May 2021 Archive
5311.
Todays’s Guardian puzzle is about sneaky cookie pop-ups (theguardian.com)
5312.
Poor in Tech (megelison.com)
5313.
Google Docs gets social justice update, “correcting” you as you type (reclaimthenet.org)
5314.
Against being a “real” person online (genyeet.substack.com)
5315.
Blind Bipedal Stair Traversal via Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning (arxiv.org)
5316.
ACM suggested Computer Science Curricula [pdf] (acm.org)
5317.
Building Customized FreeBSD Images (klarasystems.com)
5318.
Exxon Mobil's Messaging Shifted Blame for Warming to Consumers (scientificamerican.com)
5319.
To the Brain, a Tool Is Just a Tool, Not a Hand Extension (scientificamerican.com)
5320.
EU agrees to allow entry to vaccinated travelers (lite.cnn.com)
5321.
Mathematicians Answer Old Question About Odd Graphs (quantamagazine.org)
5322.
The Anxiety of Influencers (harpers.org)
5323.
Perl 5.34.0 is now available (nntp.perl.org)
5324.
Zodiac Killer message known as '340 Cipher' solved after 51 years (cnet.com)
5325.
Hot Showers and Toilet Flushes Can Help the Climate (text.npr.org)
5326.
Seagate Specs the Mach.2, the World’s Fastest Hard Drive (extremetech.com)
5327.
Elixir Desktop (github.com)
5328.
“We scammed you guys, and you can't do shit about it” (twitter.com)
5329.
The Brazilianization of the World (americanaffairsjournal.org)
5330.
China space station’s giant robotic arm sparks concerns in US (scmp.com)
5331.
Ask HN: Any good resources for narrowing target market?
5332.
Belarus opposition says government forced plane to land to arrest journalist (dw.com)
5333.
A Fundamental Explanation of UAPs (uaptheory.com)
5334.
Back to the future: the story of Squeak, a practical Smalltalk written in itsel [pdf] (vpri.org)
5335.
AIs and Fake Comments (schneier.com)
5336.
International aviation industry roiled by Belarus jet diversion (aljazeera.com)
5337.
Facebook tried to censor posts about vaccine hesitancy (dailymail.co.uk)
5338.
Oracle Peddled Software Used for Spying on U.S. Protesters to China (theintercept.com)
5339.
When a Raindrop Falls in the US, Where Does It End Up? (river-runner.samlearner.com)
5340.
France blasts 'pathetic' attempts to discredit Pfizer vaccine online (reuters.com)