
2078.
New insights into “bradykinin storms” suggest potential therapies for Covid-19 (spectrum.ieee.org)
2079.
The Magic of Engineered Serendipity (beondeck.com)
2080.
Svxlink: Advanced repeater controller and Echolink software for Linux (github.com)
2081.
Should Google’s Ad Market Be Regulated Like the Stock Market? (wired.com)
2082.
The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce (1983) (esquire.com)
2083.
Internet Archive now lets you search through radio transcripts (datahorde.org)
2084.
Apparatus with Magnets (notion.so)
2085.
Show HN: Alan – An implicitly parallel programming language (alan-lang.org)
2086.
Cornell Notes: Take Effective Notes (models.substack.com)
2087.
Google Kicks Fortnite Off from play store (theverge.com)
2088.
Meet Mito: Edit a spreadsheet. Generate Python. All in Jupyter. (trymito.io)
2089.
Poetry – Python dependency management and packaging (python-poetry.org)
2090.
Pytov – C-like syntax Python (github.com)
2091.
Japan’s Entry in Flying-Car Race Takes to the Air (wsj.com)
2092.
Tesla Blown Away as Renault Dominates Europe’s July EV Sales Party (forbes.com)
2093.
Skyscraper design combines cryptocurrency mining with vertical water park (archdaily.com)
2094.
Trump's WeChat ban threatens Apple's smartphone sales in China (asia.nikkei.com)
2095.
FDA issues emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma (fda.gov)
2096.
NumPy another Iverson Ghost (2018) (analyzethedatanotthedrivel.org)
2097.
Low adoption of features and the sad realization (agyam.com)
2098.
Why professors are writing crap that nobody reads (newsin.asia)
2099.
Ask HN: What are the most interesting things in tech lately?
2100.
Chromium devs want the browser to talk to devices directly via TCP,UDP (theregister.com)