#2020

Timothy B. Lee

binarybits

One reason a lot of people are getting confused about API copyrights is that Oracle convinced people to describe the API as "declaring code" and computer programs as "implementing code."

balajis.com

balajis

The rise of crypto oracles means we can eventually factor many academic papers and articles alike into (a) feeds of cryptographically verifiable data and (b) a reproducible-research-style narrative layer on

Kate Bevan

katebevan

Well, I just nearly got fooled by a scam: watch out for this one, gang. I got this text, and because I'm expecting a delivery (aren't we all in these

Pragya Tiwari

PragyaTiwari

Hi, ICYMI because Sachin Pilot. #ThreadA decorated woman cop in Manipur arrested a drug lord with - wait for it - 4.595 kg of heroin, 2,80,200 'World is Yours' tablet,

Amanda Becker

AmandaBecker

The frontline in battle over #VotingRights shifts to Arizona — As public outcry continues over Georgia's voting law #SB202, AZ's Republican-controlled legislature is poised to pass several voting-related bills with

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

Why do people – including journalists – rely on http://worldometers.info for data on the pandemic?It has big errors. It has been like this for weeks. And it's not getting better.

david chang

davidchang

Restaurants need to plan for what 50% capacity dining-in looks like We are way past due for an updated national protocol for food safety in a COVID-19 worldRestaurant workers need

Will Wilkinson 🌐

willwilkinson

This is a good piece. But I find myself increasingly hostile to the economist's way of thinking in this context precisely because it refuses to admit trade-offs between incommensurable values.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-02/

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

dwschanz

New! My coauthor Abby Pitts & I just released week 2 results from the @COVIDImpact survey looking at #foodinsecurity & food pantries in May.Bad news: food insecurity is still up

DebugBear

DebugBear

I tested the how the 1000 most popular Chrome extension impact browser performance. Here are the results. Thread 1/N... https://www.debugbear.com/blog/2020-chrome-extension-performance-report#performance-impact-of-ad-blockers 2/ Let's l

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thead: Terracotta plaque from Auvergne (Auvergne-Rodano-Alps, France). Merovingian era, 5th-6th century AD, Musée d ' Archéologie nationale et domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.A very strange thing indeed... "Accepted opi

Milhouse Van Houten 😀

Milhouse_Van_Ho

September 17, 2020 - Canada/Ontario/Québec daily updateCurrent data as of 7 am. Data is 100% public and official, and fully sourced.#COVID19Ontario #covid19canada #covid19quebec 5 deaths reported in all of Canada

Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease

ClaudioGomesLab

Now available: Cu(II)-binding to S100B triggers polymerization of disulfide cross-linked tetramers with enhanced chaperone activity against amyloid-β aggregation - just published in Chemical Communications @ChemCommun https://pubs.rsc.org/

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

Where do #SARSCoV2 & other #coronaviruses come from?Big survey of SE Asian bats, bat guano, field rats & other wildlife:- 2,164 samples collected, Jan2013 to Mar2014 from rodents & bats-

G. Elliott Morris

gelliottmorris

Ugly but informative plot: Trump's approval rating is much higher than the poor state of the economy would suggest, fitting with theories that economic perceptions/actual conditions have limited influence over

Michelle Magdziuk

BallBlastEm

So just hear me out on Rashod Bateman (at least in 2021)...Let's just look at this like it is another 16 gm season to compare to previous seasons and other