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- Life in a post-database world: using crypto to avoid DB writes https://neosmart.net/blog/2015/using-hmac-signatures-to-avoid-database-writes/ 20 comments databases , security
- I've used Vim my whole life and want to give Emacs a shot. https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5b7hjj/ive_used_vim_my_whole_life_and_want_to_give_emacs/ 41 comments emacs
- Does using a VPN kill battery life? https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/4y4w51/does_using_a_vpn_kill_battery_life/ 17 comments apple
- I built Conway's Game of Life using JavaScript + Canvas, but added game elements and a win condition https://thomashunter.name/games/strategic-game-of-life/ 18 comments javascript
- RBI using Instagram filters in real life. https://i.redd.it/ip9slvrefaiz.jpg 120 comments india
- Square Genes. Game of Life using genes. With source code. http://leverlabs.io/blog20160714/ 8 comments programming
- Senator Uses Farm Bill To Ban Some Ex-Convicts From Food Stamps For Life http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/05/23/2053351/senator-uses-farm-bill-to-ban-some-ex-convicts-from-food-stamps-for-life/?mobile=nc 11 comments politics
- Life insurance question- why not use life settlements? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/7uiv4r/life_insurance_question_why_not_use_life/ 4 comments personalfinance
- Evidence seems to correlate obesity with use of antibiotics early in life by changing digestive tract bacteria. http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ijo2012132a.html 34 comments science
- Neil deGrasse Tyson on the "science should be used to improve life" argument http://www.pagef30.com/2011/02/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-science-should.html 524 comments science
- Buying a Used Car? A new Airbag Scam May Cost You Your Life http://www.autoadviceoffl.com/florida-cars 16 comments reddit.com
- Free Narcan/Naloxone (drug used to counteract opiate overdose) for Everyone! Help save a life. https://nextdistro.org/naloxone 168 comments internetisbeautiful
- The Search for Intelligent Life Heads Underwater - Researchers are using AI to try to communicate with whales. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/10/someday-we-might-really-be-able-talk-whales/620552/ 112 comments futurology
- ‘I think there’s life out there’: powerful radio antenna used for first time to find exoplanets https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/12/i-think-theres-life-out-there-powerful-radio-antenna-used-for-first-time-to-find-exoplanets 10 comments space
- Opening a brokerage account - Should I use target retirement funds or life strategy funds? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/jvgdav/opening_a_brokerage_account_should_i_use_target/ 13 comments personalfinance
- PSA for newcomers: Bitcoin Cash is the commerce-friendly branch of Bitcoin. We strongly believe in fostering Bitcoin as a currency used in day-to-day life, and encourage you to spend your BCH. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/7aeodv/psa_for_newcomers_bitcoin_cash_is_the/ 152 comments btc
- This is how I use Todoist to manage my bucket list and assign 'personal values' to my life goals https://medium.com/@bullcityrob/organizing-long-term-goals-with-todoist-4b0406e00716#.9sd6lilyr 11 comments productivity
- This American Life did a great episode on software patents—petition them to help out by using Ogg Vorbis! http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/tal-patents/petition 9 comments linux
- TIL, F1 used the same font for their timing graphics in 2010-14 as the one used on German road signs and... Half-Life 2 https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/78lkh7/til_f1_used_the_same_font_for_their_timing/ 37 comments formula1
- Using thought experiments to examine three different theories about what makes a good life (PhilosophYe) http://www.philosophye.com/2017/05/welcome-to-good-life.html 11 comments philosophy
- How those few minutes you use to play with your phone or watch TV can be pivotal to your life http://www.lishennair.com/2013/02/15-pivotal-minutes.html 4 comments productivity
- "It's hard to say that using marijuana will ruin your life when the last three American presidents are admitted marijuana users" http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090508/ts_csm/apot 408 comments politics
- To Save Weight, Airline Removes All Life Vests From Airplanes - says "passengers can use seat cusions as floation devices" http://www.kirotv.com/money/17325477/detail.html 2 comments reddit.com
