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- The ‘solar canals’ making smart use of India’s space https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200803-the-solar-canals-revolutionising-indias-renewable-energy 70 comments
- Making a SNES game in 2020 using modern tools https://drludos.itch.io/yo-yo-shuriken/devlog/147478/making-a-snes-game-in-2020 49 comments
- AdvancedSets - A JS/TS library that makes sets easy to use https://www.reddit.com/r/typescript/comments/ktvacl/advancedsets_a_jsts_library_that_makes_sets_easy/ 8 comments typescript
- An interview with a founder of a company that uses AI to make websites fully accessible to users with disabilities https://www.superbcrew.com/an-interview-with-shir-ekerling-ceo-and-co-founder-of-accessibe/ 3 comments business
- Berkeley scientists use CRISPR to create yeast that make hop flavors for beer http://blogs.ucdavis.edu/egghead/2018/03/23/engineered-yeast-makes-hoppy-flavors/ 3 comments science
- With a wave of the hand - How using gestures can make you smarter http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=with-a-wave-of-the-hand 3 comments cogsci
- How can I make the page have the same proportion when zooming in/ out using chrome? https://angular-6-material-inputs-djtvcq.stackblitz.io 2 comments css
- Vocdoni wants to make secure voting easy and accessible using decentralized technologies https://vocdoni.io/docs/#/ 11 comments ethereum
- Trump lieutenants 'use private email' for govt work... but who'd make a big deal out of that? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/25/trump_lieutenants_using_private_email_addresses/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook 13 comments politics
- PSA: Make sure to use uuid >= 1.3.12 https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/4myot5/psa_make_sure_to_use_uuid_1312/ 26 comments haskell
- Generative AI Hype is Fading and in Desperate Need of Real Profit Making Use Cases https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/generative-ai-is-getting-kicked-off-its-pedestal-it-will-be-painful-but-it-s-not-a-bad-thing/ar-AA1olrRb?cvid=5d97cfcf9e0f47f599238df5195b4686&ei=5&ocid=winp2fptaskbar 38 comments wallstreetbets
- FIFA will track players’ bodies using AI to make offside calls at 2022 World Cup https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/5/23195009/fifa-ai-automated-offside-ball-body-tracking-2022-qatar-world-cup 5 comments sports
- Is there a way to make an alveolar trill by using a fricative as a starting point ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_trill 3 comments linguistics
- What's the best all-time line-up you can make using the original rules of basketball? https://www.usab.com/history/dr-james-naismiths-original-13-rules-of-basketball.aspx 17 comments nba
- 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
- Need help identifying the things used to make a page like this http://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/mac-demarco/ 3 comments webdev
- Watch Scientists Use Sound Waves to Make Things Levitate http://www.wired.com/design/2014/01/whoa-watch-scientists-control-levitating-beads-with-sound-waves/ 5 comments technology
- President Zelenskyy: Ukraine must make 'full use' of achievements in Kursk offensive https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/08/14/president-zelenskyy-ukraine-must-make-full-use-of-achievements-in-kursk-offensive 14 comments worldnews
- I'm trying to make an animated background using a canvas, but it uses more resources (GPU) than I'd like to. Any suggestions on how to optimize it? https://codepen.io/veega/full/mxjmyn/ 36 comments web_design
- 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
- Independent: Netanyahu says Hamas using rising death toll to make Israel look bad http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-netanyahu-says-hamas-using-rising-death-toll-to-make-israel-look-bad-9617583.html 461 comments worldnews
- Make Your Own Plug 'N Play Zone Using Ubuntu Linux! http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/make-your-own-plug-n-play-zone-using-ubuntu-linux/ 10 comments linux
- Trump wants to make nuclear weapons easier to use — and his plan is 'a roadmap for nuclear war' https://amp.businessinsider.com/nuclear-posture-review-trump-huffpost-draft-report-2018-1 57 comments politics
- Can anyone explain to me the difference between flat file CMS and a MySQL CMS? When would be the appropriate time to use either one of them? Also with a flat file CMS could you make it have a graphical interface as you would with a MySQL type of CMS? http://picocms.org/index.html 7 comments web_design
- Real Salt Lake center back Aaron Maund makes incredible diving save using his head vs Colorado Rapids https://streamable.com/yc0j 11 comments soccer
