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- Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds of U.S. stores https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-riteaid-software/ 293 comments
- Logitech disables local access on Harmony Hubs, breaks automation systems https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/logitech-firmware-update-breaks-locally-controlled-harmony-hub-systems/ 14 comments
- The Interim Operating System https://github.com/mntmn/interim 2 comments
- Show HN: PJON – Open-source Arduino multimaster communications bus system https://github.com/gioblu/PJON 29 comments
- Divorce applications wrongly approved after computer error, high court hears | Online system incorrectly approved 79 divorces after submissions were sent a day before law allows https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/oct/31/divorce-applications-wrongly-approved-computer-error-high-court 2 comments technology
- Steroid meds linked to structural and volume changes in brain white and grey matter. While very effective, both systemic and inhaled steroids are associated with many potentially serious metabolic, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal side effects, as well as neuropsychiatric effects. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/962887 11 comments science
- The human cognitive system corrects traces of error commission on the fly. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-06922-001 2 comments science
- [Renck] Why did Goodell ignore Broncos’ pleas to move Saints game last season? Surveillance video from Denver’s facility showed QBs had tried to fool system. They had removed their contact-tracing devices and put them in four corners of meeting room, then they sat together to watch film. https://twitter.com/troyrenck/status/1435232373017251841?s=21 1112 comments nfl
- A Home Security Worker Hacked Into Surveillance Systems to Watch People Have Sex https://gizmodo.com/a-home-security-worker-hacked-into-surveillance-systems-1846111569 7 comments privacy
- Distibuted storage system on end-user workstations? https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/gxz6e9/distibuted_storage_system_on_enduser_workstations/ 12 comments sysadmin
- The Multilateral Health System Failed to Stop the Coronavirus https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/10/the-multilateral-health-system-failed-to-stop-the-coronavirus/ 97 comments geopolitics
- Analysing 30 previous studies researchers have found that social isolation could be linked to increased inflammation in the body. Inflammation is the body's way of signalling the immune system to heal and repair damaged tissue, as well as defending itself against viruses and bacteria https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/social-isolation-could-cause-physical-inflammation 29 comments science
- Anyone Have a Better Google Docs Folder System? https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/27a70f7e-2ddd-41e5-9066-120c08143a51/d951ymp-d8e319f3-c733-4f52-84c6-9d2c022e80ff.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzI3YTcwZjdlLTJkZGQtNDFlNS05MDY2LTEyMGMwODE0M2E1MVwvZDk1MXltcC1kOGUzMTlmMy1jNzMzLTRmNTItODRjNi05ZDJjMDIyZTgwZmYucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.hFlqLPkeB9wcdOZ9cWkMUOyto9VZVEjflBhM2-Pqzbk 13 comments productivity
- Poll: 70 Percent of Americans Feel Angry at Political System That Favors Insiders With Money and Power | Will an angry electorate bring about change? https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/poll-70-percent-of-americans-feel-angry-876185/ 861 comments politics
- I'm going to drill the hell out of this big boy with my new tileable drilling system https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/amcrch/im_going_to_drill_the_hell_out_of_this_big_boy/ 27 comments factorio
- Micah Lee | Qubes OS: The Operating System That Can Protect You Even If You Get Hacked https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/hope/videos/178431606 4 comments freesoftware
- Massive rogue planet with unexplained aurora glow discovered drifting far beyond our solar system https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/rogue-planet-aurora-glow-discovered-space-brown-dwarf-solar-system-a8478141.html 383 comments worldnews
- NFL players to Trump: Pardons aren't enough to address 'systemic injustice' https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/politics/nfl-players-trump-pardon-requests/index.html 9 comments politics
- GOP tax plan the result of a runaway campaign finance system http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/365072-gop-tax-plan-the-result-of-a-runaway-campaign-finance-system 5 comments politics
