- Shower-thought: Blockchain as a tool for combating fake news and the manipulation of digital media https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/the-terrifying-future-of-fake-news?utm_term=.hbV3Njzjj#.mtY9ZGYGG 3 comments ethereum
- I Have Created a Directory of Ai Tools. Thought You Guys Might Like It https://aibusinesstool.com/ 5 comments entrepreneurridealong
- "The abstract “idea” takes shape through concrete material processes of scribbling and copying. As Friedrich Nietzsche famously conceded to his friend Heinrich Köselitz a century later, 'You are right — our writing tools take part in the forming of our thoughts.'" https://jhiblog.org/2019/04/17/ruminant-machines-a-twentieth-century-episode-in-the-material-history-of-ideas/ 13 comments philosophy
- [Granger] Robin Lehner said it’s unfortunate that he decided to delete his twitter because it’s a tool he’s used to try to help people, but said “it hasn’t been an easy climate for me” and that he thought it was the right move at the moment. https://twitter.com/JesseGranger_/status/1511415689701068802 72 comments hockey
- Scientists have shed new light on why our brains developed differently from those of other primates and given rise to human culture, language and tool use, discovering that the cerebellum may have played a greater role in the evolution of the human brain than previously thought. https://academictimes.com/what-sets-us-apart-cognitively-from-other-primates/ 2 comments science
- I built a simple open source tool called Arachnid for detecting common issues on websites, and thought that other web developers might find it useful. https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/n3d8ej/i_built_a_simple_open_source_tool_called_arachnid/ 6 comments webdev
- Researchers find the earliest bacteria had the tools to perform a crucial step in photosynthesis, showing the process previously thought to take billions of years to evolve could be as old as life itself, and suggesting other planets may have evolved complex life much earlier than previously thought https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/217553/photosynthesis-could-life-itself/ 5 comments science
- your thoughts on prospecting tools? https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/jxwuy0/your_thoughts_on_prospecting_tools/ 28 comments sales
- I've been one of those mathematicians that has "brushed off" mental math as a neat "trick", but really that's an excuse made out of embarrassment. I've decided to improve at arithmetic, and this tool has been helpful. Thought I'd share. =) https://www.mathtrainer.org/ 11 comments math
- What're your thoughts on this tool for online sellers? https://www.reddit.com/r/dropship/comments/ff21od/whatre_your_thoughts_on_this_tool_for_online/ 8 comments dropship
- A new tool, Pixel Game Maker MV released a few days ago. I wanted to know what are gamedev thoughts about it https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/d7s2u6/a_new_tool_pixel_game_maker_mv_released_a_few/ 3 comments gamedev
- I made a tool to convert (lichess) games into animated gifs so I thought I could share it. Here it is ! https://gifchess.com 51 comments chess
- Saw this free tool to automatically match your branding colors to any given vector design posted the other day and thought you guys might appreciate it. https://www.iconshock.com/svg-color/ 14 comments web_design
- New analysis of what archaeologists call the "Swiss Army knife of prehistoric tools," suggests stone tool technology developed independently in East Asia -- and much earlier than previously thought, between 80,000-170,000 years ago. Previous origin dates were estimated at 30,000-40,000 years ago. http://www.washington.edu/news/2018/11/19/the-swiss-army-knife-of-prehistoric-tools-found-in-asia-independent-of-ancient-african-or-european-influence/ 4 comments science
- Learned some new tools in sales training class I thought I'd share https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/9457a3/learned_some_new_tools_in_sales_training_class_i/ 16 comments sales
- Neanderthal man knew how to make fire by striking stone to create sparks, researchers said after analyzing several tools found at sites in France dating from 50,000 years ago...already known Neanderthals used fire but mostly thought occurred by natural causes such as lightning or volcanic eruptions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/20/world/science-health-world/neanderthal-man-knew-make-fire-study-stone-tools-50000-years-old-indicates/#.w1ewotl7tiu 81 comments worldnews
- Stone tools in India suggest earlier human exit from Africa: Just a week after scientists reported evidence that our species left Africa earlier than we thought, another discovery is suggesting the date might be pushed back further. http://abcnews.go.com/technology/wirestory/stone-tools-india-suggest-earlier-human-exit-africa-52743647 3 comments worldnews
- Hey, guys, I thought I'd finally share my absolute best tool for trading. http://www.indra.com/8ball/front.html 4 comments wallstreetbets
- Guy claims he wrote an automation tool that his work started to use, then laid him off. Tool has a kill switch and is going to inflict $250,000,000 in damages since he is no longer checking in, but he says he has airtight legal defense. Thoughts? https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/5hddoa/guy_claims_he_wrote_an_automation_tool_that_his/ 310 comments sysadmin
