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Fix Mac OS X Yosemitefix-macosx.com
If you're a Mac OS X user and you're using the default settings, each time you start typing in Spotlight (to open an application or search for a file on your computer), your search terms are sent to Apple and third parties. -
Rental America: Why the poor pay $4,150 for a $1,500 sofawashingtonpost.com
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You See Sneakers, These Guys See Hundreds Of Millions In Resale Profitfivethirtyeight.com
Shirod Ince sat at the front of a line of more than 100 people, mostly guys in their early 20s, on a Friday evening last month. For two days, he and his friends had been taking turns waiting outsid... - engineering.chartbeat.com
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Using virtual reality to desensitize troopspolygon.com
A group of clinicians who began treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with virtual reality are now developing a system that could better prepare combat medics for battle. Using augmented... - facebook.com
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@niftylettuce - Node.js Auth for Email/Google/Facebook on Web/iOS/Android with Eskimoniftylettuce.com
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What Is Google Chrome Helper, and Why Is It Hogging My CPU Cycles? | WIREDwired.com
If you use a Mac and Google's Chrome browser, you may occasionally be haunted by a ghoul that goes by the name of “Google Chrome Helper.” Here's how to tame this occasionally unruly browsing specter. -
Is This the Future of Robotic Legs?smithsonianmag.com
Hugh Herr’s bionic limbs have already revolutionized life for amputees (including himself). Now he’s envisioning new capabilities for everyone else - bit-player.org
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Variety makes you (mentally) fiteconomist.com
FOR years, researchers in bilingualism have been touting striking findings about how bilingualism affects the brain. Two of the most memorable involve “executive... -
Computer-brain interface device aims to help blind people 'see'post-gazette.com
Mark Pappas, who has been blind for 14 years, searched for a packet of sugar on the table in front of him by running his tongue across the 400 electrodes in his mouth. Using the information from the electrodes, he was able to locate the sugar, a white ... -
An Illustrated History of Unbelievably Camouflaged Shipsio9.com
It's difficult to hide from an enemy when you're inside an enormous ship, or part of a vast Naval fleet. And yet many ships in history have been well-camouflaged, despite a distinct lack of cloaking devices. Here are some of the most amazing examples. -
The Grand Illusionlaphamsquarterly.org
Isaac Newton had a peculiar notion of time. He saw it as a sort of cosmic grandfather clock, one that hovered over the rest of nature in blithe autonomy. And he believed that time advanced at a smooth - sec.gov
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Surface Pressure Observations from Smartphones: A Potential Revolution for High-Resolution Weather Prediction?journals.ametsoc.org
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My Last Day At PivotDeskktinboulder.com
David and I have decided that it's time I leave PivotDesk. This has been the hardest choice of my professional life. I wrote the team at PivotDesk a few days ago and stopped by the office to wish ...