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Stacker Saloon

saloon

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Animal_World

> Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK.
> 
> Earlier this year, I wrote about dogs with an unusual talent. Although many dogs can master basic commands, these animals had amassed enormous vocabularies, learning the names of hundreds of toys. It was, the story noted, a rare skill in the canine kingdom; in years of searching the globe, scientists had identified very few of these “gifted word learners.”
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> And yet, as soon as the story was published, I began to hear from readers who said that their dogs were linguistic prodigies, too. And while a few of the dogs did indeed sound gifted, it seemed statistically unlikely that they all were. Many sounded as if they were perfectly normal dogs, who had learned to recognize a handful of words that mattered to them, like “walk” or “dinner.”
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> As the emails streamed in, I began to wonder whether I was witnessing a canine version of the better-than-average effect, a cognitive bias in which people tend to overestimate their own abilities, and those of their loved ones, relative to those of other people. (It is also sometimes known as the Lake Wobegon effect, named after Garrison Keillor’s fictional town where “all the children are above average.”)
> 
> ...

In Defense of Dumb Dogs

Project Deal: our Claude-run marketplace experiment

math

Weekend Puzzle: Birthday Challenge

SimpleStacker

June 17

> Albert: I don't know the birthday, but I know that Bernard also doesn't know.

Force it to drop the 18th and 19th.

> Bernard: At first I didn't know the birthday, but now I know.

It has to be June, because that's the only option left.

charts_and_maps

Charted: AI Articles Have Overtaken Human Written Ones

Education

econ

> April is National Financial Literacy Monthopens, when the federal government and many states encourage citizens to become more financially literate. Unfortunately, many today lack a basic knowledge of economics, to our nation’s detriment. 
> 
> Across the country, states are starting to mandate that students take a personal finance course to graduate high school, often in place of economics courses. In 2022, only 23 states required students to take a financial literacy class in order to graduate; by 2026, that number had rocketed to 39 statesopens.
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> Meanwhile, only 22 states now mandate the same for economics classes, a number that seems to decline each year.  
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> Some argue that financial literacy is a more practical subject than economics. With limited classroom time available, who doesn’t support teaching the life skills of budgeting, borrowing, and investing?
> 
> ...

High Schoolers Need Economics, Not Just ‘Financial Literacy’

Politics_And_Law

> On the two year anniversary of his prosecution, Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez reflects on the War on Crypto.
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> Dear Reader,
>
> I write this letter to you before the sun has made her first appearance. The moon still reigns on this day, April 24th 2026. At this same exact time, 5:00 AM, only two years prior, my wife Lauren and I were both awaken dramatically to sirens, flashing lights, and brisk commands shouted over a megaphone.
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> "Keonne Rodriguez, this is the FBI, come out with your hands up IMMEDIATELY!" was repeatedly shouted. Over 50 armed FBI tactical agents pointed their assault rifles at our chests. Drones, armored vehicles, assault rifles, men dressed like GI-JOE, all swarmed the quiet humble small town where we lived. Once arrested, handcuffed, placed in the back of a police cruiser, Biden’s lackeys descended on my home like a swarm of ants hopped up on adrenaline.
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> The drone was flown through the house first to clear the way, the GI-JOEs followed, finally the army of blue haired DEI hires and the puny men who looked like they would be defeated by the thought of a single push-up shuffled their way in. I knew the tech team the moment I saw them.
>
> ...

**Letter #1: Notes From The Inside** https://stacker.news/items/1379760
**Letter #2: Notes From The Inside** https://stacker.news/items/1398359
**Letter #3: Notes From The Inside** https://stacker.news/items/1416625
**Letter #4: Notes From The Inside** https://stacker.news/items/1422142
**Letter #5: Notes From The Inside** https://stacker.news/items/1447871

Letter #6: Two Years In

videos

> In this episode of VICE Inside, Shane Smith talks with longtime VICE producer Alex Chitty about their reporting in Iran and the unpredictability of working there. They recall coming face to face with senior members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and attempting to turn it into an interview. Shane and Alex reflect on the gap between the official narrative and everyday life in Tehran, and what didn’t make it into the final cuts.

VICE Inside Iran | Then and Now ft. Alex Chitt

Stacker_Stocks

Nuclear reactor maker X-Energy valued at $11.9 billion in stellar Nasdaq debut

Music

Theo Prodigy · The Day Is My Enemy (Live in Russia)

KoRn · Reward the Scars

℗ 2026 The Korn Partnership., Under exclusive license to Loma Vista Recordings. A Concord Label Group Release.

Released on: 2026-04-23

Composer Lyricist, Producer: Nick Raskulinecz
Recording Engineer: Matt Hyde
Recording Engineer: James (Fluff) Harley
Mixing Engineer: Chris Lord-Alge
Recording Second Engineer: Irin Mawhirter
Mastering Engineer: Ted Jensen
Composer Lyricist, Vocalist: Jonathan Davis
Composer Lyricist: James Shaffer
Composer Lyricist: Brian Welch
Composer Lyricist: Raymond Luzier

[New Song] Foo Fighters - Window

0xbitcoiner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKrqSnt9i_w

science

bitcoin

Researcher breaks 15bit elliptic C key in 'largest quantum attack,' wins 1 BTC

Took a split second, but keep in mind the goal was just to test the quantum algorithm.

2^15 = 32.768 combinations

> In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious.
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> This work of eco-fiction deftly explores issues of possible paths to a future where animals return to a nature depleted area. In the real world, a parallel version of this story has been unfolding as nature is thriving around former nuclear power plants.
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> This is especially evident at the former Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, where the absence of human activity has enabled wildlife to flourish despite continuing radiation, 40 years after the nuclear disaster there.
> 
> ...

Why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl

> Beloved wolf gripped the nation after burrowing out of the zoo.
> 
> A 40-year-old man was arrested after using artificial intelligence to generate a fake image of a runaway wolf that South Korean authorities said obstructed an urgent investigation.
> 
> ...

Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf

> April 24 (Reuters) - X-Energy (XE.O), shares surged 30.9% in their Nasdaq debut, fetching the company a valuation of $11.9 billion and signaling strong interest in the developers of carbon-free energy that has the potential to fuel the unprecedented boom in artificial intelligence.
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> The Amazon-backed nuclear reactor developer raised $1.02 billion in its ‌initial public offering on Thursday by selling 44.3 million shares in its upsized offering at $23 apiece. The stock opened at $30.11.

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