ReHacked vol. 245: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”, Nuclear Reactor Simulator, The Life and Legacy of Feminist Activist Noe Ito and more
The Life and Legacy of Feminist Activist Noe Ito | Tokyo Weekender #history #feminism #orientalism Born in 1895, Noe Ito was raised in a small fishing...
ReHacked vol. 244: The Secret Language of Ships, The hidden beauty of Berlin's indoor pools, Max Headroom signal hijacking and more
New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 – HILOBROW #literarture #history #longread Science fiction’s so-called New Wave era began in approximately 1964....
ReHacked vol. 243: 3 wonderful years!
#ReHacked is now three years old. The idea of the newsletter is slow, filtered, curated news for you. You can name them the “old” news. I monitor and select...
ReHacked vol. 242: She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years, Hayao Miyazaki's optimism dims in ‘The Boy and the Heron’, Nepal bans TikTok and more
This time in the main topic I would like to share information about Unseen STL event. On November 25th, Spine Indie Bookstore and Cafe (1976-82 Arsenal St.)...
ReHacked vol. 241: A History of Japanese Train Evolution, When Linux Spooked Microsoft, Spain lives in flats and more
A History of Japanese Train Evolution | Tokyo Weekender #history #technology #engineering They have been called the greatest privatization success story in...
ReHacked vol. 240: Intel 80386, Maersk cutting at least 10,000 jobs, German court bans LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals and more
What is Wasabi and Why Is It so Spicy? | Tokyo Weekender #history #culinary #longread Wasabi was first cultivated in Japan in the 10th century after it was...
ReHacked vol. 239: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking, The Japanese Art of Luggage Forwarding, 2,100-year-old gold coin bears name of obscure ruler from pre-Roman and more
The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking – The Marginalian #longread In a chapter titled “The Fine Art of...
ReHacked vol. 238: Commercially Available Chairs in Star Trek, A search for life on Earth from the Galileo spacecraft, Encrypting all your private data and communications is an ethical duty and more
Encrypting all your private data and private communications is no longer an ethical option, but an ethical duty. #privacy Imagine a new law was being...
ReHacked vol. 237: 47 Anime for 47 Prefectures in Japan, Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools?, The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines and more
The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines - by Brian Potter #engineering #history #longread Tunneling is an important technology for modern civilization, as a...
ReHacked vol. 236: Tales from the Crypto: How the Baltic states became the hub of money laundering, DC's ban on cashless businesses takes effect, BBC Sticks With Mastodon and more
Tales from the Crypto: How the Baltic states became the hub of money laundering and fraud - VSQUARE.ORG #crypto #crime #blockchain #aml #longread...
ReHacked vol. 235: AI is fundamentally ‘a surveillance technology’, A new era for Arecibo, Norway wants Europe-wide ban on Facebook behavioral ads and more
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally ‘a surveillance technology’ | TechCrunch #privacy #ai Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, Whittaker...
ReHacked vol. 234: NASA’s Osiris-Rex capsule lands in Utah with Bennu asteroid sample, The World’s Oldest Active Torrent, Light Saber Transportation and more
‘A treasure for scientific analysis’: Nasa holds Bennu asteroid sample press conference – as it happened | Nasa | The Guardian #science #space #engineering...
ReHacked vol. 233: Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution, TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts, Fireball over Iceland and more
Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance | PLOS Climate #nature #environment...
ReHacked vol. 232: On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations, Rare oxygen isotope detected, The Most Enchanting Art Nouveau Buildings and more
Electrospaces.net: On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations #history #privacy #longread Between June 2013 and May 2019, the Snowden revelations...
