How to Befriend Crows — Tell HN: Thank You — and MIT faculty adopts “Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom”

Issue #993 — December 27, 2022

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How to Befriend Crows fediscience.org \| points: 411 \| comments: 117

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Tell HN: Thank You news.ycombinator.com \| points: 360 \| comments: 37

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MIT faculty adopts “Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom” twitter.com \| points: 349 \| comments: 575

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Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom bath.ac.uk \| points: 288 \| comments: 106

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The 5GHz “Problem” for Wi-Fi Networks: DFS (2018) wifinigel.blogspot.com \| points: 272 \| comments: 169

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1k True Fans (2008) kk.org \| points: 252 \| comments: 131

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Writing a Mini-CDN to Learn Nginx/Prometheus/Grafana/Lua github.com \| points: 241 \| comments: 32

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The antimicrobial resistance crisis needs action now journals.plos.org \| points: 232 \| comments: 164

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Unbundling Tools for Thought borretti.me \| points: 231 \| comments: 114

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AI chatbots are not a replacement for search engines iai.tv \| points: 225 \| comments: 386

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2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop? justingarrison.com \| points: 224 \| comments: 335

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General guidance when working as a cloud engineer lockedinspace.com \| points: 217 \| comments: 140

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NixOS on M1 github.com \| points: 210 \| comments: 61

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Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android support.mozilla.org \| points: 209 \| comments: 91

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Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of SimCity, other games arstechnica.com \| points: 208 \| comments: 120

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Customer service reps for Disney and Airbnb who have to pay to take calls (2020) propublica.org \| points: 207 \| comments: 111

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Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth in wake of storm argusleader.com \| points: 201 \| comments: 338

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Why do bees die when they sting you? subanima.org \| points: 174 \| comments: 97

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All I want for Christmas is these seven TypeScript improvements effectivetypescript.com \| points: 172 \| comments: 153

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Rogue antibody and mystery pathogen behind AstraZeneca blood clots: study smh.com.au \| points: 169 \| comments: 182

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