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Book Review: How Plagues Are Intertwined With Social Justice
Conor Gallagher
Conor here: I think the question posed at the end is one a lot of people are working through, and none of the answers are reassuring. By Ramin Skibba, an astrophysicist turned science writer and fre ...[Continue Reading]
Nakedcapitalism.com
9 months ago
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Disney delists 14 games from Steam without warning, most notably Armed and Dangerous and that one Hercules game you vaguely remember playing in 1997
Joshua Wolens
In a blow aimed precisely at the heart of my hazily-recalled childhood memories, Disney has gone and yanked down 14 games from Steam. What's worse, the games were delisted entirely without warning, m ...[Continue Reading]
PC Gamer
1 day ago
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Tolerating Delay with DTN
Al Williams
The Internet has spoiled us. You assume network packets either show up pretty quickly or they are never going to show up. Even if you are using WiFi in a crowded sports stadium or LTE on the side of ...[Continue Reading]
Hackaday
1 day ago
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TeamGroup GE Pro 2TB SSD Review: A makeshift high-end SSD
Shane Downing
Why you can trust Tom's Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test.Its not every day y ...[Continue Reading]
Tom's Hardware UK
1 day ago
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Polymarket Manipulation and Other Guessing Games
Yves Smith
Yves here. Below, Rajiv Sethi analyzes a big Polymaket position, betting that the US would attack Iran. That did not happen, making this look like a case of acting on inside information that turned o ...[Continue Reading]
Nakedcapitalism.com
1 day ago
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2026 Oscar Nominations Predictions in the Major Categories
Daniel Joyaux
As Roger Ebert loved to say, movies are our greatest teacher of empathy. Ive been reminding myself of that while working on these predictions for the past week, during fleeting breaks from doom scrol ...[Continue Reading]
Rogerebert.com
1 day ago