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The Rise and Fall of a Multimillion-Dollar Airbnb Scheme (https://w...
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The Rise and Fall of a Multimillion-Dollar Airbnb Scheme

Multiple misleading identities, more than 100 host accounts and 18 corporations were created to run an illegal hotel business in Manhattan, according to a lawsuit filed by the city. Article word count: 2758

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19235297 Posted by ryan_j_naughton (karma: 12075) Post stats: Points: 76 - Comments: 90 - 2019-02-23T20:30:00Z

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Image Two apartments at 385 Greenwich Street in TriBeCa, Manhattan, were illegally offered through Airbnb, city officials said. According to a lawsuit, they were part of an enterprise that made more than $20 million in revenue.CreditCreditChang W. Lee/The New York (...)

A tiny Swiss company that thinks it can help stop climate change (h...
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A tiny Swiss company that thinks it can help stop climate change

Two European entrepreneurs think they can remove carbon from the air at prices cheap enough to matter. Article word count: 6675

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19142536 Posted by pseudolus (karma: 10419) Post stats: Points: 154 - Comments: 142 - 2019-02-12T11:00:29Z

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Two European entrepreneurs think they can remove carbon from the air at prices cheap enough to matter.

Christoph Gebald, left, and Jan Wurzbacher, the (...)

Russia considers ’unplugging’ from internet (▻https://www.bbc.com/ne...
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Russia considers ’unplugging’ from internet

Russia may briefly disconnect from the internet as part of a test of its cyber-defences. Article word count: 623

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19135085 Posted by _void (karma: 73) Post stats: Points: 114 - Comments: 85 - 2019-02-11T15:29:23Z

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[1]Vladimir Putin Image copyright Reuters Image caption The net independence plan is seen as a way for Russiaʼs government to get more control over online life

Russia is considering whether to disconnect from the global internet briefly, as part of a test of its cyber-defences.

The test will mean data passing between Russian citizens and organisations stays inside the nation rather than (...)

The Psychological Trap of Freelancing (▻https://www.thecut.com/2019...
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The Psychological Trap of Freelancing

The time-is-money mind-set is hard to escape. Article word count: 989

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19133026 Posted by ingve (karma: 97313) Post stats: Points: 115 - Comments: 66 - 2019-02-11T09:10:30Z

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For most of my career, I was paid a salary. It was not very much, especially at the beginning, but it also seemed to exist on a different plane from my actual job. I worked as hard and as much as I could, and then twice a month a dollar amount materialized in my checking account. My time did not feel tethered to this money. My paycheck was just a byproduct of going into an office every day, and a pretty arbitrary one at that.

But once I started (...)

Jail time for tech companies who steal your data (▻https://trofire.c...
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Jail time for tech companies who steal your data

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has put together a new bill that would actually lead to some of the biggest tech leaders in the United States facing serious legal consequences, including jail time, if… Article word count: 1117

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19124635 Posted by badrabbit (karma: 1173) Post stats: Points: 129 - Comments: 74 - 2019-02-09T21:07:26Z

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Democratic Senator [1]Ron Wyden has put together a new bill that would actually lead to some of the biggest tech leaders in the United States facing serious legal consequences, including jail time, if their companies steal and sell user data, or allow a massive data (...)

We need to talk about systematic fraud (▻https://www.nature.com/arti...
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We need to talk about systematic fraud

Software that uncovers suspicious papers will do little for a community that does not confront organized research fraud, says Jennifer Byrne. Article word count: 891

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19120646 Posted by nabla9 (karma: 11307) Post stats: Points: 154 - Comments: 50 - 2019-02-09T04:04:29Z

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From where I work at the University of Sydney, you cannot see the ocean. However, in Australia, the ocean is part of our national consciousness. This is perhaps why I think of the research literature as an ocean, linking researchers in disparate yet ultimately connected fields. Just as there is growing alarm about our rising, polluted oceans, scientists (...)

A map that shows how territorial wolves are (▻http://www.citypages.c...
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A map that shows how territorial wolves are

Wolf packs take their territory very seriously. That point is illustrated in incredible, colorful, squiggly detail via a new data map from Voyageurs Wolf… Article word count: 246

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18633769 Posted by hecubus (karma: 1461) Post stats: Points: 133 - Comments: 21 - 2018-12-08T03:38:03Z

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Researchers at VWP — a collab between the University of Minnesota and Voyageurs National Park — charted the locations of seven northern Minnesota wolf packs 68,000 times throughout the summer. The findings, pictured above, show how rigidly wolves stick to their own turf. 

"The image basically speaks for itself — it shows how (...)

US Is Net Oil Exporter for First Time in 75 Years (►https://www.bloo...
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US Is Net Oil Exporter for First Time in 75 Years

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HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18634927 Posted by tim333 (karma: 8833) Post stats: Points: 112 - Comments: 72 - 2018-12-08T12:30:16Z

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An interview with the documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis (►https://ww...
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An interview with the documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis

An interview with the documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis Article word count: 8863

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18634507 Posted by mpweiher (karma: 28584) Post stats: Points: 89 - Comments: 38 - 2018-12-08T08:56:07Z

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“It’s ‘fuck off’ to everything,” says Adam Curtis (pictured below), describing public sentiment today. The British documentarist sees himself as an optimist amid dystopians, and as a classical journalist whose medium happens to be film. For 30 years he has produced a rich body of documentaries on politics and society for the BBC—and in the process, has emerged as a cult-hero to young thinkers trying to (...)