- TIL Stephen Hawking was using an emulated version of his voice machine (the CallText 5010) on a Raspberry Pi for the last couple of months of his life. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/The-Silicon-Valley-quest-to-preserve-Stephen-12759775.php 34 comments raspberry_pi
- Straight up, with a twist: New model suggests that homochirality can be used as a universal signature of life http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/crwi-suw101315.php 8 comments science
- TIL due to injuries sustained by Johnny Unitas during his playing career, he was unable to use his right hand during the later years of his life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/johnny_unitas#post-playing_days 3 comments nfl
- Cornell astronomers, using data from the NASA Kepler Mission, have identified three Earthlike planets orbiting their own suns, all of which could be hospitable to life http://phys.org/news/2012-04-astronomers-extrasolar-planets.html 24 comments science
- A guy tries to make his house fly using balloons and SUCCEEDS!... Well, not really, but here is the "Up" house in real life, in the middle of a city. http://timetokickass.com/?p=71 3 comments reddit.com
- If you ever used drugs at any point in your life, you may be banned from entering the United States on account of “moral turpitude” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/23/ar2008032301953.html 25 comments politics
- Study suggests ovary removal pre-menopause, especially under 40, leads to decreased white matter integrity in brain regions later in life. However, 80% of those with ovary removal used estrogen replacement therapy, making it unclear if post-ovary removal estrogen therapy offsets white matter effects https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.13852 14 comments science
- Antidepressants use during development linked to reduced sexual desire in women - "Previous research demonstrated that the negative effects of antidepressants on sexual life can last even after the treatment ceases." https://www.psypost.org/2020/04/antidepressants-use-during-development-linked-to-reduced-sexual-desire-in-women-56465 16 comments science
- Herpes Virus Decoded. The genome of the herpes simplex virus 1 was decoded using new methods. Hundreds of previously unknown gene products were found. The virus causes lip herpes, but can also be life-threatening. https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/herpes-virus-decoded/ 185 comments science
- Filthy lucre: Paper money shunned for fear of virus spread — A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over their useful life, could be a vector for the spreading coronavirus. https://abcnews.go.com/business/wirestory/filthy-lucre-paper-money-shunned-fear-virus-spread-69702909 34 comments worldnews
- TIL: Once PM Nehru jumped into a riot at Chandni Chowk, Delhi and saved a Muslim tailor's life by using a policeman's lathi https://scroll.in/article/742827/the-nehru-whom-todays-india-does-not-know 85 comments india
- Pro-lifers are using civil rights protections to lobby against early abortions. New pro-life strategies to restrict abortion include quoting laws designed to protect slaves and same-sex couples, while deliberately misrepresenting medical facts to argue a heartbeat indicates life. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/tfg-pec121319.php 1212 comments science
- "A Dubai Princess Vanishes. A Video Offers Alarming Clues" Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights used to show proof of life for the Princess. Robinson called her a “troubled young woman” with a “serious medical condition.” http://archive.fo/rmtry 5 comments worldnews
- Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has begun a scorched-earth campaign to dredge up old sins and accusations about Bill Clinton's messy private life. Trump is using the former president's past as a way to undermine his wife, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-05-27/donald-trumps-assault-on-hillary-clintons-character 5 comments politics
- This guy doesn't get nearly as much attention as Salk but he created nearly every vaccine given to children. Maurice Hilleman definitely used some questionable testing methods, but he probably saved your life and your parents. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/maurice_hilleman#_ 3 comments science
- Scientists Create Real-Life Pac-Man Using Microorganisms http://gizmodo.com/5735823/scientists-create-real+life-pac+man-using-microorganisms 3 comments science
- Detecting evidence of life on exoplanets may just have got dramatically easier. NASA say they have identified an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-size planet nearly 63 light-years away using a small 30 year old telescope. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100203131134.htm 23 comments space
