Is this Duplo train track under too much tension? — and UK pulls back from clash with Big Tech over private messaging

Issue #1247 — September 07, 2023

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Is this Duplo train track under too much tension? puzzling.stackexchange.com \| points: 968 \| comments: 165

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UK pulls back from clash with Big Tech over private messaging ft.com \| points: 556 \| comments: 151

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Internet-connected cars fail privacy and security tests conducted by Mozilla gizmodo.com \| points: 536 \| comments: 575

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Can LLMs learn from a single example? fast.ai \| points: 401 \| comments: 124

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How would you say “She said goodbye too many times before.” in Latin? latin.stackexchange.com \| points: 393 \| comments: 269

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Linux network performance parameters github.com \| points: 328 \| comments: 73

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Molly Holzschlag has died tucsonsentinel.com \| points: 315 \| comments: 88

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On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations electrospaces.net \| points: 255 \| comments: 206

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Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting theregister.com \| points: 238 \| comments: 145

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I can tolerate anything except the outgroup (2014) slatestarcodex.com \| points: 220 \| comments: 259

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Meta’s Segment Anything written with C++ / GGML github.com \| points: 217 \| comments: 27

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Falcon 180B huggingface.co \| points: 213 \| comments: 184

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Interoperability can save the open web spectrum.ieee.org \| points: 198 \| comments: 85

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Bletchley Park codebreaker Margaret Betts has died theguardian.com \| points: 189 \| comments: 27

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Engineer’s guide to career growth: Advice from my time at Stripe and Facebook review.firstround.com \| points: 182 \| comments: 151

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When deployments are easy, code becomes simpler bitbytebit.substack.com \| points: 176 \| comments: 111

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Google was incorporated 25 years ago on September 4 1998 about.google \| points: 175 \| comments: 1

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Show HN: Host a Website in the URL smolsite.zip \| points: 174 \| comments: 81

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‘Modern cars are a privacy nightmare,’ the worst Mozilla’s seen theverge.com \| points: 169 \| comments: 17

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Why Socialism? (1949) monthlyreview.org \| points: 165 \| comments: 317

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