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Homer's Last Theoremboingboing.net
A look into the deep, dark, strangely complicated world of Simpsons mathematics. By Simon Singh. -
The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPStmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com
Memorizing the city’s 25,000 streets might be the most difficult test in the world. As technology imperils this tradition, is there an argument for learning as an end in itself? -
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Soylent : Announcing Soylent 1.2 Development of the Soylent...blog.soylent.me
Announcing Soylent 1.2 Development of the Soylent formula is ongoing as we work to engineer the most healthy, affordable, and convenient staple food ever produced. Today, we take another step towards... -
An Update on Hacker Newsblog.ycombinator.com
I frequently get asked about the changes we’ve made and are making to Hacker News, so I wanted to share some updates. A lot of people feel strongly about HN. It’s an important part of the startup... - thexbar.me
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The White House Gets It Right On Net Neutrality. Will the FCC?eff.org
Over the past year, millions of Internet users have spoken out in defense of the open Internet. Today, we know the White House heard us. In a statement issued this morning, President Barack Obama has called on the Federal Communications Commission to d... -
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California’s strawberry industry is hooked on dangerous pesticidesbeta.cironline.org
California’s strawberry growers rely on heavy amounts of dangerous pesticides to deliver fruit year-round at an affordable price. But the health and environmental problems that come with those chemicals have threatened the foundation of a $2.6 billion ... -
All Dressed Up For Mars and Nowhere to Gomedium.com
200,000 people have supposedly signed up for a one-way mission to Mars. But the truth about Mars One is much weirder and… - breakthroughprize.org
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Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released From Prison | TorrentFreaktorrentfreak.com
Former Pirate Bay spokesperson Peter Sunde is a free man again. After more than five months he was released from prison this morning. Peter is expected to take some time off to spend with family and loved ones before he continues working on making the ... -
The Founder's Guide To Selling Your Company • Justin Kanjustinkan.com
For most founders, selling a company is a life changing event that they have had no training for. At Y Combinator, one big thing we help our startups with is navigating questions around the acquisition process. Originally, I wrote this guide for... | J... -
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The Brain on Trial - Issue 5: Fame - Nautilusnautil.us
In his most recent book, Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, the philosopher Daniel Dennett has revisited his 1991 observation… -
Jessa Gamble – Life without sleepaeon.co
New technologies are emerging that could radically reduce our need to sleep - if we can bear to use them -
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Interest Dashboard Beta Add-on Ready for Testingblog.mozilla.org
The Content Services team is working to reframe how users are understood on the Internet: how content is presented to them, how they can signal ...
