New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' research rejected by others

Issue #137 — August 22, 2020

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New academic journal only publishes ’unsurprising’ research rejected by others cbc.ca \| points: 828 \| comments: 191

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Lightroom app update wipes users’ photos and presets, Adobe says not recoverable petapixel.com \| points: 646 \| comments: 395

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Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests latimes.com \| points: 509 \| comments: 320

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Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emergency stay theverge.com \| points: 409 \| comments: 625

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Chromium’s Impact on Root DNS Traffic blog.apnic.net \| points: 388 \| comments: 190

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Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-Ons? yoric.github.io \| points: 369 \| comments: 290

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Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better psyche.co \| points: 357 \| comments: 210

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ReMarkable MicroSD (2019) davisr.me \| points: 346 \| comments: 112

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The software industry is going through the “disposable plastic” crisis lwn.net \| points: 345 \| comments: 270

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How Shopify reduced storefront response times with a rewrite engineering.shopify.com \| points: 334 \| comments: 73

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Fast.ai releases new deep learning course fast.ai \| points: 305 \| comments: 38

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The Splitgraph Data Delivery Network – query over 40k public datasets splitgraph.com \| points: 259 \| comments: 80

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Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019 techcrunch.com \| points: 250 \| comments: 155

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Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing news.ycombinator.com \| points: 246 \| comments: 105

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AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation breakingdefense.com \| points: 229 \| comments: 288

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Game Programming Patterns: Event Queue (2014) gameprogrammingpatterns.com \| points: 222 \| comments: 108

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Former Uber executive charged with paying ’hush money’ to conceal breach npr.org \| points: 218 \| comments: 130

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Sending SPF and DMARC passing mail as any Gmail or G Suite customer ezh.es \| points: 205 \| comments: 46

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Ride through Wuppertal on ‘the flying train’ in clear footage from 1902 thisiscolossal.com \| points: 204 \| comments: 102

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An Update on MDN Web Docs hacks.mozilla.org \| points: 194 \| comments: 114

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