- Before Hurricane Harvey, wireless carriers lobbied against upgrades to a national emergency alert system https://www.recode.net/2017/8/26/16205010/hurricane-harvey-texas-att-verizon-wireless-telecom-emergency-alert-system 10 comments politics
- Turning LFI into RFI on *nix systems https://l.avala.mp/?p=241 11 comments netsec
- Theoretical Distributed System Course https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/6r9b0x/theoretical_distributed_system_course/ 5 comments cscareerquestions
- Is this the right spot to ask for help building a Ryzen system for Debian? https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/62t0dj/is_this_the_right_spot_to_ask_for_help_building_a/ 5 comments linux
- Japanese team plans AI medical supercomputer to rival Watson: An artificial intelligence system that can accurately diagnose a patient and suggest the best treatment is being developed by Kyoto University and Fujitsu Ltd. http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/aj201610190001.html 3 comments technology
- Argentina Not Only Wants To Bring In E-Voting, It Will Make It Illegal To Check The System For Electoral Fraud https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161005/09344635714/argentina-not-only-wants-to-bring-e-voting-it-will-make-it-illegal-to-check-system-electoral-fraud.shtml 471 comments technology
- Why do we say entangled particles 'know' what happened to the other, instead of 'they're part of a system that balances'? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4wag2n/why_do_we_say_entangled_particles_know_what/ 12 comments askscience
- Hospital CEO says health care system broken, favors Medicare for all http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-edward-hospital-bill-kottmann-exec-qa-0717-biz-20160715-story.html 725 comments politics
- File systems, Data Loss and ZFS https://clusterhq.com/blog/file-systems-data-loss-zfs/ 5 comments freebsd
- New machine learning system defeats most text-based CAPTCHAs http://mashable.com/2013/10/28/captcha-defeated/ 50 comments technology
- Wide Racial Divides Over Fair Treatment of Blacks--Blacks are much more likely than whites to say blacks in their community are treated less fairly than whites by the criminal justice system, in the workplace and when voting in elections. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/08/22/50-years-after-the-march-on-washington-many-racial-divides-remain/st_13-08-21_ss_raceinamerica_06/ 4 comments politics
- New system uses low-power Wi-Fi signal to track moving humans — even behind walls http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/new-system-uses-low-power-wi-fi-signal-to-track-moving-humans-0628.html 7 comments technology
- Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley: "Citizens generally assume our government is not spying on them. If they had any inkling of how this system really works, the details of which I cannot discuss, they would be profoundly appalled." http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/12/14/fisa-jeff-merkley-feinstein-rand-paul-warrantless-searches 8 comments politics
- Asian carp, that large, invasive fish known for leaping out of a river into boats when startled, now make up more than 60 percent of the total fish biomass in one of Illinois' major river systems http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120421203715.htm 20 comments science
- "On 21 September 1997 a crew member entered a zero into a database field causing a divide by zero error ... causing the ship's propulsion system to fail." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/uss_yorktown_%28cg-48%29#smart_ship_testbed 273 comments programming
- A Simple System For Beating Procrastination http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/doitnow 47 comments programming
- Americans Pay More to Die Earlier -- Why Is Our Health Care System So Screwed Up? http://www.alternet.org/politics/142811/americans_pay_more_to_die_earlier_--_why_is_our_health_care_system_so_screwed_up 4 comments reddit.com
- Sequoia Voting Systems sent legal threat to Princeton University CS Profs Ed Felten and Andrew Appel should they proceed with an analysis of New Jersey's touch-screen voting machines. http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5814 5 comments politics
- Mandriva and Turbolinux join forces, will have a common base system http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9852076-39.html?tag=newsmap 2 comments programming
- Teen challenges system and wins http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/300520_krystal20.html?source=mypi 12 comments reddit.com
- Is This Useful? (about the very first ad, on the default homepage, on the default browser, on the world's most popular operating system) http://mccarthy.vg/articles/06/11/03/2016241.shtml 3 comments programming