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Why Cyberpunk 2077 turned out to be a buggy disaster.

cyberpunk

December 24, 2020 at 11:07:29 AM EST *

https://slate.com/technology/2020/12/cyberpunk-2077-bugs-glitches-why-oh-why.amp

A secret hidden in plain sight: President Donald Trump's role as a Russian asset - Raw Story - Celebrating 16 Years of Independent Journalism

Trump

December 23, 2020 at 10:49:22 AM EST *

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-putin-2649563857/

Is Trump Trying to Stage a Coup? - The Atlantic

Trump · to_read · democracy

December 23, 2020 at 10:48:18 AM EST *

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/trumps-farcical-inept-and-deadly-serious-coup-attempt/617309/

MAGA Mutiny in the GOP - The Bulwark

Trump · to_read

December 23, 2020 at 10:48:04 AM EST *

https://thebulwark.com/maga-mutiny-in-the-gop/

Maia Chess

chess · ml

December 23, 2020 at 10:47:39 AM EST *

https://maiachess.com/

COVID-19 and the Swedish enigma - The Lancet

ncov · Sweden

December 22, 2020 at 7:21:05 PM EST

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32750-1/fulltext

I'm thinking of getting a password manager. How does it work and any advice on transitioning to one? - ~tech - Tildes

password

December 22, 2020 at 1:13:52 PM EST *

https://tildes.net/~tech/u43/im_thinking_of_getting_a_password_manager_how_does_it_work_and_any_advice_on_transitioning_to_one

‘We were shocked’: RAND study uncovers massive income shift to the top 1% : TrueReddit

capitalism · economics

December 22, 2020 at 12:55:59 PM EST *

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueReddit/comments/ki1cxp/we_were_shocked_rand_study_uncovers_massive/

Engaging With Trump’s Die-Hard Supporters Isn’t Productive - The Atlantic

Trump

December 21, 2020 at 12:43:48 PM EST *

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/we-no-longer-need-to-engage-with-trumps-die-hard-supporters/617449/

Newly revealed USPS documents show an agency struggling to manage Trump, Amazon and the pandemic - The Washington Post

Trump

December 20, 2020 at 9:48:18 PM EST

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/17/usps-trump-coronavirus-amazon-foia/

Aligning Superhuman AI with Human Behavior: Chess as a Model System - 2006.01855.pdf

ml · paper · chess

December 20, 2020 at 8:47:53 PM EST

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.01855.pdf

How Accurate Are Prediction Markets? | JSTOR Daily

forecasting · psychology

December 19, 2020 at 2:20:03 AM EST *

https://daily.jstor.org/how-accurate-are-prediction-markets/

[R] Extracting Training Data From Large Language Models : MachineLearning

ml · paper

December 17, 2020 at 11:24:55 PM EST

https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/ke01x4/r_extracting_training_data_from_large_language/

2020 Has Been Miserable. Is Extreme Masculinity to Blame? - POLITICO

masculinity · gender · bigread · to_read

December 17, 2020 at 11:23:36 PM EST *

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/19/masculinity-coronavirus-masks-pandemic-2020-trump-biden-438413

MindGeek: the secretive owner of Pornhub and RedTube

porn · bigread · to_read

December 17, 2020 at 6:31:34 PM EST

https://on.ft.com/3mrEBOu

All Aboard the Billionaires’ Bitcoin Bandwagon? Not So Fast, Robinhood Traders - Bloomberg

crypto

December 16, 2020 at 10:30:34 PM EST

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-16/all-aboard-the-billionaires-bitcoin-bandwagon-not-so-fast-robinhood-traders?srnd=opinion&sref=2o0rZsF1&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-view

Opinion: Bank of Canada treading on thinner ice as goals of quantitative easing program become murkier - The Globe and Mail

canada · economics · centralbanks

December 16, 2020 at 1:42:39 PM EST *

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-the-bank-of-canada-insists-it-is-not-funding-the-government-really/

NYT: India spread coronavirus by running special trains during lockdown

they ran special trains to avoid the lockdown

ncov

December 16, 2020 at 12:29:37 PM EST *

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/world/asia/india-coronavirus-shramik-specials.html

Yale Study Says Medicare for All Would Save U.S. $450 Billion, Prevent Nearly 70,000 Deaths a Year | Democracy Now!

health · us

December 13, 2020 at 4:44:06 PM EST *

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/2/19/lancet_report_medicare_for_all

True Pandemic Toll in the U.S. Reaches 356,000 - The New York Times

ncov

December 12, 2020 at 2:21:48 PM EST *

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-death-toll-us.html