August 2020 Archive
2191.
Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power (2017) (nytimes.com)
2192.
Do countries lose religion as they gain wealth? (2013) (cbc.ca)
2193.
“What color is the Sun?” An example of science education pathology (2012) (clarifyscience.info)
2194.
“Rich People Can’t Stop”: The Luxe Quarantine Lives of Silicon Valley’s Elite (vanityfair.com)
2195.
Amazon Renames Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming (polygon.com)
2196.
Alberta government gives green light to Calgary-Edmonton Hyperloop project (theglobeandmail.com)
2197.
Chainalysis in Action: Justice Dept Demands Forfeiture of 280 Crypto Addresses (blog.chainalysis.com)
2198.
Why most doctors don't wash their hands (3quarksdaily.com)
2199.
Do-it-Yourself Vaccines for Covid-19 (scientificamerican.com)
2200.
The history of economic growth is a tale of cleanliness (economist.com)
2201.
Promised Land: Religious ideology and solarpunk science fiction (thenewmodality.com)
2202.
Ask HN: Do You Despise Marketing?
2203.
China will not accept U.S. 'theft' of TikTok: China Daily (reuters.com)
2204.
As Epic attacks Apple and Google, it ignores the same problems on consoles (arstechnica.com)
2205.
Show HN: GA Insights – Never Log into Google Analytics Again
2206.
'Street Crisis' team to replace San Francisco police on mental health calls (sfgate.com)
2207.
Dark triad traits may predict PC-authoritarianism and alt-right attitudes [pdf] (scottbarrykaufman.com)
2208.
Hartree-Fock on a superconducting qubit quantum computer (science.sciencemag.org)
2209.
Show HN: Open your stupid link in a safe space so it doesn't hurt you (ISOlation.SITE)
2210.
“Hiding” network latency for fast memory in data centers (news.engin.umich.edu)
2211.
Writing math papers in pre-LaTeX era (2010) (mathoverflow.net)
2212.
Belly of the Beast: Illicit Photos from Inside the Soviet GEV Plane “Ekranoplan” (rferl.org)
2213.
Graphene: Fast, Strong, Cheap, and Impossible to Use (2014) (newyorker.com)
2214.
Titan in Depth: Security in Plaintext (cloud.google.com)
2215.
Leaked Documents Reveal What TikTok Shares with Authorities – IN the U.S. (theintercept.com)
2216.
Amazon can be held liable for products sold on Marketplace, appeals court rules (theverge.com)
2217.
Writing a simple Python to C compiler: hello, fibonacci (notes.eatonphil.com)
2218.
Show HN: WebAssembly Calling Card – visual creativity with WASM (wacc.rancidbacon.com)
2219.
Your mind will not be uploaded (2014) (softmachines.org)
2220.
Ask HN: Can someone suggest an open source lightweight alternative to Chrome?