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HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2018 08:15:48 EST HN Tooter

Ubuntu will collect data about your system by default, starting with 18.04
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-February/040139.html
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HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2018 03:15:48 EST HN Tooter

Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-valley-billionaires-are-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-in-new-zealand
(submitted by oldcynic)
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1. Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
  
  from the Guardian
  
  The long read: How an extreme libertarian tract predicting the collapse of liberal democracies – written by Jacob Rees-Mogg’s father – inspired the likes of Peter Thiel to buy up property across the Pacific
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2018 12:55:50 EST HN Tooter

The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java
https://federalnewsradio.com/tom-temin-commentary/2018/01/irs-clutches-its-modernization-holy-grail/
(submitted by computerlab)
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1. IRS clutches its modernization holy grail
  
  By Tom Temin from FederalNewsRadio.com
  
  IRS clutches its modernization holy grail
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2018 01:46:20 EST HN Tooter

What If GPS Stood for “Galactic Positioning System”?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/space-flight/what-if-gps-stood-for-galactic-positioning-system
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1. What If GPS Stood for “Galactic Positioning System”?
  
  from IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News
  
  NASA scientists demonstrate how to navigate in space using signals from distant pulsars
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2018 09:04:28 EST HN Tooter

Sleep and Mortality: A Population-Based 22-Year Follow-Up Study
https://fermatslibrary.com/s/sleep-and-mortality-a-population-based-22-year-follow-up-study
(submitted by onderkalaci)
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1. Fermat's Library | Sleep and Mortality: A Population-Based 22-Year Follow-Up Study annotated/explained version.
  
  from Fermat's Library
  
  Fermat’s Library is a platform for illuminating academic papers.
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2018 16:15:15 EST HN Tooter

Biker Protestor 'Throttles' Traffic Around FCC Headquarters
https://gizmodo.com/biker-protestor-throttles-traffic-around-fcc-headquarte-1822561036
(submitted by betolink)
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1. Biker Protestor 'Throttles' Traffic Around FCC Headquarters
  
  from Gizmodo
  
  Many pundits and companies have tried to illustrate how the net neutrality repeal will affect internet users, but YouTuber Rob Bliss has made one of the best demonstrations yet. It’s good because it’s simple, it isn’t trying to sell you hamburgers, and it confused police officers.
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2018 00:15:21 EST HN Tooter

Europe’s central banks are starting to replace dollar reserves with the yuan
https://qz.com/1180434/europes-central-banks-are-starting-to-replace-us-dollar-reserves-with-the-chinese-yuan/
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1. Europe’s central banks are starting to replace dollar reserves with the yuan
  
  By Eshe Nelson from Quartz
  
  Late last year, China’s Xi Jinping said it was time for the nation to “take center stage in the world.” There are many ways for China to do this, including promoting globalization, boosting foreign aid, and developing advanced technologies. Another critical step in taking “center stage” is to be at the center of the global economy. To achieve this, China is, among other things, trying to internationalize its currency.
  
  For the past 70 years, the US dollar has been the world’s dominant currency. Two-thirds of the world’s $6.9 trillion allocated foreign exchange reserves are held in US dollars. The yuan took a major step towards broader international adoption in 2016 when the IMF decided to include it in the basket of currencies that make up the Special Drawing Right, an alternative reserve asset to the dollar.
  
  Still, as of the third quarter of 2017, just over 1% of foreign exchange reserves were held in yuan, according to the latest data from the IMF. Now, there are signs that this is about to increase.
  
  The Chinese yuan hit a two-year high against the US dollar this week, after the German Bundesbank said that it would include the yuan in its reserves for the first time. “The notable development from the European point of view over the past few years has been the growing international role of the renminbi in global financial markets,” Andreas Dombret, a member of the central bank’s executive board, reportedly said at a conference in Hong Kong (paywall). The decision was made last year and no investments have been made yet, as preparations are still in process. The French central bank then revealed that it already held some reserves in yuan.
  
  As most central banks’ reserves are held in dollars, any shift into other currencies, such as the yuan, will come at the expense of the greenback. In June, the European Central Bank announced that it had exchanged €500 million ($611 million) worth of US dollar reserves into yuan securities. This was a small shift—the ECB has €44 billion in foreign exchange reserves—but nonetheless it reflects China’s growing prominence in the global financial system.
  
  As Trump’s “America First” policies push the US out of the international limelight, more people expect China to fill the gap, including in world finance. Barry Eichengreen, an economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley and expert in global currency systems, predicts that the US dollar will eventually lose its dominance and multiple currencies will coexist on a more equal footing in international markets. In the future, the dollar will be forced to share prominence with the yuan and the euro in particular, he says.
  
