Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments — and Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying

Issue #452 — July 03, 2021

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Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments twitter.com \| points: 1057 \| comments: 542

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Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying medialens.org \| points: 817 \| comments: 432

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Intuit to share payroll data from 1.4M small businesses with Equifax krebsonsecurity.com \| points: 552 \| comments: 197

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Purelymail – cheap, no-nonsense email purelymail.com \| points: 539 \| comments: 286

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Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020) news.mit.edu \| points: 517 \| comments: 209

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Check If Email Exists github.com \| points: 432 \| comments: 244

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Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, shut down vice.com \| points: 318 \| comments: 278

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Neovim v0.5 github.com \| points: 288 \| comments: 143

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Another 0-day looms for many Western Digital users krebsonsecurity.com \| points: 271 \| comments: 147

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Migadu – No-nonsense multi-domain email at a flat price migadu.com \| points: 258 \| comments: 143

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Folk wisdom on visual programming drossbucket.com \| points: 229 \| comments: 151

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When Orcs Were Real treeofwoe.substack.com \| points: 195 \| comments: 207

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HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise medical bills hhs.gov \| points: 182 \| comments: 187

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Mise-en-place for knowledge workers fortelabs.co \| points: 181 \| comments: 44

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FCC reaffirms $3M fine for marketing unauthorized drone transmitters arrl.org \| points: 177 \| comments: 106

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A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy (2003) web.archive.org \| points: 176 \| comments: 54

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Leaky pipes can be better for moving water nature.com \| points: 171 \| comments: 54

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Jim Whitehurst to step down as IBM President newsroom.ibm.com \| points: 161 \| comments: 184

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Google Play Dumps APKs for the More Google-Controlled “Android App Bundle” arstechnica.com \| points: 157 \| comments: 63

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The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate crisis long ago theguardian.com \| points: 153 \| comments: 117

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