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Alexis de Tocqueville's Anti-Buzzfeed Rant of 1835priceonomics.com
In 1835, a French aristocrat analyzed the trivial, decentralized, and diminished nature of America's newspapers. But he was really complaining about blogs. -
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After Darkafterdark.tate.org.uk
Explore Tate Britain over five nights during August 2014. This is the IK Prize 2014 winning project. -
My wishlist for Postgres 9.5 Craig Kerstienscraigkerstiens.com
As I followed along with the 9.4 release of Postgres I had a few posts of things that I was excited about, some things that missed, and a bit of a … -
Just Howpostcarbon.org
<p>After the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture cracked down on a community seed library, hundreds of seed libraries in the U.S. are suddenly wondering if they are breaking the law.</p> -
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Nipping at LinkedIn’s heelseconomist.com
LINKEDIN is not the only game in town. With 60m members, Viadeo is the world’s second-biggest professional social network. It is strong in its home country,... -
Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrong | GeekDad | Wired.comarchive.wired.com
According to one expert, most common learning strategies are actually hurting our ability to acquire and retain long-term knowledge. -
Workers of the world, log ineconomist.com
A LOT of room in an office is a sign either of a blossoming company or a shrivelling one. Happily for Frank Han, the empty space at Kenandy, a cloud-computing... -
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Waiting for Gojal | EOSDIS - Earthdata Websiteearthdata.nasa.gov
Scientists and satellites hold vigil on a newborn lake in Pakistan. -
The Zen of Gradient Descentmrtz.org
Ben Recht spoke about optimization a few days ago at the Simons Institute. His talk was a highly entertaining tour de force through about a semester of convex optimization. You should go watch it. ... -
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Rocket Internet's Modus Operandithomasdiong.com
I’ve talked to many people who’ve worked at a Rocket Internet venture, I’ve had several long discussions with management of Rocket Internet’s portfolio companies, and I’ve also had personal experience... -
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A Hair Salon Guru’s Next Big Thing: Ending Shampoo | Design | WIREDwired.com
“I honestly think in five years people are going to go, ‘Oh God, remember when we used to wash our hair with shampoo?’” says Michael Gordon.