  China still faces several hurdles in having a truly international currency. Capital controls and a lack of regulatory transparency make financial institutions reluctant to invest in Chinese assets. However, last week China showed signs that it was relaxing some of its rules used to control the currency. As the yuan gains more international clout, and value, Beijing might be emboldened to open up further.
  
  Read this next: The dollar’s days as the world’s most important currency are numbered
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2018 08:55:35 EST HN Tooter

System Bus Radio: Transmits AM radio on computers without radio transmitting HW
https://github.com/fulldecent/system-bus-radio
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1. fulldecent/system-bus-radio
  
  from GitHub
  
  system-bus-radio - Transmits AM radio on computers without radio transmitting hardware.
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2018 07:25:46 EST HN Tooter

Starting an ISP is really hard, don’t do it
http://www.slashgeek.net/2016/05/31/starting-isp-really-hard-dont/
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  Starting an ISP is really hard, don't do it
  
  from Slashgeek
  
  Starting an ISP is really hard, don’t do it
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2018 05:55:35 EST HN Tooter

The popularity of Microsoft’s Surface is the least realistic thing on TV
https://theoutline.com/post/2923/the-popularity-of-microsoft-surface-is-the-least-realistic-thing-on-television
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1. The popularity of Microsoft’s Surface is the least realistic thing on TV
  
  from The Outline
  
  The hybrid tablet/laptop device has seemingly replaced all computers in the alternate universe of Hollywood.
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2018 14:55:23 EST HN Tooter

Airbus A380, Once the Future of Aviation, May Cease Production
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/airbus-a380-emirates.html
(submitted by okket)
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1. Airbus A380, Once the Future of Aviation, May Cease Production
  
  By By JACK EWING from The New York Times
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jan-2018 16:36:05 EST HN Tooter

Everyone Is Getting Hilariously Rich and You’re Not
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/style/bitcoin-millionaires.html
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1. Everyone Is Getting Hilariously Rich and You’re Not
  
  By By NELLIE BOWLES from The New York Times
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jan-2018 13:55:45 EST HN Tooter

In defence of swap: common misconceptions
https://chrisdown.name/2018/01/02/in-defence-of-swap.html
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HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jan-2018 10:45:47 EST HN Tooter

Everyday Soviet Nostalgia
https://newrepublic.com/article/145801/everyday-soviet-nostalgia
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1. Everyday Soviet Nostalgia
  
  from New Republic
  
  John Steinbeck and Robert Capa's 1947 trip through Eastern Europe introduced America to Soviet life. Last year, two journalists retraced their steps.
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 17:13:24 EST HN Tooter

Stop encouraging girls to code for a living
http://www.noemi.ro/stop-encouraging-girls-to-code-for-a-living/
(submitted by noemit)
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  Stop encouraging girls to code for a living
  
  By Noemi from noemi dot ro
  
  Stop encouraging girls to code for a living
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 14:35:49 EST HN Tooter

Microsoft cURLs too
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2018/01/13/microsoft-curls-too/
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1. Microsoft curls too
  
  By Daniel Stenberg from daniel.haxx.se
  
  Microsoft curls too
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 14:21:54 EST HN Tooter

False ballistic missile alert spreads panic in Hawaii
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/13/16888374/false-ballistic-missile-alert-spreads-panic-in-hawaii
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1. False ballistic missile alert spreads panic in Hawaii
  
  from Vox
  
  While it was a false alarm, the episode raises some interesting questions.
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 12:45:19 EST HN Tooter

FPGA implementation of an 80186 compatible CPU and PC
https://www.jamieiles.com/80186/
(submitted by jamieiles)

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HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2018 15:04:06 EST HN Tooter

SAFE Network: a decentralized data storage and communications network
https://safenetwork.org/
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1. SAFE Network - Secure Access For Everyone
  
  A decentralized data storage and communications network that provides a secure, efficient and low-cost infrastructure for everyone.
HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2018 10:17:00 EST HN Tooter

When Wi-Fi Won't Work, Let Sound Carry Your Data
https://www.wired.com/story/when-wifi-wont-work-let-sound-carry-your-data
(submitted by katiey)
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1. When Wi-Fi Won't Work, Let Sound Carry Your Data
  
  from WIRED
  
  Birds encode data in their chirps. Now businesses are encoding data in sound waves, as a way to authenticate users, pair devices, and complete other tasks.

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