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Lone Geniuses Are Overratedtheatlantic.com
In a very optimistic book published at a very pessimistic moment, Walter Isaacson explains how a group of oddballs and savants collaborated to create the world we live in today. -
Should Airplanes Be Flying Themselves?vanityfair.com
William Langewiesche explores how a series of small errors can turn a state-of-the-art cockpit into a death trap. -
The Loma Prieta Earthquake 1989 + 2014 Mashup | Shawn Clovershawnclover.com
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Beethoven’s Bad Influencenewyorker.com
Alex Ross reviews five recent biographies and one novel, and asks: “How did Beethoven become ‘BEETHOVEN’?” -
Stop and seizewashingtonpost.com
Aggressive police take hundreds of millions of dollars from motorists not charged with crimes http://wapo.st/stopandseize -
Thread Safety Analysis in C and C++ » SEI Blogblog.sei.cmu.edu
Immediate and accessible insights into the broad spectrum of work we do at the SEI -
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Home // eXperimental Operating Systemxosnitc.github.io
XOS or eXperimental Operating System with features like multiprogramming, file system calls, and virtual memory. Various tools like File System Interface, Machine Simulator, Application Programmer's Language, System Programmer's Language are provided t... -
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Update 15: Setback: A $58,000 lesson in mid-volume manufacturing · MicroView: Chip-sized Arduino with built-in OLED Display!kickstarter.com
Hey Folks,This week we learned our manufacturer SparkFun had shipped as many as 1,934 Microview units without a bootloader. This renders the unit effectively broken. :-( . We suspected something was up when we saw an elevated number of support inquirie... - googleblog.blogspot.com
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Last Time It Was This Crazy, the Stock Market Crashedwolfstreet.com
Mega-Startups go parabolic. Flame-out already happening. -
The Dropbox Blog – Dropbox wasn’t hackedblog.dropbox.com
Dropbox lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again! -
What to do when you screw up 2,000 orders - News - SparkFun Electronicssparkfun.com
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Tracking down Gary Le, the Thiel Fellow and Dartmouth dropout who tried to impersonate me | blog.kevinzhang.meblog.kevinzhang.me
Someone emailed spam to a large number of people at my institution and tried to frame me for it. I set out to find out who. -
Heroku founder: Y Combinator developer tools request is a very big dealventurebeat.com
While it might not seem so to outsiders, Y Combinator's new Developer Tools Request for Startups (RFS) is a big deal. (Editor's note: The deadline to apply is tomorrow.) It's an important sign of t... -
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