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Notices by HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social), page 9

  1. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2017 09:52:11 EST HN Tooter HN Tooter

    YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeting children
    https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/9/16629788/youtube-kids-distrubing-inappropriate-flag-age-restrict

    (submitted by artsandsci)

    In conversation Friday, 10-Nov-2017 09:52:11 EST from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeting children
      from The Verge
      Videos that violate policy will now be age restricted
  2. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2017 05:33:44 EST HN Tooter HN Tooter

    Secret Service agent stole 1,600 Bitcoins from Silk Road wallet
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-secret-service-agent-sentenced-scheme-related-silk-road-investigation

    (submitted by FriedPickles)

    In conversation Friday, 10-Nov-2017 05:33:44 EST from mastodon.social permalink
  3. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2017 15:20:39 EST HN Tooter HN Tooter

    Bitcoin's Enormous Energy Costs May Prove to Be Its Biggest Risk
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-09/bitcoin-s-exorbitant-energy-costs-may-prove-to-be-biggest-risk

    (submitted by pdog)

    In conversation Thursday, 09-Nov-2017 15:20:39 EST from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. Bitcoin's Exorbitant Energy Costs May Prove to Be Biggest Risk
      from Bloomberg.com
      It may not matter whether bitcoin’s a bubble. The staggering energy costs associated with “mining” the digital currency could prove to be its downfall.
  4. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2017 18:05:38 EST HN Tooter HN Tooter

    Senators push to ditch social security numbers in light of Equifax hack
    https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/08/are-social-security-numbers-going-away/

    (submitted by Varcht)

    In conversation Wednesday, 08-Nov-2017 18:05:38 EST from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. Senators push to ditch Social Security numbers in light of Equifax hack
      By <a href="/author/taylor-hatmaker/" title="Posts by Taylor Hatmaker" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Taylor Hatmaker</a> from TechCrunch
      Eyeing more secure alternatives to Social Security numbers, lawmakers in the U.S. are looking abroad. Today, the Senate Commerce Committee questioned former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Verizon Chief Privacy Officer Karen Zacharia and both the current and former CEOs of Equifax on how to protect consumers against major data breaches. The consensus? Social Security numbers have to go.
  5. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2017 07:55:45 EST HN Tooter HN Tooter

    Facebook asks users for nude photos in project to combat revenge porn
    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/07/facebook-revenge-porn-nude-photos

    (submitted by trueduke)

    In conversation Wednesday, 08-Nov-2017 07:55:45 EST from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. Facebook asks users for nude photos in project to combat revenge porn
      from the Guardian
      In Australia pilot effort, company will ‘hash’ images, converting them into digital fingerprints that prevent any other attempts to upload the same pictures
  6. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2017 14:51:00 EST HN Tooter HN Tooter

    The GOP Tax Plan Will Destroy Graduate Education
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/11/07/the-gop-tax-plan-will-destroy-graduate-education/#6ebc79e63d2f

    (submitted by chrisgray1497)

    In conversation Tuesday, 07-Nov-2017 14:51:00 EST from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. The GOP Tax Plan Will Destroy Graduate Education
      from Forbes
      Where "cut cut cut" could mean an increased tax bill of over $10,000 for every year in graduate school.
  7. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 15:48:32 EST HN Tooter HN Tooter

    An Economic Geography of the United States: From Commutes to Megaregions (2016)
    http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=info%3Adoi/10.1371/journal.pone.0166083

    (submitted by SQL2219)

    In conversation Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 15:48:32 EST from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. An Economic Geography of the United States: From Commutes to Megaregions
      The emergence in the United States of large-scale “megaregions” centered on major metropolitan areas is a phenomenon often taken for granted in both scholarly studies and popular accounts of contemporary economic geography. This paper uses a data set of more than 4,000,000 commuter flows as the basis for an empirical approach to the identification of such megaregions. We compare a method which uses a visual heuristic for understanding areal aggregation to a method which uses a computational partitioning algorithm, and we reflect upon the strengths and limitations of both. We discuss how choices about input parameters and scale of analysis can lead to different results, and stress the importance of comparing computational results with “common sense” interpretations of geographic coherence. The results provide a new perspective on the functional economic geography of the United States from a megaregion perspective, and shed light on the old geographic problem of the division of space into areal units.
  8. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 13:51:59 EST HN Tooter HN Tooter

