May 2021 Archive
1291.
Just Say No to Paxos Overhead: Replacing Consensus with Network Ordering (2016) (usenix.org)
1292.
Bootstrapping an Amiga without a bootable floppy (rvalles.net)
1293.
Sail-pro – Simulation and modelling environment for virtual sailing (github.com)
1294.
Indonesia coral reef partially restored in extensive project (forbes.com)
1295.
The search for a perfect access control system (goteleport.com)
1296.
Americans are on the move, but their stuff doesn’t always follow (wsj.com)
1297.
Facebook, Twitter & Instagram can be banned in India tomorrow for non-compliance (businesstoday.in)
1298.
Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1 (blog.mozilla.org)
1299.
Longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Portugal (reuters.com)
1300.
Andrew Ng says AI has a proof-of-concept-to-production gap (spectrum.ieee.org)
1301.
Rust 1.52.0 (blog.rust-lang.org)
1302.
It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency (twitter.com)
1303.
UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly high or low (overcomingbias.com)
1304.
FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for kids age 12 to 15 (nytimes.com)
1305.
Tesla Continues to Walk Back Full Self-Driving Claims (mindmatters.ai)
1306.
Mild Covid-19 induces lasting antibody protection (medicine.wustl.edu)
1307.
Winding down of Alphabet’s Loon causes job cuts (mercurynews.com)
1308.
E-Prime – English without the verb “to be” (en.wikipedia.org)
1309.
One of the World’s Longest-Running Experiments Sends Up Sprouts (nytimes.com)
1310.
As Amazon deforestation hits 12 year high, France rejects Brazilian soy (news.mongabay.com)
1311.
FemtoStar: Taking Aim for the Stars (pine64.org)
1312.
Launch HN: Curvenote (YC W21) – Collaborative writing tools for science
1313.
Open sourcing Pixie under Apache 2.0 license (blog.px.dev)
1314.
SpaceX ISS Docking Simulator Autopilot in Elixir (github.com)
1315.
Coded Illustrations (zachlieberman.medium.com)
1316.
Maxwell’s Demon Continues to Startle Scientists (nautil.us)
1317.
Old disease names frequently found on death certificates (usgennet.org)
1318.
Potemkin Data Science (2020) (mcorrell.medium.com)
1319.
A unified theory of low/no code and middleware (mslotnick.substack.com)
1320.
Show HN: Ninjabot – A fast cryptocurrency bot implemented in Go (github.com)