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Post #231663 2.37K Sep 5, 2026, 20:39 UTC

Finite time blowup for an averaged three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation
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What's new Finite time blowup for an averaged three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation I’ve just uploaded to the arXiv the paper “Finite time blowup for an averaged three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation”, submitted to J. Amer. Math. Soc.. The main purpose of this…

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Post #231662 2.45K Sep 5, 2026, 20:38 UTC

Isar Aerospace launch into orbit [video]
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YouTube "Onward and Upward" Mission of Isar Aerospace Mission Name: 'Onward and Upward' Launch Date: Updates via https://isaraerospace.com/mission-updates-overview Launch site: Andøya Space The second flight of our ‘Spectrum’ launch vehicle marks a significant milestone serving as both the vehicle’s qualification…

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Post #231661 2.44K Sep 5, 2026, 20:35 UTC

Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
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Space Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil "This is right now making history — making history for Spectrum, making history for Isar, making history for Europe."

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Post #231660 2.51K Sep 5, 2026, 19:29 UTC

The moral panic over data centres is foolish
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The Economist The moral panic over data centres is foolish A backlash fuelled by misinformation and misunderstanding

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Post #231659 2.44K Sep 5, 2026, 18:50 UTC

Learn Programming with OCaml
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usr.lmf.cnrs.fr Learn Programming with OCaml

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Post #231658 2.47K Sep 5, 2026, 18:48 UTC

The Luxuries in Life
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Feld Thoughts The Real Luxuries In Life Labor Day weekend has always been the back to school marker for me. I'm 60, closing in on 61, and thinking a lot more about what I actually care about. Amy texted me a list yesterday.

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Post #231657 2.48K Sep 5, 2026, 18:36 UTC

Visualizing Rust's Vtables: How dyn Trait Works In Memory
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Sofía Belén López Vicens Visualizing Rust's Vtables: How dyn Trait Works In Memory A follow-along series of coding experiments as I explore Rust's peculiarities, from a C++ developer's perspective.

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Post #231656 2.67K Sep 5, 2026, 17:05 UTC

Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traffic stop
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Reason Wisconsin Cops Used Flock Over 100 Times To Track a Navy Veteran After He Lawfully Recorded a Traffic Stop A lawsuit claims the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office used the cameras in retaliation against the vet for exercising his First Amendment right.

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Post #231655 2.5K Sep 5, 2026, 16:55 UTC

Meet the Ig Nobel Prize Winners
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Ars Technica Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures.

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Post #231654 2.46K Sep 5, 2026, 16:40 UTC

Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA
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Wiki Workers United Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA U.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation

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Post #231653 2.54K Sep 5, 2026, 16:29 UTC

How the Tobacco Industry Drove the Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods
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vcresearch.berkeley.edu How the Tobacco Industry Drove Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods | Research UC Berkeley Public Health professor discusses how ultra-processed foods are a direct legacy of the tobacco industry, and are responsible for a dramatic rise in obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases across the country.

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Post #231652 2.55K Sep 5, 2026, 16:15 UTC

A bizarre Commodore 64 peripheral, a mime, and some pretty bad ads
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Buttondown A bizarre Commodore 64 peripheral, a mime, and some pretty bad ads Two years of nightmarish smiles and makeup before anyone laid hands on Mimic Systems' actual product.

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Post #231651 2.52K Sep 5, 2026, 15:45 UTC

Claude's new system prompt doesn't want to reproduce song lyrics
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Simon Willison’s Weblog Claude’s new system prompt really doesn’t want to reproduce song lyrics Anthropic publish the system prompts for their Claude consumer applications (Claude.ai and the Claude mobile apps—sadly not for Claude Cowork or Claude Code). I love that they do this, and …

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Post #231650 2.51K Sep 5, 2026, 15:31 UTC

How the Planet-Altering Disaster of "Forever Chemicals" Was Kept Secret
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ProPublica How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret

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Post #231649 2.53K Sep 5, 2026, 15:18 UTC

Poetry book that Anthropic tried to censor
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Post #231648 2.6K Sep 5, 2026, 14:38 UTC

There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get
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Zach Kehs There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get Metaphors like "a sinking ship" are often used to describe codebases, but are misleading. A _business_ will sink long before code quality reaches a hypothetical floor. Technical debt has no bankruptcy, no clean reset, so metaphors that imply an end provide…

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Post #231647 2.78K Sep 5, 2026, 14:31 UTC

.gitignore Everything by Default
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packagemain.tech .gitignore everything by default An opposite view on .gitignore files.

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Post #231646 2.68K Sep 5, 2026, 14:25 UTC

Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says
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PBS News Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says in report that maps path back below danger zone In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger…

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Post #231645 2.69K Sep 5, 2026, 13:48 UTC

The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)
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Post #231644 2.71K Sep 5, 2026, 13:28 UTC

Terpstra Keyboard
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