    Kremlin-Owned Firms Linked to Major Investments in Twitter and Facebook
    https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/kremlin-owned-firms-linked-major-twitter-facebook-investments-icij/

    (submitted by kmfrk)

    In conversation Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 13:51:59 EST from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. Kremlin-owned Firms Linked to Major Investments in Twitter and Facebook
      By Spencer Woodman from International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
      The Paradise Papers leak shows the Russian government quietly held a financial interest in social media giants.
  9. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 11:35:52 EST HN Tooter HN Tooter

    Do social media threaten democracy? – Scandal, outrage and politics
    https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21730871-facebook-google-and-twitter-were-supposed-save-politics-good-information-drove-out

    (submitted by dredmorbius)

    In conversation Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 11:35:52 EST from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. Do social media threaten democracy?
      from The Economist
      Facebook, Google and Twitter were supposed to save politics as good information drove out prejudice and falsehood. Something has gone very wrong
  10. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 03-Nov-2017 23:25:42 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    The Disappearing American Grad Student
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/education/edlife/american-graduate-student-stem.html

    (submitted by lnguyen)

    In conversation Friday, 03-Nov-2017 23:25:42 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. The Disappearing American Grad Student
      By By NICK WINGFIELD from The New York Times
  11. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 03-Nov-2017 18:25:47 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    GOP tax bill would tax tuition wavers for grad students
    http://www.chronicle.com/article/Republican-Tax-Proposal-Gets/241662

    (submitted by stochastic_monk)

    In conversation Friday, 03-Nov-2017 18:25:47 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. Republican Tax Proposal Gets Failing Grade From Higher-Ed Groups
      from The Chronicle of Higher Education
      The planned overhaul would place new tax burdens on colleges and students, and some critics argue that it could undermine charitable giving to the institutions.
  12. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 03-Nov-2017 17:05:39 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    Audacity 2.2.0 Released
    http://www.audacityteam.org/audacity-2-2-0-released/

    (submitted by conductor)

    In conversation Friday, 03-Nov-2017 17:05:39 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. File without filename could not get a thumbnail source.
      Audacity 2.2.0 Released
      from Audacity®
      Audacity 2.2.0 Released
  13. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 20:25:56 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    “realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error”
    https://twitter.com/TwitterGov/status/926238960594178048

    (submitted by danso)

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 20:25:56 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  14. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 15:45:48 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    Stack Overflow reducing headcount by 20%
    https://twitter.com/AndrewBrobston/status/926141946015420416

    (submitted by cjCamel)

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 15:45:48 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  15. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 13:35:40 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    The underground story of Cobra, the 1980s’ illicit handmade computer
    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/the-underground-story-of-cobra-the-1980s-illicit-handmade-computer/

    (submitted by gk1)

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 13:35:40 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. The underground story of Cobra, the 1980s’ illicit handmade computer
      from Ars Technica
      In their poor, Communist country, Romania's computer curious built an underground industry.
  16. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 13:27:21 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    House Republicans propose to scrap $7,500 electric vehicle credit
    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-vehicles/house-republicans-propose-to-scrap-7500-electric-vehicle-credit-idUSKBN1D2282

    (submitted by rippsu)

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 13:27:21 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. House Republicans propose to scrap $7,500 electric vehicle credit
      from U.S.
      House Republicans are proposing to eliminate a $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles that could hurt automakers like General Motors Co, Tesla Inc and Nissan Motor Co that are selling larger numbers of vehicles, according to a summary made public on Thursday.
  17. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 11:25:46 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
    https://www.neustadt.fr/essays/against-a-user-hostile-web/

    (submitted by livatlantis)

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 11:25:46 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  18. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 00:55:37 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    The Improbable Origins of PowerPoint
    https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/cyberspace/the-improbable-origins-of-powerpoint

    (submitted by danso)

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 00:55:37 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. The Improbable Origins of PowerPoint
      from IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News
      Here’s the surprising story behind the software that conquered the world, one slide at a time
  19. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 00:35:41 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t)
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/education/edlife/stem-jobs-industry-careers.html

    (submitted by stablemap)

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 00:35:41 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t)
      By By STEVE LOHR from The New York Times
  20. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2017 20:15:38 EDT HN Tooter HN Tooter

    On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit [pdf]
    http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15923a/jdm15923a.pdf

    (submitted by fermienrico)

    In conversation Wednesday, 01-Nov-2017 20:15:38 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
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