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Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s black comedy about nuclear weapons, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” Released on January 29, 1964, the film caused a good deal of controversy. Its plo... -
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Apple Pay: 4 lessons Bitcoin needs to learn - Larry Salibralarrysalibra.com
Apple Pay launched in the US on October 20, 2014, and has been doing very well. 1 million cards added in the first 3 days. In the first 3 weeks, just … -
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What’s going on in Catalonia? - Ara.catinteractius.ara.cat
Why Catalans want to decide the future of their country in a referendum? Find out in this interactive by ARA -
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Good Consultants vs Bad Consultants - Jacques Mattheijjacquesmattheij.com
Bad consultants make money off their customers, good consultants make money for their customers. That’s it. That’s the whole trick. If … -
How the Berlin Wall Really Fellnytimes.com
Mistakes by East German officials and rising opposition by large numbers of everyday citizens led to the opening. -
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ReactiveX/RxJavagithub.com
RxJava – Reactive Extensions for the JVM – a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences for the Java VM. -
OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'untouchable' by policedailydot.com
There are no home servers to shut down, no leaders to arrest, no big websites for the FBI to triumphantly declare seized. -
Texas Man Arrested For $4.5 Million Bitcoin Ponzi Schemeforbes.com
A Texas man has been arrested on wire fraud and securities fraud charges for his operation of what authorities allege was a Bitcoin-related Ponzi scheme that raised millions of dollars through a purported online digital hedge fund. Trendon Shavers, kn... -
Google ordered to help Marvel hunt for 'Avengers' trailer leakermashable.com
Marvel Entertainment has asked a federal court in Los Angeles to force Google to help identify the leaker of a trailer for "Avengers: Age of Ultron," Disney said in court docume... -
Big things to expect from Emacs 25 · Endless Parenthesesendlessparentheses.com
Emacs turned 24.4 this Monday. Admittedly, it's not a hugely significant number, but every birthday is a big deal. The cries of joy and celebration echoed throughout the websphere. And now, while Emacs sleeps off an alcohol-induced headache, as the jan... -
The Perfected Selftheatlantic.com
B. F. Skinner’s notorious theory of behavior modification was denounced by critics 50 years ago as a fascist, manipulative vehicle for government control. But Skinner’s ideas are making an unlikely comeback today, powered by smartphone apps that are tr... -
Programming for the Expression of Ideasinfoq.com
Gerald Sussman explains how programming can help understand Analytical Mechanics and Differential Geometry, and make some concepts of General Relativity come alive. Indeed, a well-crafted program is an expression of an idea, and it may be a work of art. -
Moving Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Citiescitylab.com
A popular new study claims to lump cities into four types. But the real science of cities is heading toward a more complex understanding of how urban spaces evolve. -
Bazaar-NG: 7 years of hacking on a distributed version control system - Stationary Travellerstationary-traveller.eu
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