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Diversity of the Mind | EconLog | Library of Economics and Libertyeconlog.econlib.org
A bunch of my favorite social scientists, including Philip Tetlock, Jonathan Haidt, Lee Jussim, and Charlotta Stern, have co-authored an amazing article on the scarcity and value of political diversity in social psychology*, forthcoming in Behavioral a... -
What We Lose if We Lose the Canonchronicle.com
When we cease distinguishing between the great and the good, literature loses its spine. -
Pain Really Does Make Us Gain - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
Is the experience of pain itself enough to create a sense of solidarity where none existed before? -
github.com
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How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2 Million a Year in Extra Tipsiquantny.tumblr.com
How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2 Million a Year in Extra Tips So a story in Businessweek caught my eye the other day. It discussed NYC taxi rider tipping habits and concluded that... -
Watership Down author Richard Adams: I just can’t do humanstheguardian.com
Watership Down, a story Richard Adams made up to scare his kids in the car, was rejected seven times before it became a classic. As a new illustrated edition is published, the author tells Alison Flood why he loves making children wince and weep -
wit.ai
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news.ycombinator.com
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Georgia Tech Student Indicted in UGA Hacknytimes.com
A Georgia Tech student accused of hacking the University of Georgia's online calendar and posting a message stoking the schools' football rivalry has been indicted. -
The 2014 Panic Reportpanic.com
It ended with a bang. For the last year or so, Panic was typically heads-down quiet. But as 2014 drew to a close, our furious typing came to fruition and a whole lot of magic happened. It felt grea... -
bbc.co.uk
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Hardware and Firmware Issues in Using Ultra-Low Power MCUsganssle.com
Hardware and Firmware Issues in Using Ultra-Low Power MCUs. -
Tech Companies Look to Break Down Walls Between Appsnytimes.com
As people spend more time using apps, their Internet has taken a step backward, becoming more isolated — more like the web before search engines. -
chatsecure.org
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There’s an app for thateconomist.com
HANDY is creating a big business out of small jobs. The company finds its customers self-employed home-helps available in the right place and at the right time. All... -
blog.compose.io
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S3 Distributed Version Restoreeng.climate.com
At The Climate Corporation, we work with Amazon Web Services a lot. As you can imagine, weather data is very plentiful. We keep lots of data in Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3), which is basica... -
obvio171/guerilla-open-tubegithub.com
guerilla-open-tube - Guerilla Open Tube, a distributed, censorship-resistant backup of YouTube https://www.facebook.com/obvio171/posts/10153000167759469 - tedunangst.com
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Technical interviews and the Towers of Hanoiblog.tjd.phlegethon.org
I’ve been interviewing job candidates lately, so I’ve been thinking about interview questions. I always ask people to write code in a technical interview, and I usually start with a fairly easy...