OpenBSD PF versus FreeBSD PF(mwl.io)

184 points by zdw 3 years ago | 58 comments

Wikipedia hosting costs are 1.5% of revenue(pallasblog.substack.com)

31 points by LucasLanglois 3 years ago | 5 comments

What John von Neumann did at Los Alamos (2020)(3quarksdaily.com)

208 points by fanf2 2 years ago | 118 comments

The case for the decentralization of online forums(viksit.com)

142 points by viksit 3 years ago | 126 comments

The Webb Telescope further deepens the Hubble tension controversy in cosmology(quantamagazine.org)

327 points by nsoonhui 2 years ago | 321 comments

Quanta Magazine article on a long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope study of the cosmic expansion rate that deepens the Hubble tension in cosmology.

The Researcher Who Explores Computation by Conjuring New Worlds(quantamagazine.org)

31 points by EA-3167 2 years ago | 0 comments

Epic vs. Google: Google Loses(theverge.com)

1156 points by modeless 2 years ago | 873 comments

The Verge's live coverage of the Epic v. Google antitrust trial over the Play Store, reporting the jury verdict against Google.

US vs. Google amicus curiae brief of Y Combinator in support of plaintiffs [pdf](storage.courtlistener.com)

402 points by dave1629 1 year ago | 862 comments

PDF of Y Combinator's amicus curiae brief supporting the plaintiffs in the US Department of Justice antitrust case against Google.

Let's Ditch Google (Verb)(adam.farkas.pro)

43 points by speckx 26 days ago | 46 comments

A blog post arguing that people should stop using "google" as a verb meaning to search the web.

Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries(theguardian.com)

379 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 200 comments

Guardian news article reporting a German study finding Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical website for health queries.

Google loses antitrust suit over search deals on phones(bloomberg.com)

834 points by rvz 2 years ago | 610 comments

Bloomberg news article reporting that a judge ruled Google's search default deals with Apple and others on phones violated antitrust law in the DOJ case.

Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more(blog.plover.com)

927 points by JNRowe 1 year ago | 430 comments

Blog post from The Universe of Discourse explaining English patronymic surnames derived from medieval nicknames, some of which are no longer in use.