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Why Parse the User-Agent?jefftk.com
People really hate it when web servers decide what to do based on User-Agent: "UA strings need to die a horrible horrible death." — UnoriginalGuy "The UA string is flawed by itself. it shouldn't even be used anymore. The... -
CERN frees LHC datasymmetrymagazine.org
Anyone can access collision data from the Large Hadron Collider through the new CERN Open Data Portal. -
Physics of Beer Tappingjournals.aps.org
An investigation of the pub prank ``beer tapping'' provides a better understanding of gas-driven eruptions that occur in carbonated beverages, as well as in volcanic environments. - di.ens.fr
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At Spain’s Door, a Welcome Mat for Entrepreneursnytimes.com
A nation is beckoning foreign brains and money with the kind of immigration reform that Silicon Valley can only envy. -
A New Approach to Aid: How a Basic Income Program Saved a Namibian Village - SPIEGEL ONLINEspiegel.de
It sounds like a communist utopia, but a basic income program pioneered by German aid workers has helped alleviate poverty in a Nambian village. Crime is down and children can finally attend school. Only the local white farmers are unhappy. -
TinyJPG – Compress JPEG images intelligentlytinyjpg.com
Make your website faster and save bandwidth. TinyJPG compresses your JPEG images by 40-60%! - cs.stanford.edu
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kiguino – tales of hardware life crisis by a software engineerkiguino.moos.io
Announcing LaserCutter ruby gem and MakeABox.IO web site! – blog by Konstantin Gredeskoul about Arduino, hardware, sensors, robotics, beaglebone black -
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In a self-driving future, we may not even want to own carslatimes.com
Personal transportation is on the cusp of its greatest transformation since the advent of the internal combustion engine. -
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Gravitricitygravitricity.com
Gravitricity Ltd is developing a novel energy storage system to fill the gap between smaller scale electrical storage devices and pumped storage -
Elon Musk Testing ‘X-Wing’ Fins For Reusable Rockets, Seafaring Spaceport Drones For Landing And Take-Offtechcrunch.com
Let's face it: Elon Musk is probably a time traveller sent back to help us leave earth behind and achieve the next phase of human evolution. The inventor and.. -
Uber’s Rough Ridenytimes.com
The car-service app has engineering talent and business savvy. All it lacks is some grown-ups to manage it. -
news.ycombinator.com
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infobittinfobitt.com
Crowdsourcing has made amazing things—think Wikipedia and YouTube. But they're kind of noisy. And online communities are amazing ways of connecting us—think Facebook and Twitter. But they are... - static.squarespace.com