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- Volvo to Use Google Assistant, Play Store and Maps in Next-Gen Infotainment https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/en-us/media/pressreleases/228639/volvo-cars-to-embed-google-assistant-google-play-store-and-google-maps-in-next-generation-infotainme 126 comments
- Why we should all be using Windows 95 https://medium.com/@Imaginary_Cloud/why-we-should-all-be-using-windows-95-5b63ad50e9e8 82 comments
- Contrasting Ruby and C# Using My College Friends http://blog.wekeroad.com/2010/06/28/ruby-and-csharp-walk-into-a-bar 9 comments
- I'm using useState hook. How can I run a function right after the setState has updated the state? (useEffect won't work, because I don't want the function to run the first time the component renders.) https://www.npmjs.com/package/use-state-with-callback 72 comments reactjs
- “It’s about Bukele used $13.7 millions today for what? Loss or profit. Our taxes, El Salvador loss $3.5 millions when bitcoin dropped 14%. Money that can be used for schools, hospitals. We are third wordlists. What’s next? Hiperinflación!!!!” https://twitter.com/visacancelada/status/1435446860454506497?s=21 10 comments btc
- Humans used up the earth’s available renewable resources for the year by July 29 https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/08/12/humans-used-up-the-earths-available-renewable-resources-for-the-year-by-july-29.html 34 comments environment
- Deploying a PostgreSQL Rails app to the GCP AppEngine: a guide. This was a pain in the arse to put together, I hope someone finds it useful. https://empydoodle.blogspot.com/2021/06/rails-gcp-appengine-deploy.html 7 comments rails
- Twitter used 2FA phone numbers for targeted advertising https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/10/10/twitter-used-2fa-phone-numbers-for-targeted-advertising/ 6 comments technews
- The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are particularly efficiently wired, finds a new study by neuroscientists using a special form of MRI, which found that people with a very efficient fibre network had more general knowledge than those with less efficient structural networking. https://news.rub.de/english/press-releases/2019-07-31-neuroscience-what-brains-people-excellent-general-knowledge-look 1675 comments science
- Pragmatic intro to lambda calculus and various type systems - Found this very useful as it had readily running interpreter https://crypto.stanford.edu/~blynn/lambda/ 6 comments haskell
- Researchers create phone app that can determine the likelihood of fluid behind the eardrum with a probability of detection of 85%. This is on par with current methods used by specialists to detect fluid in the middle ear, which involve specialized tools that use acoustics or a puff of air. https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/05/15/smartphone-app-can-hear-ear-infections/ 14 comments science
- 2020 Tokyo Games to use hydrogen fuel to light cauldrons, torch during relay http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005444199 10 comments worldnews
- IDF chief: 100 snipers authorized to use live fire during Gaza march https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-chief-100-snipers-authorized-to-use-live-fire-during-gaza-march/ 4 comments worldnews
- A simple notes SPA using Koa 2.3 on the backed and Vue 2.4 on the frontend. Includes a complete user-authentication flow and note CRUD actions. Both projects are open sourced. https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/6vj17b/a_simple_notes_spa_using_koa_23_on_the_backed_and/ 4 comments webdev
- When airdropping a bunch of files or media to a friend, what if anything can I do whilst I wait for the airdrop to complete and can they also still use their phone while the airdrop continues in the background? https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/6vchv2/when_airdropping_a_bunch_of_files_or_media_to_a/ 16 comments apple
- Why is the green background used for special effects? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/6q271z/why_is_the_green_background_used_for_special/ 8 comments askscience
- Trying to save text messages from recently deceased brother. Tried using coolmuster android assistant but I'm running into issues. Is there a better way? https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/6m8kac/trying_to_save_text_messages_from_recently/ 5 comments techsupport
- Have upwards of 100 columns for a Chess Player Ratings project. How do I -- via vectors -- fill in this design matrix/the dummy values without having to use a conditional for each and every player? https://www.reddit.com/r/rstats/comments/6ldfev/have_upwards_of_100_columns_for_a_chess_player/ 3 comments rstats
