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We should call this what it is: the automation of selling out.

An Outline investigation found that contributors to prominent publications have taken payments in exchange for positive coverage.

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Our computer's clock is built using several 555 timers. The first is configured as an astable oscillator. See https://eater.net/bbcpu8-clock-module for more. Part 2: https://youtu.be/81BgFhm2vz8 Part 3: https://youtu.be/WCwJNnx36Rk Part 4: https://youtu.be/SmQ5K7UQPMM Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beneater You can get all the components used in this video from any online electronic components distributor for a few dollars. Complete parts list (everything in this video): 1x 555 timer IC 1x 1MΩ potentiometer 2x 1kΩ resistors 1x 100kΩ resistor 1x 330Ω resistor 1x 2µF capacitor 1x 0.1µF capacitor 1x 0.01µF capacitor 1x LED Solderless breadboard 22 gauge wire USB charger and cable or some other 5v power source

@patio11: Some people really benefit from hearing advice that everyone knows, for the same reason we keep schools open despite every subject in them having been taught before. In that spirit, here's some quick Things...…

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We’ve gathered unusual solutions to unusual problems from resourceful coders across the industry. Delight at their ingenuity, marvel at their audaciousness, and

A Meritocracy is a Trailing Indicator:

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Cognitive behavioural therapy has created interventions that truly help people to change. Here are the best of them

Silicon Valley makes billions of dollars peddling personal information.

Some topics make me more nervous than others, and this is one of them. I don’t have any doubts about whether I’m onto something, but I’m unsure if it’s really worth the dust and angst it’s going to kick up. At its heart, this is about our lack of self-awareness around our own abilities in

We discovered a massive network of fake Facebook profiles used to trap victims in sextortion scams. Here's how.

Open offices misunderstand psychology and design

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Poker machines use a range of design features that leverage psychology to keep people playing. In this feature, first published in 2017, we break them down so you can see exactly how slot machines are programmed to work, and how they affect people

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The benefits of reading are negated if you don't remember what you read. This article discusses a tested system to increase retention.

Google’s alternative facts.

We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci. In an eye-opening talk, she details how the same algorithms companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon use to get you to click on ads are also used to organize your access to political and social information. And the machines aren't even the real threat. What we need to understand is how the powerful might use AI to control us -- and what we can do in response.