- We were hired to migrate a system whose architects had long since left leaving no documentation behind. We wrote a tool to figure out the architecture from network traffic, and thought you might find it useful. https://sam.riolet.com/ 200 comments programming
- MathBox, Tools for Thought: Graphical Algebra and Fourier Analysis https://acko.net/files/gltalks/toolsforthought/#0 3 comments programming
- Just launched a new monitoring tool. Would love to get your thoughts http://www.happyapps.io/ 75 comments sysadmin
- Scientists have discovered the oldest recorded stone tool ever to be found in Turkey, revealing that humans passed through the gateway from Asia to Europe much earlier than previously thought, approximately 1.2 million years ago. http://www.dailynewsnow.com/articles/1427/20141223/scientists-discover-oldest-stone-tool-ever-found-in-turkey.htm 3 comments science
- moreutils - a growing collection of the unix tools that nobody thought to write long ago when unix was young http://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/ 69 comments linux
- Article: Why Mechanical Turk is the Greatest Market Research Tool You Never Thought to Use https://medium.com/@vacord/why-mechanical-turk-is-the-greatest-market-research-tool-you-never-thought-to-use-872120766ee 7 comments marketing
- How the web lost its way – and its founding principles: When Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web 24 years ago he thought he'd created an egalitarian tool that would share information for the greater good. But it hasn't quite worked out like that. What went wrong? http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/24/internet-lost-its-way-tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web 31 comments technology
- Notation as a Tool of Thought – Kenneth E. Iverson http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/tot.htm 7 comments programming
- So I was watching a Maker Faire demo and saw this, it's a graphic tool for making arduino code called Blockly. Thought you guys might like it. http://www.gasolin.idv.tw/public/blockly/demos/blocklyduino/index.html 6 comments arduino
- After seeing everyone go nuts about Spine I thought I should share the tool I am making. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40136482/Codename_Blando_Spider.gif 7 comments gamedev
- Prostitute in Secret Service scandal is giving details, and it pretty much depicts the Secret Service as the scumbag tools we all thought they were. http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/04/world/americas/colombia-prostitute-interview/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 5 comments politics
- After a wasted day or two of trying to find a good tool to sync to Amazon's s3, I came across this. It's simple and works really well. Thought I would try to save others the same pain. http://s3tools.org/s3cmd-sync 7 comments sysadmin
- A crude "pedicure" carried out by a mandrill at Chester Zoo suggests the monkeys are capable of more advanced tool use than previously thought. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14227783 4 comments science
- Looking for a great tool to rapidly organize your thoughts on everything? This might help you... it has increased my productivity dramatically. http://www.workflowy.com 39 comments productivity
- Sledgehammer thought to be execution tool for 175+ civilians in Mexico http://matadornetwork.com/radar/sledgehammer-thought-to-be-execution-tool-for-175-civilians-in-mexico/ 4 comments worldnews
- Stone tools have been found in sediments 15,500 years old, 2,500 years before the Clovis people are thought to have arrived in America http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/mar/24/humans-north-america-stone-tools 115 comments science
- Humans Crafted Complex Tools Earlier Than Thought http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/stone-age-tools-africa.html 5 comments science
- Time To Take The Internet Seriously - Computer scientist argues that the internet is evolving, not as a tool nor as a universe of answers, but as a giant thought process. Soon, everything will be structured as part of a lifestream http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gelernter10/gelernter10_index.html 3 comments worldnews
- Monkeys 'throw spanner' in our understanding of human evolution by accidentally making tools: Capuchins have been observed in the wild smashing rocks together and creating razor-sharp flakes of rock just like those thought to have been used as knives by early humans http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/monkeys-stone-tools-throw-spanner-human-evolution-accidentally-nature-study-a7370161.html 9 comments science
- Monkeys 'throw spanner' in our understanding of human evolution by accidentally making tools: Capuchins have been observed in the wild smashing rocks together and creating razor-sharp flakes of rock just like those thought to have been used as knives by early humans http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/monkeys-stone-tools-throw-spanner-human-evolution-accidentally-nature-study-a7370161.html 122 comments worldnews
- England Tools 43,500 Yrs Old, Making Them Oldest-Known Artifacts by Modern Humans in Europe—Found at Venus of Willendorf site. “Date shows mod. humans & Neanderthals overlapped longer than thought.” Changes in last Neanderthals took place as mod. humans were here. “Timing can't be coincidence.” http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/they-werent-wimps-how-modern-humans-like-neanderthals-braved-the-northern-cold 19 comments worldnews
