US Army researched the health effects of radioactivity in St Louis 1945-1970 (2011)
Link: https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/13170
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40458686
Hacker News 100
hn100@social-lansky-name.mostr.pub
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Posts from https://news.ycombinator.com that have over 100 points.
See also @hn50, @hn250 and @hn500
Proton Mail discloses user data leading to arrest in Spain
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CyberInsider
Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain
Proton Mail came under scrutiny for its role in a legal request by the Spanish authorities leading to the identification and arrest of a user.
Proton Mail discloses user data leading to arrest in Spain | Hacker News
Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40207322
Ars Technica
Apple will bring sideloading and other EU-mandated changes to iPadOS this fall
Company also updates fee policy for devs who don't use Apple's App Store.
Group buys up large tracts of land in Romania to create 'European Yellowstone'
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39864412
EL PAÍS English
Philanthropist group buys up large tracts of land in Romania to create ‘European Yellowstone’
Local residents who at first suspected gold or uranium deposits had been found are being won over by the initiative to protect nature and economica...
Why are there suddenly so many car washes?
Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-02-21/car-washes-are-taking-over-the-us-here-s-why
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39735096
Boeing Whistleblower Before Death: "If Anything Happens, It's Not Suicide"
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39718672
Futurism
Boeing Whistleblower Before Death: "If Anything Happens, It's Not Suicide"
Before his untimely death, a Boeing whistleblower told his friend that if anything happened to him, "it's not suicide."
Ibis, a federated Wikipedia alternative
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39694045
Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative — ibis.wiki
Fig is sunsetting
Link: https://fig.io/blog/post/fig-is-sunsetting
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39683889
How Mandelbrot set images are affected by floating point precision
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39683455
GitHub
GitHub - ProfJski/FloatCompMandelbrot: What impact does floating point precision have on Mandelbrot set calculations?
What impact does floating point precision have on Mandelbrot set calculations? - ProfJski/FloatCompMandelbrot
Scammed by the top result for 'Bitcoin wallet' in Apple App Store
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Scammed by the top result for 'Bitcoin wallet' in Apple App Store | Hacker News
Byte-Sized Swift: Building Tiny Games for the Playdate
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39682143
Swift.org
Byte-sized Swift: Building Tiny Games for the Playdate
I’m excited to share swift-playdate-examples, a technical demonstration of using Swift to build games for Playdate, a handheld game system by Panic.
Vulkan Foliage rendering using GPU Instancing
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39681812
Vulkan Foliage rendering using GPU Instancing · Abdelhadi | عبدالهادي
Abdelhadi
Dutch gov. proudly announces it will tap Europe's largest internet exchanges
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Bert Hubert's writings
On the new Dutch Intelligence and Security Law - Bert Hubert's writings
13th of June UPDATE: The Dutch government has failed to hire and house the promised new 10 oversight staff. Yet, the new law will be enacted July 1...
On the new Dutch intelligence and security law | Hacker News
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead
Link: https://www.npr.org/2024/03/12/1238033573/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-dead
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39682698
The NYPD sent a warrantless subpoena for a copwatcher's Twitter account
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Discussion:
Hell Gate
The NYPD Sent a Warrantless Subpoena for a Copwatcher's Social Media Account, but Won't Defend It in Court - Hell Gate
What does the NYPD want with the social media data from a police accountability account?
The NYPD sent a warrantless subpoena for a copwatcher's Twitter account | Hacker News
Weather forecasts have become more accurate
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39678783
Our World in Data
Weather forecasts have become much more accurate; we now need to make them available to everyone
A four-day forecast today is as accurate as a one-day forecast 30 years ago.
Pilot of Boeing flight says he lost control after instrument failure
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/australia/latam-airlines-flight-injuries-new-zealand-tuesday-intl-hnk/index.html
Discussion:
Pilot of Boeing flight says he lost control after instrument failure | Hacker News
Deterministic simulation testing for our entire SaaS
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39680579
Deterministic Simulation Testing for Our Entire SaaS
How we leverage Antithesis to deterministically simulate our entire SaaS platform and verify its correctness, all the way from signup to running en...