The math of shuffling cards almost brought down an online poker empire
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Card dealers create a unique deck with each shuffle, something computers cannot replicateManon Bischoff (Scientific American)
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What does Craftmetal do in Hollow Knight Silksong
Craftmetal is a unique resource in Hollow Knight Silksong that you can find pretty early in the game and has an essential use. Unlike more traditional items and consumables, you can't directly use Craftmetal. Instead, it's used as a resource to acquire different items. Unlike Rosaries, Craftmetal can be used at only one location to get the items (unless I have yet to ...
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China, Pakistan Expand CPEC with Strategic Economic Roadmap. New projects in industry, agriculture, IT, Gwadar, and cross-border connectivity.News Desk (The Daily Cpec)
Kruci: Post-mortem of a UI library
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UNRWA Media Advisor Adnan Abu Hasna confirmed that “there is no room for a single tent in the southern Gaza Strip,” in light of the ongoing forced displacement campaigns imposed by the Israeli occupation on more than two million people in the Gaza SDAILY YEMEN
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Most New Yorkers are not aware companies contributing to the Gaza genocide operate in their backyard, but at least two are housed in the city-operated Brooklyn Navy Yard. Now, activists and local residents are banding together to get them evicted.Joseph Mogul (Mondoweiss)
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The new edition of JOHNSTONE is now available to order in print or download as a pay-what-you-want e-book version.Caitlin Johnstone (Caitlin’s Newsletter)
As anticipated, the first week of September remained turbulent for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the rest of the cryptos. Here’s who performed betterPooja Khardia (CoinGape)
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Being good isn't enough
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Explore the rise of Solana Meme Coin launchpads, where creating tokens is quick and simple amidst heavy trading activity.Jamie Redman (Bitcoin News)
Navy SEALs reportedly killed North Korean fishermen to hide a failed mission
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An Associated Press investigation reveals that the Israeli military struck Nasser Hospital 4 times without warning, killing 22, including 5 journalists, with the probe questioning the military's rationale and use of tank shells in the attack.Al Mayadeen English (AP: 'Israel' may have deliberately targeted journalists in hospital)
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Ethereum whales rotate $12.5B into ETH while UNI and NEAR attract smart money. What it means for altcoins and why traders are watching closely.Michelle DG (Blockonomi)
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WLFI emphasized that the action was not meant to suppress legitimate activity but to prevent further harm while investigations are ongoing.Terence Zimwara (Bitcoin News)
Corporate Bitcoin treasuries exceed 1 million BTC and add close to $1 billion this week with ongoing additions initiated by firms globally.Paul (CoinGape)
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Hollow Knight: Silksong: How to Get the Clawline
If you want to cross gaps and use a grappling hook onto some rings in Hollow Knight: Silksong, this is how to get the Clawline.
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The World War Two bomber that cost more than the atomic bomb
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The Boeing B-29 was the most advanced bomber of World War Two, and more expensive to design and build than the atomic bombs it dropped.Stephen Dowling (BBC)
Stop writing CLI validation. Parse it right the first time
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This post introduces Optique, a new library created to address the pervasive problem of repetitive and often messy validation code in CLI tools.Hackers' Pub
Navy SEALs Killed Fishermen to Hide Failed Mission to Wiretap North Korea
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The fishermen accidentally stumbled upon a detachment of U.S. Navy SEALs in 2019, according to a Friday report by The New York Times.Matthew Petti (Reason.com)
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Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor saw his net worth spike $1 billion on Sunday compared to Jan. 1, amid his inclusion in Bloomberg’s Billionaire 500 Index.Ciaran Lyons (Cointelegraph)
Paris has pledged to recognize Palestine at the upcoming UN General Assembly, with Israel accusing Macron of ‘playing both sides’thecradle.co
Show HN: I'm making an open-source platform for learning Japanese
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When investors look to buy crypto today, meme tokens like Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Pepe (PEPE) often dominate conversation for their cultural flair and historic pop. But analysts are singling out Mutuum Finance (MUTM), currently priced under $0.PR Desk (Blockonomi)
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GigaByte CXL memory expansion card with up to 512GB DRAM
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has warned that if his country is attacked, it will move into a phase of active military preparedness to defend its national integrity and sovereignty.Sputnik International
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A landmark roundtable signals a bold push to unify SEC and CFTC oversight, aligning rules, cutting red tape, and igniting a new era of market innovation.Kevin Helms (Bitcoin News)
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Elbit Systems shuts down UK site targeted by Palestine Action
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[Warren and Proudhon's idea] originated independently, just as like Leibniz and Newton invented the calculus, or Darwin and Wallace invented the theory of evolution simultaneously, Warren and Proudhon devoted a great deal of energy to the mutual banking idea.
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