Viral hepatitis: A silent epidemic killing more people than HIV, ma...
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Viral hepatitis: A silent epidemic killing more people than HIV, malaria or TB

Viral hepatitis is on the rise. Tackling hepatitis B in Africa is key to fighting back. Article word count: 2534

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18627683 Posted by pseudolus (karma: 2692) Post stats: Points: 153 - Comments: 63 - 2018-12-07T14:03:41Z

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Nuru was prepared for the worst when she went to get screened for HIV eight years ago. After caring for her mother in Uganda, who died as a result of the virus, Nuru moved to the United Kingdom to study, and decided to take her health into her own hands. “I was ready to be told I had HIV,” she says. “I felt, ‘That’s okay. I’ve (...)

It took seven miles to pull over a Tesla with a seemingly asleep dr...
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It took seven miles to pull over a Tesla with a seemingly asleep driver

The driver was arrested for drunk driving. Article word count: 293

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18575586 Posted by okket (karma: 34842) Post stats: Points: 92 - Comments: 105 - 2018-12-01T06:42:19Z

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[1]The Tesla Model S.

The California Highway Patrol on Friday [2]pulled over a Tesla Model S that was traveling down the road—but whose driver appeared to be asleep at the wheel. The vehicle was traveling southbound on Highway 101 in Palo Alto.

Officers said that they were unable to get the manʼs attention.

"One of the officers basically ended up going in front of the vehicle and basically (...)

Poverty in America: Greater Than Statistics Indicate (►https://www.b...
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Poverty in America: Greater Than Statistics Indicate

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HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18571426 Posted by occamschainsaw (karma: 284) Post stats: Points: 130 - Comments: 155 - 2018-11-30T18:44:58Z

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Psychology’s Replication Crisis Is Real (▻https://www.theatlantic.co...
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Psychology’s Replication Crisis Is Real

Another big project has found that only half of studies can be repeated. And this time, the usual explanations fall flat.

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18577079 Posted by zwieback (karma: 3853) Post stats: Points: 160 - Comments: 79 - 2018-12-01T15:15:08Z

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[1]Read: Online bettors can sniff out weak psychology studies.

But other intuitions were less accurate. In 12 cases, the scientists behind the original studies suggested traits that the replicators should account for. They might, for example, only find the same results in women rather than men, or in people with certain personality traits. In almost every case, those suggested traits proved to (...)

Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing Practices [p...
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Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing Practices [pdf]

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18546038 Posted by tboyd47 (karma: 2017) Post stats: Points: 103 - Comments: 85 - 2018-11-27T19:51:16Z

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Successful second round of fusion experiments with Wendelstein 7-X ...
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Successful second round of fusion experiments with Wendelstein 7-X

New stellarator record achieved / next upgrading phase begun according to plan The experiments conducted from July until November at the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at the Max Planck Institute for… Article word count: 805

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18534027 Posted by mrfusion (karma: 5975) Post stats: Points: 177 - Comments: 76 - 2018-11-26T15:35:53Z

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New stellarator record achieved / next upgrading phase begun according to plan

The experiments conducted from July until November at the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald (...)

How Dad’s Stresses Get Passed Along to Offspring (►https://www.scien...
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How Dad’s Stresses Get Passed Along to Offspring

Mouse studies show tiny intercellular pods convey to sperm a legacy of a father’s hard knocks in life Article word count: 954

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18405636 Posted by chablent (karma: 1224) Post stats: Points: 117 - Comments: 27 - 2018-11-08T11:45:11Z

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A stressed-out and traumatized father can leave scars in his children. New research suggests this happens because sperm “learn” paternal experiences via a mysterious mode of intercellular communication in which small blebs break off one cell and fuse with another.

Carrying proteins, lipids and nucleic acids, these particles ejected from a cell act like a postal system (...)

Not exercising worse than smoking, diabetes and heart disease study...
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Not exercising worse than smoking, diabetes and heart disease study finds

Being unfit should be treated as a disease that has a prescription, called exercise, the study’s author said. Article word count: 764

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18264436 Posted by nikolasavic (karma: 503) Post stats: Points: 97 - Comments: 48 - 2018-10-20T17:45:05Z

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[1]High intensity workouts can help you live to 100

 Fitness leads to longer life, researchers found, with no limit to the benefit of aerobic exercise  Comparing those with a sedentary lifestyle to the top exercise performers, the risk of premature death was 500% higher.

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN)Weʼve (...)