- ShellCheck on inefficient use of 'cat' https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC2002 22 comments commandline
- What scale resolution do you use for iOS Pixel Art Games https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/5y4lyx/what_scale_resolution_do_you_use_for_ios_pixel/ 3 comments gamedev
- 21 year old freelance contractor and the Obamacare deadline is here. I got a credit, but not sure the right way to use it. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/5ibscd/21_year_old_freelance_contractor_and_the/ 3 comments personalfinance
- Truly Flexible Type Using CSS :root http://allthingssmitty.com/2016/12/05/flexible-type-using-root/ 5 comments css
- Astronomers use gravitational lens to image faint galaxy 13 billion light years away https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/astronomers-see-faintest-furthest-galaxy 5 comments science
- Running Android APK's in Windows using Google Chrome http://cscotho.com/2014/12/29/running-android-apks-on-desktop-computers-using-chrome/ 5 comments windows
- Terrorists using Indian onions to make explosives in Pakistan: Zaid Hamid https://khabaristantimes.com/scitech/terrorists-using-indian-onions-to-make-explosives-in-pakistan-zaid-hamid/ 10 comments pakistan
- Wonga banned from using ad that didn’t mention 5,853% interest rate http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/08/wonga-banned-tv-ad-interest-rate 6 comments nottheonion
- Can some ELI5 how sitemaps are used to help create webcrawlers? http://www.bestbuy.com/sitemap_p_index.xml 4 comments learnprogramming
- Reddit Mods Bury Glenn Greenwald's Story On GCHQ/NSA Use Of Internet To 'Destroy Reputations' http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140226/11344026358/reddit-mods-bury-glenn-greenwalds-story-gchqnsa-use-internet-to-destroy-reputations.shtml?? 42 comments worldnews
- Build your own Google TV Using RaspberryPi, NodeJS and Socket.io http://blog.donaldderek.com/2013/06/build-your-own-google-tv-using-raspberrypi-nodejs-and-socket-io/ 5 comments webdev
- Colorado appeals court OKs firing for off-duty marijuana use - A divided Colorado Court of Appeals panel on Thursday upheld the firing of a man for off-the-job medical-marijuana use, concluding that, because marijuana is illegal under federal law, employees have no protection to use it anytime. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23104820/colorado-appeals-court-oks-firing-off-duty-marijuana 13 comments politics
- Now CSS3 Variables have turned up in Chrome, here's a run down on how to use them. http://css3.bradshawenterprises.com/blog/css-variables/ 17 comments webdev
- Tutorial: Using analog input to read multiple buttons - Part Two http://wp.me/pqmjr-2dq 4 comments arduino
- Colorado: new referendum on legalizing marijuana for recreational use http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/120227/colorado-new-referendum-legalizing-marijuana-rec 7 comments politics
- Fox Pundit Tells CPAC Crowd That Rachel Maddow Is ‘The Best Argument In Favor Of Her Parents Using Contraception’ http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/02/09/422452/fox-pundit-shamefully-tells-cpac-crowd-that-rachel-maddow-is-the-best-argument-in-favor-of-her-parents-using-contraception?mrefid= 161 comments politics
- Data Exfiltration Using Network Steganogrophy http://pastebin.com/tfengxg3 10 comments netsec
- Kobe Bryant apologizes for using slur during game http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2011/04/kobe-bryant-apologizes-for-gay-slur/ 3 comments sports
- self: So what is Michael Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, been doing lately? Has anyone heard any news about him? Or is he just a token black person being used by the republicans as a counter point to President Obama? http://thinkprogress.org/2010/07/06/rove-citizens-united-crossroads/ 7 comments politics
- Despite its financial woes, the US continues to spend more on military affairs than much of the rest of the world combined. Plunder used to bring in the loot, but this does not work so well when the weapons used are far more expensive than the loot acquired. http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/2010558272692459.html 7 comments politics
- How to find cheap gas using game theory http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2010/02/09/how-to-find-cheap-gas-using-game-theory/ 7 comments math
- Why haven't America's old-school news organizations blown the whistle on Roger Ailes, chief of Fox News, for using the network to conduct a propaganda campaign against the Obama administration -- a campaign without precedent in our modern political history? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/ar2010031102523.html 10 comments politics