AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology — and A free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s Android user space

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AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology deepmind.com \| points: 1441 \| comments: 1

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A free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s Android user space microg.org \| points: 644 \| comments: 158

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How to Run a Ponzi Scheme for Tech People callmenish.com \| points: 429 \| comments: 229

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AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology deepmind.com \| points: 353 \| comments: 491

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No one who got Moderna’s vaccine in trial developed severe Covid-19 sciencemag.org \| points: 332 \| comments: 319

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E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services e.foundation \| points: 294 \| comments: 105

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Quake’s 3-D Engine: The Big Picture by Michael Abrash (2000) bluesnews.com \| points: 281 \| comments: 64

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The Tech Monopolies Go Vertical mule.substack.com \| points: 245 \| comments: 127

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Flappy Bird in 228 bytes gist.github.com \| points: 232 \| comments: 33

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Writing Rust the Elixir Way kutt.it \| points: 215 \| comments: 104

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Apple Create ML: Creating an Image Classifier Model developer.apple.com \| points: 214 \| comments: 49

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GNU Octave 6.1.0 gnu.org \| points: 209 \| comments: 92

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IRS says its own error sent $1,200 stimulus checks to non-Americans overseas npr.org \| points: 205 \| comments: 161

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Notation as a Tool of Thought jsoftware.com \| points: 197 \| comments: 37

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macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility on Apple Silicon github.com \| points: 178 \| comments: 132

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Interpretability in Machine Learning: An Overview thegradient.pub \| points: 177 \| comments: 44

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20 cnbc.com \| points: 177 \| comments: 78

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Python Pip 20.3 Released with new resolver pyfound.blogspot.com \| points: 175 \| comments: 157

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BBC Basic Editor bbcmic.ro \| points: 158 \| comments: 26

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The Truth About Starting a Startup tracy.posthaven.com \| points: 158 \| comments: 103

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