A new course to teach people about fairness in machine learning (ht...
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A new course to teach people about fairness in machine learning

Google’s engineering education and ML fairness teams developed a 60-minute self-study training module on fairness, which is now available publicly as part of our popular Machine Learning Crash Course Article word count: 153

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18262753 Posted by grey-area (karma: 13932) Post stats: Points: 85 - Comments: 75 - 2018-10-20T11:22:18Z

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In my undergraduate studies, I majored in philosophy with a focus on ethics, spending countless hours grappling with the notion of fairness: both how to define it and how to effect it in society. Little did I know then how critical these studies (...)

It’s better to be born rich than gifted (▻https://www.washingtonpost...
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It’s better to be born rich than gifted

The least-gifted children of high-income parents graduate from college at higher rates than the most-gifted children of low-income parents, and other dispatches from the point where genetics… Article word count: 1221

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18209249 Posted by joeyespo (karma: 19076) Post stats: Points: 73 - Comments: 37 - 2018-10-13T18:16:19Z

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A revolution in genomics is creeping into economics. It allows us to say something we might have suspected, but could never confirm: money trumps genes.

Using one new, genome-based measure, economists found genetic endowments are distributed almost equally among children in low-income and high-income (...)

The Reason We Haven’t Directly Detected Dark Matter (▻https://medium...
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The Reason We Haven’t Directly Detected Dark Matter

Finding the particle we assume is responsible for dark matter has always been a guessing game. We guessed wrong. Article word count: 2117

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18207276 Posted by alex_young (karma: 1612) Post stats: Points: 111 - Comments: 65 - 2018-10-13T10:03:47Z

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Physicists assemble the LUX (Large Underground Xenon) detector, which was one of the world’s most sensitive searches for the direct detection of dark matter particles. When in place inside the Homestake mine, the liquid-xenon-filled capsule hoped to detect three or four particles of dark matter a year. It wound up detecting zero. (John B. (...)

Mathematics as thought (▻https://aeon.co/essays/the-secret-intellect...
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Mathematics as thought

Mathematical ideas are some of the most transformative and beautiful in history. So why do they get so little attention? Article word count: 2545

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18202233 Posted by magoghm (karma: 1931) Post stats: Points: 116 - Comments: 60 - 2018-10-12T15:47:45Z

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‘These foundations [of mathematics] are, moreover, a perpetual source of reflection and discovery for the masters of the science. Even in number system you will find material for long reflection. Remember that Leibniz did not disdain to occupy himself with it.’ – Paul Valéry, letter to Pierre Honnorat, 1942

There are almost too many examples of the power and pervasiveness of mathematical ideas. For instance, (...)

Firefox removes core product support for RSS/Atom feeds (►https://ww...
▻https://diasp.eu/p/7846237

Firefox removes core product support for RSS/Atom feeds

TL;DR: from Firefox 64 onwards, RSS/Atom feed support will be handled via add-ons, rather than in-product. What is happening? After considering the maintenance, performance and security costs of the… Article word count: 559

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18202028 Posted by arayh (karma: 405) Post stats: Points: 205 - Comments: 105 - 2018-10-12T15:23:00Z

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TL;DR: from Firefox 64 onwards, RSS/Atom feed support will be handled via add-ons, rather than in-product.

What is happening?

After considering the maintenance, performance and security costs of the feed preview and subscription features in Firefox, we’ve (...)

Delete Your Account Now: A Conversation with Jaron Lanier (https://...
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Delete Your Account Now: A Conversation with Jaron Lanier

Harper Simon asks Jaron Lanier about his latest book, “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now.”

HN Discussion: ►https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18189958 Posted by prostoalex (karma: 66116) Post stats: Points: 73 - Comments: 36 - 2018-10-10T23:50:47Z

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

JARON LANIER IS ONE of the leading philosophers of the digital age, as well as a computer scientist and avant-garde composer. His previous books include Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality, Who Owns the Future?, and the seminal You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto. His latest book bears a self-explanatory (...)

A Nobel Prize-winning physicist sold his medal for $765,000 to pay ...
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A Nobel Prize-winning physicist sold his medal for $765,000 to pay medical bills

Only in America. Article word count: 307

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18142147 Posted by pseudolus (karma: 1229) Post stats: Points: 116 - Comments: 108 - 2018-10-04T18:05:04Z

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Physicist Leon Lederman sold his 2012 Nobel Prize medal to pay mounting health care bills. Amy Sussman/Getty Images for World Science Festival

Leon Lederman won a Nobel Prize in 1988 for his pioneering physics research.

But in 2015, the physicist, who passed away Wednesday, sold his Nobel Prize medal for $765,000 to pay his mounting medical bills. The University of Chicago professor (...)

Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar technology ...
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Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar technology

Eric Swildens had no dog in the fight other than intellectual curiosity. Article word count: 1218

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18118641 Posted by sonnyblarney (karma: 2141) Post stats: Points: 148 - Comments: 28 - 2018-10-02T03:36:52Z

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A lone engineer has succeeded in doing what Uberʼs top lawyers and expert witnesses could not—overturning most of a foundational patent covering arch-rival Waymoʼs lidar laser ranging devices.

Following a surprise left-field complaint by Eric Swildens, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has [2]rejected all but three of 56 (...)