- Using Germany's Ostpolitik for Crimea crisis - Germany's tradition of Ostpolitik seems to make it an ideal mediator in the Crimean crisis, but Berlin has grown disillusioned with the concept. And domestically Germans have a very different view of Putin's annexation. http://www.dw.de/using-germanys-ostpolitik-for-crimea-crisis/a-17521658 8 comments internationalpolitics
- Russia: Use of SpaceX for spying makes US satellites a target https://www.youtube.com/watch?ab_channel=WION&v=wJLhIu5xUMg 122 comments space
- Breakthrough results in developing an oral insulin tablet: This method makes use of the thin membrane found within the lining of the inner cheek and back of the lips. It delivered all the insulin to the liver without wasting or decomposing any insulin along the way. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-13092-6 71 comments science
- Decentralization removed the trusted third party from the equation, making the system cheaper, faster, more reliable, and more flexible. It also scales exceptionally well, and is as easy to use as the UX we build around it. https://twitter.com/JlMoriart/status/1225901099405758464 3 comments btc
- There must be a way to map all keybindings to a non-latin keyboard (using OS keyboard), and if there isn't, we should make one. https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/8nrdc8/there_must_be_a_way_to_map_all_keybindings_to_a/ 10 comments emacs
- Question: Vodafone in Italy is making an offer to let of navigate fress(not counting the data you are using) when you are browsing social networks, does this violate the net neutrality laws? http://mobile.hdblog.it/2017/06/26/vodafone-giga-social-chat-video-musica-dati/ 2 comments europe
- Iran has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with six world powers last year limiting its stockpiles of substances that could be used to make atomic weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told French daily Le Monde. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iduskcn1213dx?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 25 comments worldnews
- Bitcoin-Central has won the right to operate as a bank thanks to a deal with French financial firms Aqoba and Credit Mutuel. The change in status makes it easier to use bitcoins and bestows national protections on balances held at the exchange. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20641465 206 comments worldnews
- Fox News misleads viewers by using two different metrics to make it appear as if unemployment has doubled under President Obama. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/fox-news-misleads-on-unemployment-rate.html?mid=reddit_dailyintel 122 comments politics
- Meta and TikTok challenge fees paid to fund EU’s new DSA | Meta is objecting to loss-making companies paying nothing, while TikTok claims ‘flawed third party estimates’ were used to calculate its user numbers https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/8/24065809/meta-european-union-digital-services-act-monitoring-compliance-charge-challenge 2 comments technology
- A new study (N=41) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner shows that teenagers with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experience deficits in decision making and behavioural control, and this is linked to abnormal activity in an area of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/decision-making-mechanisms-go-awry-ocd-brains-study 3 comments science
- Ric Flair on past issues with Bret Hart: "We used to call each other everything in the world for 30 years. Now we're like best friends and that's the way it should be. The business makes us all a dick at one time or another. Now with social media, it makes it even worse." https://www.sescoops.com/news/ric-flair-bret-hart-bury-the-hatchet/ 24 comments squaredcircle
- Donatella Versace signals end to use of real fur at fashion label - Versace tells magazine ‘I don’t want to kill animals to make fashion’, a comment seen as u-turn for the clothing house https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/mar/15/donatella-versace-signals-real-fur-fashion-label 30 comments worldnews
- Hello my mom bought me a second-hand Lenovo Yoga Laptop. The old use reformatted it, but I know the issues about Lenovo (Superfish, pre-installed McAfee, etc.) So what should I do to make sure this laptop will be 100% clean and safe? https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/5ym39n/hello_my_mom_bought_me_a_secondhand_lenovo_yoga/ 7 comments techsupport
- Alcohol use disorder and divorce are strongly correlated, meaning that experiencing one makes it more likely to experience the other in one's lifetime, according to a new study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University. https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2016-12-genetic-environmental-factors-alcohol-disorder.html 23 comments science