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Amartya Sen: The economic consequences of austeritynewstatesman.com
The judgements of our financial and political leaders are breathtakingly narrow. Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen considers the alternatives. -
When a Company Is Put Up for Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal Data Is, Toonytimes.com
Some consumer websites say they will not sell users’ data, but unrestricted-data clauses allow them to transfer it if a merger or other transaction occurs. -
The Fuzzball Fix for a Black Hole Paradox | WIREDwired.com
By replacing black holes with fuzzballs—dense, star-like objects from string theory—researchers think they can avoid some knotty paradoxes at the edge of physics. -
The ELF Object File Format: Introduction | Linux Journallinuxjournal.com
Now that we are on the verge of a public release of ELF file format compilers and utilities, it is a logical time to explain the differences between a.out and ELF, and discuss how they will be visible to the user. As long as I am at it, I will also gui... -
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Secret to why McDonalds Coke Tastes Bestmarkproffitt.com
Everyone who sells Coca-Cola fountain drinks uses the same syrup and fountain machines but McDonald's tastes better. Learn McDonald's impossible innovation. -
Malaysian Flight 370: The Narrativemh370site.com
Known facts woven together into story form, a description of the events surrounding the disappearance of Malaysian Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 jet, in March 2014. - tau.ac.il
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levitron.com
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Online Lenders Offer New Competition for Bankswsj.com
Online ‘fintech’ companies, which aim to displace banks in many aspects of consumer and business lending, are capturing the imaginations of investors. -
google/lmctfygithub.com
lmctfy is the open source version of Google’s container stack, which provides Linux application containers. -
Ornette Coleman and a Joyful Funeral - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
The funeral was full of a sense of artistic limitlessness and spacey experiment. - eros-os.org
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theatlantic.com
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Speedsums - how fast can you math?speedsums.com
Speedsums is a super cool game in which you get 30 seconds to do as many sums as you can. How fast can you math? -
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Remembering Nuon, the gaming chip that nearly changed the world—but didn’tarstechnica.com
How DVD players and game consoles nearly combined to rock consumer electronics in the 90s. -
Why Coke Cost A Nickel For 70 Yearsnpr.org
All prices change. So why did the price of a Coke stay the same for decades? The answer includes a 7.5-cent coin and a company president who wanted to get a couple of lawyers out of his office.