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A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.

Unlocking Canada’s superpower potential | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/d4813838-66b2-4823-8361-11d467142fd2

of course

the official drink of this summer is ether

Remarkable clarity in Britain.

What an amazing coincidence that all of Trump’s toadies tweeted out praise that used the exact same language.

Five former defense secretaries denounced President Trump’s firing last week of the Joint Chiefs chairman and several other senior military officials, saying that the officers were “fired for purely partisan reasons” and urging Congress to hold hearings.

Our cover story this week: reforming the Pentagon. www.economist.com/briefing/202...

Nonpartisan civil services are more efficient, more productive, more experienced, higher morale, protect taxpayers against graft, and are associated with lower sovereign-debt costs and stronger growth. Supporting them shouldn't be a partisan thing! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

There is nothing "conservative" or "right-wing" about Patel, Gabbard or RFK Jr. They rather represent a new form of obscurantist radicalism: anti-evidence, anti-science, and opposed to the rule of law www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

In the responses I see that people can't give up the belief that there must be a pattern or plan. What if these tariffs are just the result of a whim? A passing fancy?

Exclusive: David A. Lebryk, the highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department, is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

PROP - PR Over Policy. Don't confuse them. He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him. Dems need to be strategic.

Arrest "quotas" have some very bad connotations www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Joanna Newsom Announces New Album Will Be Ready Just as Soon as Andy Samberg Finishes Adding Comedy Rap Verses to Every Song thehardtimes.net/culture/joan...

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"In Musk and Ramaswamy’s telling, the chief problem with the administrative state is that it’s full of unelected mandarins who force their diktats down the throats of a reluctant public," writes Nicholas Bagley. But they've got it all wrong:

Elon Musk: The Comic Strip

Think I was lucky and secured a diamond potato! Can’t wait to display it as a centerpiece in my home. @cardsagainsthumanity.com

@cardsagainsthumanity.com is paying homage to The Beatles this Black Friday with Potato on Bluesky with Diamonds