The Tip-Off From a Nazi That Saved My Grandparents

It has often been described as a “miracle” that most of Denmark’s Jews escaped the Holocaust. Now it seems that the country’s Nazi rulers deliberately sabotaged their own operation.

The hidden makers of Costco’s Kirkland Signature and Trader Joe’s O’s | CNN Business

Store brands are shrouded in secrecy. Who makes them?

Need to know: The rarified world of the government’s most closely guarded secrets

Former President Donald Trump’s stockpile of allegedly classified documents puts a system for hiding information in the spotlight.

The game within a game: Secrets of a college football signal stealer

Espionage on the sideline and in the coaches' booth is increasing in college football, but does all that effort make a difference on the field?

Tests | GoodUI

The Japanese call this practice tsundoku, and it may provide lasting benefits

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love my tsundoku.

Redis Explained

A deep technical dive into all things Redis. Covering various Redis topologies, data persistence and process forking.

SHAP for Categorical Features with CatBoost

Avoid post-processing the SHAP values of categorical features

The 1600s Were a Watershed for Swear Words

Animal Magic: Why Intelligence Isn’t Just for Humans

Meet the footballing bees, optimistic pigs and alien-like octopuses that are shaking up how we think about minds.

On the moral virtues of mischief and mischievous people | Aeon Essays

Mischievousness requires humour, wit and a playful humaneness: qualities that make for a particular kind of virtue

The Very Sincere Economics of Greeting Cards

Believe it or not, the biggest demographic driving the greeting card industry is millennials.

Can a grocery store teach its customers to love to cook?

A grocer in Utah is opening a store that aspires to focus on meal prep instead of just selling groceries, guiding customers to cook creatively with a limited number of locally produced ingredients. Will a grocer with a stripped-down inventory, dedicated to helping customers with…

The magic of invisible mending.

1.4K votes, 26 comments. 8.3M subscribers in the BeAmazed community. I bet you will /r/BeAmazed! A place to find and share amazing things

Spotify For Clothes: How I Launched A Business Helping Guys Discover New Cl

Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?My name is Brian McEuen, and I'm the founder of On Brand. We help guys shop for clothes online by curating personalized selections as if they were walking into their very own store. We're like Spotify for clothes! Another way to…

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Hemorrhoids

It’s often left out of polite ‘cocktail conversation,’ however this painful inflammation affects many people. Here are some ways to prevent and treat it.

The Secret Life of Leftovers — The New Atlantis

Cheese, curry, beer: We can thank our ancestors who put food scraps to creative use. What we’re leaving our children is garbage.

A Renaissance in American Hardcore Music

A look at the recent burst of bands and how the scene operates as music, ethic and feeling.

Bricked Epson Printers Make a Strong Case For User Repairability - Slashdot

Epson has gained some scrutiny in recent weeks after the company disabled a printer that was otherwise working fine, leading to accusations of planned obsolescence. Epson knows its printers will stop working without simple maintenance at a predictable point in the future, and it…

The language that doesn't use 'no'

The Kusunda language has no known origin and a number of quirks, like no words for "yes" or "no". It also has only one fluent speaker left, something linguists are racing to change.

Human Tetrachromacy is Real. Here's What We Know

After decades of exhaustive study, scientists have determined that human tetrachromacy is real. It comes in two forms -- and one can actually be an acquired trait.

Split Your Rails Seeds File into Separate Files in Different Folders | by E

I’m working on a Rails backend app to serve as the API for my database.

Build a Custom Search Engine

Build a personalised search engine with Google's search API. Just a heads up that this is not...

When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said 'No Thanks'

Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation's newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today

Top technical SEO issues every webmaster should master

How to improve your SEO ranking and generate a better user experience.

How effective altruism went from a niche movement to a billion-dollar force

Effective altruism has gone mainstream. Where does that leave it?

The Psychology of FOMO

One of the many unintended consequences of social media is what is popularly referred to as FOMO - fear of missing out. People see all the wonderful things people are doing and buying in their social media profiles, and fear that they are missing out on the good life, or the…

Automated reasoning at Amazon: A conversation

To mark the occasion of the eighth Federated Logic Conference (FloC), Amazon’s Byron Cook, Daniel Kröning, and Marijn Heule discussed automated reasoning’s prospects.

To Uncover a Deepfake Video Call, Ask the Caller to Turn Sideways - Metaphy

Metaphysic revolutionizes Hollywood with AI, transforming film production, VFX, and entertainment. Explore the future of AI in Hollywood

Why your daily stand-ups don't work and how to fix them

Za'atar

Fragrant herbs dried at home create a blend that pairs perfectly with countless dishes (and is perfect even on its own).

GraphQL kinda sucks | Hacker News

9 Visualizations with Python that Catch More Attention than a Bar Chart

Creating eye-catching graphs with Python to use instead of bar charts.

Apple robbed the mob's bank, part 3 | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert

Apple robbed the mob's bank, part 3. Mobile marketing and advertising, freemium monetization strategy, and marketing science. Mobile Dev Memo.

Perspective | Electronics are built with death dates. Let’s not keep them a secret.

Our analysis of 14 popular consumer devices found most could stop working in 3 to 4 years because of irreplaceable batteries. Here’s how we get the tech industry to design products that last longer — and do less damage to the environment.

The Fine Art of Italian Hand Gestures: A Vintage Visual Dictionary by Bruno Munari

A pocket guide to Neapolitan nonverbal communication.

Mike Judge knows why 'Beavis and Butt-Head' endure: 'They're very pure'

Judge has spent 30 years with the pair of horny metalheads, and although they helped define the 1990s, he's convinced they're as relevant today.

The Baseball Stadium That "Forever Changed" Professional Sports

Camden Yards, which opened 30 years ago this summer, is revered for its design and downtown location. But its influence—along with its lessons—extends beyond architecture.

Connect a Ruby on Rails App with React in a Monolith

Learn about the three main types of app architecture, then connect React with your monolith Ruby on Rails app.

Kits | Foundation 6

The Beautiful Life of Vin Scully

The legendary Dodgers broadcaster, who died Tuesday at age 94, was a modern Socrates, only more revered. He was simultaneously a giant and our best friend.

From whistling arrows and trumpeting elephants to battle cries and eerie horns, ancient soldiers used sound to frighten and confuse their…

Since antiquity people have harnessed sound as a weapon, and the practice continues – in new high-tech ways – today.

OCR-free document understanding with Donut

Use the recently-released Transformers model to generate JSON representations of your document data

The Making of a Conspiracy Theory | Tzafrir Barzilay

On the fabrication of well-poisoning accusations in medieval Europe.

5 Amazon product listing optimization must-haves

Amazon will continue to be highly competitive. Want to be successful? Optimize your product listings to the fullest with these tips.

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington

We asked jazz musicians, writers and others to tell us what moves them. Listen to their choices.

An Introduction to Graph Partitioning Algorithms and Community Detection

Graph partitioning has been a long-lasting problem and has a wide range of applications. This post shares the methodology for graph…

GlobalFoundries joins Google's open-source silicon initiative

Google announced in a blog on August 3 that GlobalFoundries (GF) is participating in its open-source silicon initiative as a new partner, calling the new partnership a milestone in the foundry ecosystem market.

5 Less-Known Python Libraries That Can Help in Your Next Data Science Proje

Reduce time in your data science workflow with these libraries.

Use One Big Server - Speculative Branches