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2024-02-27 @ 13.02.33 ∈ In English

Center of the Universe
I read something on the internet one recent evening that made a brief and tangential reference to a serial killer preying on Marines in Southern California in the 1970s and early ’80s. Having been stationed at Camp Pendleton, I thought, “How come I never heard about this?”
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2024-02-22 @ 18.25.22 ∈ In English

The birth of our system for describing web content | Aeon Essays
Over a weekend in 1995, a small group gathered in Ohio to unleash the power of the internet by making it navigable
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2024-02-21 @ 18.56.02 ∈ In English

Analysis shows butterfly and moth genomes are mostly unchanged despite 250 million years of evolution
The team found not only were chromosomes incredibly stable, but the order of genes within them was too. […] However, researchers uncovered a rare subset of species such as the blue butterflies—Lysandra—and the group containing cabbage white butterflies—Pieris—that underwent extensive chromosome reshuffling[.]
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2024-02-21 @ 18.41.58 ∈ In English

Mercury levels in tuna remain nearly unchanged since 1971, study says
The researchers' mathematical models […] predict even the most restrictive emission policy would take 10 to 25 years to influence oceanic mercury concentrations, and then drops in tuna would follow decades later.
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2024-02-21 @ 18.38.24 ∈ In English

Exodus Bitcoin Wallet: $490K Swindle
An application called “Exodus” was published in the Canonical Snap store on 6th February 2024. [… This was] a scam application.
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2024-02-19 @ 19.59.29 ∈ In English

Scientists shocked to discover new species of green anaconda, the world’s biggest snake
The two species […] look almost identical, and no obvious geographical barrier exists to separate them. But their level of genetic divergence—5.5%—is staggering. By comparison, the genetic difference between humans and apes is about 2%.
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2024-02-19 @ 17.36.52 ∈ In English

The global fight against polio — how far have we come?
A generation ago, polio paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children every year. Many countries have now eliminated polio, and our generation has the chance to eradicate it entirely.
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2024-02-17 @ 8.02.07 ∈ In English

Popular git config options
As usual I got a TON of great answers and learned about a bunch of very popular git config options that I’d never heard of. I’m going to list the options, starting with (very roughly) the most popular ones.