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Silicon Valley takes benefits 'arms race' to health carereuters.com
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - High salaries and free food aren't enough any more in Silicon Valley, where maturing companies are competing for talent with creative health care and wellness programs that use -
news.ycombinator.com
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Why the U.S. Military Is Into Bee Brain Surgery - Issue 11: Light - Nautilusnautil.us
A surgeon wielding a micro-scalpel cuts through the head capsule of her subject, the nocturnal sweat bee Megalopta genalis, in a lab… -
What is probabilistic programming? - The PL Enthusiastpl-enthusiast.net
We examine the growing menagerie of probabilistic programming languages, and how they aim to democratize machine learning. -
blog.mecheye.net
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On the Computational Complexity of MapReducejeremykun.com
I recently wrapped up a fun paper with my coauthors Ben Fish, Adam Lelkes, Lev Reyzin, and Gyorgy Turan in which we analyzed the computational complexity of a model of the popular MapReduce framewo... -
Let's talk about date and time...thekillbillstory.wordpress.com
In a billing system, dates and times are a critical part of the system, and yet dealing with date and time certainly has its challenges. Let's start by saying that Kill Bill has a granularity of a ... -
uniVocity/csv-parsers-comparisongithub.com
csv-parsers-comparison - Comparisons among all Java-based CSV parsers in existence -
dgl.cx
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Uber Improves Life, Economists Agreenytimes.com
Ride-sharing services’ competition with taxi firms is good for consumer welfare, leading experts unanimously answered in a survey. -
Silicon Valley’s Diversity Problemnytimes.com
Technology companies should make it a priority to improve their work forces with more women and minorities. -
All of ITeldelshell.com
For the past few months I've been actively searching and applying for different job positions and although is not my first time, I've came to realize the amount of knowledge most of the employers I interviewed with expected and it's dizzying. First of ... -
Dubai detectives to get Google Glass to fight crimereuters.com
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai police plan to issue detectives with Google Glass hands-free eyewear to help them fight crime using facial recognition technology, a police spokesman in the wealthy Gulf Arab emirate -
informationtheorykhanacademy.org
We've always been communicating.... as we moved from signal fires, to alphabets & electricity the problems remained the same. -
news.ycombinator.com
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Thinking about quitting your job? Go tell your boss! - R&D and Stuffronsho.com
Let’s assume the following scenario: you decide to quit your job and start looking for a new one, confidentially. After you sign a contract with the new work place, you notify your current boss. Sounds familiar? Yeah, well in my opinion, that’s wrong. ... - poll.lab.io
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vladikoff/chromeos-apkgithub.com
chromeos-apk - Run Android APKs in Chrome OS OR Chrome in OS X, Linux and Windows. -
bbc.com
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The Germans are coming, againeconomist.com
We’re American, and German too AMERICA’S German roots are rich and strong. From California to New York, 48m people claim German ancestry, which would make them...