ReHacked vol. 231: Tolkien, 50 years on, Harry Browne’s 17 Golden Rules of Financial Safety, Google Preemptively Banned Hundreds of Millions of 'Pirate' URLs and more
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ReHacked vol. 230: The Hunt for the King of the Dark Web, How to sabotage your salary negotiation efforts, Someone needs to save the Internet Archives from the lawyers and more
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ReHacked vol. 229: Nakano Sun Plaza, The Truth Behind Poland's 'Anti-Vampire' Graves, Write about what you learn and more
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ReHacked vol. 228: How to Think Better, MIT Press's Direct to Open opens access to 82 new books in 2023, Record Labels Hit Internet Archive With New $400m+ Copyright Lawsuit and more
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ReHacked vol. 227: Will Browsers Be Required By Law To Stop You From Visiting Infringing Sites?, NASA Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Restored and more
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ReHacked vol. 226: Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API”, Scientists Say Recycling Has Backfired Spectacularly, Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56 and more
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ReHacked vol. 225: Bright and Dark Sides of the Japanese Porn Industry, Amsterdam bans cruise ships to limit visitors and curb pollution and more
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ReHacked vol. 224: short vacation, because News is bad for you
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ReHacked vol. 223: Japanese Women of the Arts: Nodoka Odawara, How to Learn Better, WordCamp Dhaka 2023 Cancelled Due to Concerns of Corporate Influence and more
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ReHacked vol. 222: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets, Monster gravitational waves spotted for first time, Collection of Van Gogh Works and more
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ReHacked vol. 221: How To Raise a Roman Army: The Dilectus, The Titanic Sub trip, French govt. says users of uBlock Origin, Signal etc. are potential terrorists and more
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ReHacked vol. 220: Reddit vs the Internet: saga continues, EU suggests breaking up Google’s ad business, Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft and more
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ReHacked vol. 219: Backup Ukraine, Reddit vs the Internet, Japan’s Ever-Popular Capsule Toys and more
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ReHacked vol. 218: Do we need copyright?, High Prices Make Textbook 'Piracy' Acceptable to Most Students, Entering the Psychedelic World of Yayoi Kusama and more
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ReHacked vol. 217: War Is A Racket : Major General Smedley Butler (1935), Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already, Churchill’s Bengal Famine and more
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ReHacked vol. 216: History of Karaoke in Japan, Retro Computer Museum, Food Innovations That Came from War, and more
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ReHacked vol. 215: Fake scientific papers are alarmingly common, Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94, Hobson's choice and more
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ReHacked vol. 214: ‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with fears about his life’s work, How Academic Bullying Led Data Scientist to Open Science, EU ready to back open access w/o author fees, and more
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ReHacked vol. 213: Why Are Lithium Prices Collapsing, 40 Years of KOYAANISQATSI, Why Don’t More People Support Whistleblowers, and more
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ReHacked vol. 212: Methane may not warm the Earth quite as much as previously thought, Micro-and Nanoplastics Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier, First images captured by balloon-borne telescope, and more
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ReHacked vol. 211: Artist Refuses Prize After His AI Image Wins at Top Photo Contest, Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave, and more
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ReHacked vol. 210: UK airport scraps 100ml liquid rule with scanners, Twitter won’t allow retweeting tweets linking to Substack and more
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ReHacked vol. 209: Smachnogo Brings Together the People and Cuisines of Ukraine and Japan, ISRO successfully conducts landing experiment of the Reusable Launch Vehicle and more
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ReHacked vol. 208: Some Interesting BOINC projects, A Cyberpunk Bathroom in the Middle of Nowhere, In Memoriam: Gordon Moore and more
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ReHacked vol. 207: Isaac Asimov's 3 laws of Robotics, People Had To Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity, SETI@home is in hibernation and more
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ReHacked vol. 206: How To Start A Rocket Engine, List of 7: Controversial Japanese Films, Which Apps Do Americans Delete the Most and more
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ReHacked vol. 205: The Paratethys Sea Was the Largest Lake in Earth’s History, The dogs of Chernobyl, Iran discovers world’s second largest lithium reserve and more
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ReHacked vol. 204: MS Edge will set Yandex as the default search engine for Moldova, The FBI recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web, 5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV and more
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ReHacked vol. 203: A brief history of random numbers, Switzerland will vote on keeping banknotes and coins forever, How to design a sailing ship for the 21st century and more
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ReHacked vol. 202: Windows 11: a spyware machine out of users' control?, The 8th edition of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, Japan Adopts Plan to Make Maximum Use of Nuclear Power and more
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ReHacked vol. 201: GATTACA is still pertinent 25 years later, One line browser notepad, Tomorrow’s world: A guide to the next 150 years and more
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ReHacked vol. 200: Why You Should Stop Reading News
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ReHacked vol. 199: The Early Issues of Byte Magazine, New Sony Walkman, Bitwarden extends passwordless leadership with acquisition and more
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ReHacked vol. 198: Amazon is no longer allowing downloading Kindle Unlimited titles via USB, The MTA's Special Armored Money Train, Why You Should Always Look *Down* In London and more
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ReHacked vol. 197: The science of having great ideas in the shower, Swiss Drone-Busting Eagle Squadron Permanently Grounded, How to draw an a$$ and more
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ReHacked vol. 196: TSMC starts volume production of 3nm chips, Year of Linux on the desktop, Women like working with people, men like working with things and a little more
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