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TheGentYYC

Be it resolved: #ClimateChange is no hoax, nor is it a part of our Earth’s natural cycle. The Climate Change we are currently experiencing is real, it is manmade and

Pekka Enberg

penberg

Are memory-mapped files (mmap) faster than system call-based I/O? A thread. (1/11) The blog post “Why mmap is faster than system calls” by Alexandra Fedorova (2019) argues that “[…] barring

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

Tomorrow morning, @BEA_News will release its prelim. estimate of second-quarter gross domestic product. Not much drama on the headline: It will show a historic decline in economic output.But the way

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Amazon's ACX is a self-serve audiobook production platform: writers spend thousands of dollars to produce audiobooks of their own work. Amazon strongly incentivizes ACX producers to sell exclusively through Audible

David Jones

Davejonesy

There's been a tonne written about the possible links b/w military service and involvement in RWE, especially with some @NPR reporting highlighting that about ~20% of those charged in the

Amanda Marcotte

AmandaMarcotte

I'd love to believe that Trump's claims of "rigged" elections will depress GOP turnout in Georgia on Jan. 5. But I don't buy it. I think his voters know Trump

Zain Chagla

zchagla

People really need to understand the dangers of country-to-country comparisons without understanding the biases and counfounding - and simply pointing to X is doing better than Y. While regional strategies

Animétudes

MatteoWatz

The staff numbers on AoT's last episode are the talk of town! I'm not able to give any comment on them, but how about a little thread on how many

nicole mirea

nimirea_

as a linguist™ i can confirm Amazon Halo's Voice Tone analysis is nonsense and awful. i can't believe it's still a part of the product, let alone *advertised in its

Katy Stephenson, MD, MPH

k_stephensonMD

Hi friends! Today's news about the NIH-Moderna #COVID19 #vaccine is astonishingly good. I've never seen my colleagues - weathered, skeptical professor types - so giddy and delighted and surprised. Here's

Swordsfall - Buy Drift of Dreams

Swordsfall1

I hate this because it's a completely one sided take that ignored how many minority communities have seen themselves in Marvel. Not everyone sees these movies and thinks, "Lemme go

🌹Dogs4ZeroCOVID🐾

BernieDogs4

Nearly 150 kids and teachers caught COVID-19 at N.J. schools, state officials say as outbreaks increaseAnother one. That's 5 found so far. It's weird how they come up, or don't,

Michelle Cardel,PhD, MS, RD

MichelleCardel

Today, I finished my 4th @NIH study section (though first one via Zoom). I have learned so much through these experiences on what reviewers want, and more importantly, what they

It's that chocolate for me

reliefpha

Disclaimer: This thread is geared toward black women especially dark-skinned black women. Anyone is free to enjoy but please save your complaint on why it is racist to make tweets

Jason Hickel

jasonhickel

Some questions for Transparency International:1. If you *know* your methodology is flawed (i.e., it ignores corporate corruption enabled by rich nations), why do you keep using it? Fix it, and

Aaron Strauss

aaron_strauss

H.R.1, the For The People Act, is Democrats’ pro-democracy bill (thank you @RepSarbanes)--is chock full of excellent reforms. In thisI’ll look at the academic research on provisions and call

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