1. CLI tip 13: join lines of two files based on the first field(learnbyexample.github.io) July 20, 2022 By default, join combines two files based on the first field content (also referred as key). Only the lines with common keys will be part of the output. The key field will be displayed first in the…
2. Weekly Open Thread 2022 #25: Should Pelosi visit Taiwan? What happens at Beidaihe?(sinocism.com) July 22, 2022
3. TypeScript: React useRef Hook(robinwieruch.de) July 19, 2022 How to use React's useRef Hook with TypeScript for using a ref ...
4. Why Lead Poisoning Probably Did Not Cause the Downfall of the Roman Empire - Tales of Times Forgotten(talesoftimesforgotten.com)30.7K points | August 30, 2019 Many people seem to have the impression that everyone in ancient Rome suffered from lead poisoning because the Romans used pipes made of lead. Indeed, many people seem to think that this was a major…
5. My Resignation From The Intercept - Glenn Greenwald(greenwald.substack.com)29.5K points | October 29, 2020 The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles.
6. Essays: It's Time to Break Up the NSA - Schneier on Security(schneier.com)23.3K points | February 20, 2014 It's Time to Break Up the NSA The NSA has become too big and too powerful. What was supposed to be a single agency with a dual mission—protecting the security of U.S. communications and eavesdropping…
7. Penn Jillette’s Surprising Success as a Computer Columnist(tedium.co)19.6K points | September 26, 2019 Pondering the success that Penn Jillette, the loud half of Penn & Teller, found as a sometimes-rebellious big-name computer magazine columnist in the ’90s.
9. The Diderot Effect: Why We Want Things We Don’t Need(jamesclear.com)18.3K points | October 6, 2015 The Diderot Effect helps explain why we buy things we don't need. Read this article to learn how the Diderot Effect works and what to do about it.
10. Things You Should Never Do, Part I – Joel on Software(joelonsoftware.com)17.9K points | April 6, 2000 Netscape 6.0 is finally going into its first public beta. There never was a version 5.0. The last major release, version 4.0, was released almost three years ago. Three years is an awfully long time…
11. My Endorsement Of Bernie Sanders(michaelmoore.com)15.7K points | April 24, 2017 My Dear Friends, When I was a child, they said there was no way this majority-Protestant country of ours would ever elect a Catholic as president. And then John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected…
12. We Are All Muslim | MICHAEL MOORE(michaelmoore.com)15.3K points | April 24, 2017 Sign this statement: WE ARE ALL MUSLIM. Just as we are all Mexican, we are all Catholic and Jewish and white and black and every shade in between. We are all children of God, part of the human family.
13. Macbook charger teardown: The surprising complexity inside Apple's power adapter(righto.com)15.2K points | November 1, 2015 Switching power supplies are now very cheap, but this wasn't always the case. In the 1950s, switching power supplies were complex and expensive, used in aerospace and satellite applications that…
14. Over 700 Million People Taking Steps to Avoid NSA Surveillance - Schneier on Security(schneier.com)14.8K points | December 15, 2014 Over 700 Million People Taking Steps to Avoid NSA Surveillance There’s a new international survey on Internet security and trust, of “23,376 Internet users in 24 countries,” including “Australia,…
15. Neuralink and the Brain's Magical Future — Wait But Why(waitbutwhy.com)14.2K points | April 20, 2017 I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level.
16. The Pressure Campaign on Spotify to Remove Joe Rogan Reveals the Religion of Liberals: Censorship(greenwald.substack.com)14.1K points | January 29, 2022 All factions, at certain points, succumb to the impulse to censor. But for the Democratic Party's liberal adherents, silencing their adversaries has become their primary project.
17. Nancy and Paul Pelosi Making Millions in Stock Trades in Companies She Actively Regulates(greenwald.substack.com)13K points | July 15, 2021 The Speaker, already one of the richest members in Congress, has become far richer through investment maneuvers in Big Tech, as she privately chats with their CEOs.
18. Considerations On Cost Disease | Slate Star Codex(slatestarcodex.com)13K points | February 9, 2017 I. Tyler Cowen writes about cost disease. I’d previously heard the term used to refer only to a specific theory of why costs are increasing, involving labor becoming more efficient in some areas than…
19. Economic Japanification: Not What You Think(lynalden.com)12.2K points | January 1, 2022 “Japanification” in the economic sense refers to the stagnation that Japan’s economy has faced over the past three decades, and is typically applied in reference to the concern among economists that…
20. The NYT Now Admits the Biden Laptop -- Falsely Called "Russian Disinformation" -- is Authentic(greenwald.substack.com)11.8K points | March 17, 2022 The media outlets which spread this lie from ex-CIA officials never retracted their pre-election falsehoods, ones used by Big Tech to censor reporting on the front-runner.