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Today’s JavaScript, from an outsider’s perspective (2020) (Score: 154+ in 4 hours)

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Two thought experiments to evaluate automated stablecoins (Score: 150+ in 10 hours)

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Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact (Score: 151+ in 13 hours)

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I am interested in finding a job at a company that is having a positive impact in the world. I think this probably rules out FANG (MAMAA?) companies. Does your work make at least a small contribution to a better world? If so, where do you work?

The Life of a Backpacker in Asia in the 1970s (2018) (Score: 150+ in 13 hours)

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Perceptivetravel

The Life of a Backpacker in Asia in the 1970s

Kevin Kelly, a writer and speaker best known as a futurist, goes back in time to talk about his early travel years being a backpacker in Asia.

Python Language Summit: Python Without the GIL (Score: 151+ in 7 hours)

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Blogspot

The 2022 Python Language Summit: Python without the GIL

If you peruse the archives of language-summit blogs, you’ll find that one theme comes up again and again : the dream of Python without the...

I Miss Heroku's DevEx (Score: 150+ in 6 hours)

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How to get rid of gerrymandering: the math is surprising (Score: 153+ in 6 hours)

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Substack

How to get rid of gerrymandering: the math is surprising

Gerrymandering distorts the will of the people, but the basic math of geographic representation makes it difficult to get rid of, unless we get rid of representation for geographic districts.

World military expenditure passes $2T for first time (Score: 150+ in 19 hours)

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www.sipri.org

World military expenditure passes $2 trillion for first time | SIPRI

(Stockholm, 25 April 2022) Total global military expenditure increased by 0.7 per cent in real terms in 2021, to reach $2113 billion. The five largest spenders in 2021 were the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom and Russia, together accounting…