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Ethereum Wallet Burns 500 ETH to Spread Ominous Warning About Kuande Investments | Cryptopolitan on Binance Square
One Ethereum wallet spent 500 ETH to spread a sinister message through Etherscan. The message, alleging mind control and malicious actions, burned around $1.38M to a dead-end address to spread the allegations about a firm named Kuande InvestmentsMon Feb 17 19:34:30 2025 - permalink -- https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/20435651914250
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‘The camera is more impactful than a rifle’: the married Ukrainian artists who filmed the war – and are now up for an Oscar | Oscars | The Guardian
‘The camera is more impactful than a rifle’: the married Ukrainian artists who filmed the war – and are now up for an OscarFri Feb 14 10:05:01 2025 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/13/the-camera-is-more-impactful-than-a-rifle-the-married-ukrainian-artists-who-filmed-the-war-and-are-now-up-for-an-oscar
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Japan releases 200,000 tonnes of emergency rice stockpile as prices soar | Japan | The Guardian
Japan releases 200,000 tonnes of emergency rice stockpile as prices soarFri Feb 14 07:54:35 2025 - permalink -
Agriculture minister says rising prices have ‘had a significant impact on people’s lives’ amid record heat, surges in demand and distribution problems- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/14/japan-releases-200000-tonnes-of-emergency-rice-stockpile-as-prices-soar
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How much oil remains for the world to produce? Comparing assessment methods, and separating fact from fiction - ScienceDirect
"...our analysis suggests that the corresponding resource-limited production peak will occur soon, between perhaps 2022 to 2025. If then we add tar sands and Orinoco oil, the expected resource-limited total peak occurs around 2030, although there is a major question over whether significantly increased production rates of the latter two classes of oil is possible. Finally, the resource-limited production peak of global ‘all-liquids’ is expected about 2040 or a bit after if the latter liquids are also produced at the maximal rate"Wed Feb 5 11:42:15 2025 - permalink -- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666049022000524?via%3Dihub#s0105
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Why all developers should adopt a safety-critical mindset - Stack Overflow
Why all developers should adopt a safety-critical mindsetWed Jan 29 20:58:20 2025 - permalink -
Is anyone designing software where failures don't have consequences?- https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/22/why-all-developers-should-adopt-a-safety-critical-mindset/
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The Google Play Store introduces a Verified badge for trusted VPN apps - GSMArena.com news
Google Play Store introduces a Verified badge for trusted VPN appsWed Jan 29 14:48:22 2025 - permalink -- https://m.gsmarena.com/the_google_play_store_introduces_a_verified_badge_for_trusted_vpn_apps-news-66301.php
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Former OpenAI safety researcher brands pace of AI development ‘terrifying’ | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
A former safety researcher at OpenAI says he is “pretty terrified” about the pace of development in artificial intelligence, warning the industry is taking a “very risky gamble” on the technologyWed Jan 29 08:34:55 2025 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/28/former-openai-safety-researcher-brands-pace-of-ai-development-terrifying
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Top trading card grader: Expect 'another strong year' for collectibles
Stocks, exchange-traded funds, and real estate are some common assets that make up a diverse investment portfolio. Now, it seems investors are adding trading cards to that portfolioSun Jan 26 17:54:40 2025 - permalink -- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-trading-card-grader-expect-another-strong-year-for-collectibles-160034462.html
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UK's elite hardware talent is being wasted.
Examples of wasted potential:Mon Jan 20 18:12:53 2025 - permalink -
Sarah: Built a fusion reactor at 16. Now? Debugging fintech payment systems.
James: 3D-printed prosthetic limbs for A-levels. Today? Writing credit risk reports.
Alex: Developed AI drone swarms for disaster relief at 18. Graduated with top honours from Imperial. His job? Tweaking a single button's ergonomics on home appliances.
These aren't outliers. They're a generation of engineering prodigies whose talents are being squandered.
This isn't just wage disparity. It's misallocation of human capital on a national scale.- https://josef.cn/blog/uk-talent
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Trump is back! How do we prepare for life under a brutal regime of AI climate crypto madness?! | First Dog on the Moon | The Guardian
Gute Frage.Mon Jan 20 08:06:39 2025 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jan/20/trump-is-back-how-do-we-prepare-for-life-under-a-brutal-regime-of-ai-climate-crypto-madness
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Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs - WSJ
Landing a professional job in the U.S. has become so tough that even Harvard Business School says its M.B.A.s can’t solely rely on the university’s name to open doors anymoreWed Jan 15 20:38:41 2025 - permalink -- https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/harvard-mba-employment-rate-job-hunt-difficulty-addfc3ec?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo
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On asphalt we grow: the skateboarders of Ukraine | Ukraine | The Guardian
in Ukraine, the photojournalist Robin Tutenges has captured how skateboarding provides a vital escape for the country’s young peopleFri Jan 10 08:21:27 2025 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/jan/10/skateboarders-ukraine-photo-essay
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People like me flocked to Berlin because it was ‘poor but sexy’. Those times are over | Fatma Aydemir | The Guardian
"Berlin is not a pretty place. The winters are a total nightmare, no sunlight, no warm face. Its cuisine is all about fast food. Large parts of town smell like a public toilet; overdosed tourists randomly pass out on the street. It’s not a city where you would sit out on a cafe terrace to people-watch. But also it’s now nearly impossible to find an affordable flat you could call home"Tue Dec 31 10:30:44 2024 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/31/people-like-me-flocked-to-berlin-because-it-was-poor-but-sexy-those-times-are-over
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ChatGPT search tool vulnerable to manipulation and deception, tests show | ChatGPT | The Guardian
OpenAI’s ChatGPT search tool may be open to manipulation using hidden content, and can return malicious code from websites it searches, a Guardian investigation has foundTue Dec 24 10:15:40 2024 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/24/chatgpt-search-tool-vulnerable-to-manipulation-and-deception-tests-show
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The Ghosts in the Machine | MetaFilter
It is in the financial interest of streaming services to discourage a critical audio culture among users, to continue eroding connections between artists and listeners, so as to more easily slip discounted stock music through the cracks, improving their profit margins in the process.Fri Dec 20 20:44:31 2024 - permalink -
I feel this is slowly happening to all types of media., not just audio. The slow dumbification of culture- https://www.metafilter.com/206804/The-Ghosts-in-the-Machine
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A vote without a vote: the Saudi World Cup is an act of violence and disdain | World Cup 2034 | The Guardian
shamelessness of Fifa’s process was fully on show in Zurich during a display of contempt for governance, democracy, love, hope and good senseThu Dec 12 07:15:43 2024 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/dec/11/a-vote-without-a-vote-the-saudi-world-cup-is-an-act-of-violence-and-disdain
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IMG_0001 - YouTube Videos from 2009-2012 : r/Millennials
"Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app. Many of these uploads kept their default IMG_XXXX filenames, creating a time capsule of raw, unedited moments from random lives.Tue Dec 10 15:38:58 2024 - permalink -
Inspired by Ben Wallace, I made a bot that crawled YouTube and found 5 million of these videos! Watch them below, ordered randomly."- https://www.reddit.com/r/Millennials/comments/1h6zvgo/img_0001_youtube_videos_from_20092012/
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Eurostar the worst-performing rail service in Europe, campaigners find | Rail transport | The Guardian
Eurostar is the worst-performing rail service on the continent and Germany’s Deutsche Bahn is one of the least reliable, according to a ranking of 27 European operatorsMon Dec 9 06:59:29 2024 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/09/eurostar-the-worst-performing-rail-service-in-europe-campaigners-find
