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https://act.eff.org/action/support-tor-and-intellectual-freedom-in-libraries
posted by lllllllll at 2015-09-10 18:24

lllllllll: EFF action sign petition to support Library Freedom Project

Hell's Club - a mashup by AMDSFILMS.
posted by rik at 2015-09-10 14:08

rik: There is a place where all fictional characters meet. . Outside of time, Outside of all logic, This place is known as HELL'S CLUB, But this club is not safe.
rik: TERMINATOR VERSUS TONY MONTANA VERSUS TOM CRUISE VERSUS CARLITO BRIGANTE VERSUS BLADE VERSUS JOHN TRAVOLTA VERSUS AL PACINO VERSUS PINEAD VERSUS THE MASK VERSUS ROBOCOP VERSUS DARTH VADER VERSUS MICHAEL JACKSON.
seti: rechump from 2015-09-07
noems: room for a sequel...

National Geographic abandons nonprofit status after Murdoch deal
posted by seti at 2015-09-10 13:15

noems: ...TF?
noems: BBC next?
noems: ... first two reader comments at end of article say everything i wanted to say, in fewer words.
noems: and significuntly more politely.
noems:
noems: <checks date... not april... checks domain name... not clickhole>
noems: "...a disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced..."
noems: D:
noems: Dude, it's a not-for-profit. You can just MAKE A DONATION.

http://news.mit.edu/2015/first-new-cache-coherence-mechanism-30-years-0910
posted by noems at 2015-09-10 12:58

noems: putting timestamps into cpu cache to enforce temporal ordering, enabling O(log) rather than O(n) scaling to 1000s of cores
noems: or something.
noems: first change in 30yrs since "We don't mess with them because it's so easy to make a mistake when changing the implementation."
noems: s/timestamp/generation counter/g

https://pearcey.org.au/dr-trevor-pearcey/
posted by noems at 2015-09-10 12:46

noems: 1948: "It is not inconceivable that an automatic encyclopaedic service operated through the national teleprinter or telephone system, will one day exist."
noems: 'not inconceivable'

The Model S is the only car on the market that is aware of the Holocaust
posted by Ash at 2015-09-10 05:34

noems: Elon Musk
noems: Troll as a verb.
noems: (some of this is filler)
    
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