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Supreme Commander - Graphics Study - Adrian Courrègesadriancourreges.com
Total Annihilation has a special place in my heart since it was the very first RTS I played; it was with Command & Conquer and … -
The man who was jailed for 22 years – on the fantasy evidence of a single hairtheguardian.com
Kirk Odom spent 31 years in prison and on parole after pseudoscientific analysis of a hair that has finally been discredited. Now the FBI admits it was wrong – in Odom’s case, and many thousands like it -
In his own words: Hagoromo president explains why he closed down his beloved chalk business- Nikkei Asian Reviewasia.nikkei.com
Hagoromo Stationery made chalk for 82 years. We closed down the company in March voluntarily. When we made the decision to close public last October, -
Inside the trillion-dollar war on Big Foodfortune.com
Major packaged-food companies lost $4 billion in market share alone last year, as shoppers swerved to fresh and organic alternatives. Can the supermarket giants win you back? - theinternetthinks.com
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The Population Bomb?retroreport.org
In the 1960s, fears of overpopulation sparked campaigns for population control. But whatever became of the population bomb? -
The Breakup App - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
Binder—as in “binned her”—does the dumping for you, by sending a text and leaving a voice mail. -
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Japan Building Giant Battery Systems to Store Solar Powerblogs.wsj.com
Japanese companies are building some of the world's biggest battery systems to address one of solar power's biggest problems--its volatility. -
The US Navy's warfare systems command just paid millions to stay on Windows XPitworld.com
Windows XP and other obsolete systems remain critical to the Navy's operations. -
Taking Books to Bits: Book Scanning with 1DollarScan.com | Ink, Bits, & Pixelsthe-digital-reader.com
There are services that offer to scan books and create electronic versions. Most are pretty expensive, but 1DollarScan.com holds out the prospect of scanning your book for $1.00. It’s not really quite that cheap, but it is the least expensive of the bo... -
The medical conundrum of plane stowaways - BBC Newsbbc.com
A man apparently survived stowing away in the undercarriage of a 5,600-mile flight. How is this possible? -
New data shows losing 80% of mobile users is normal, and why the best apps do betterandrewchen.co
Exclusive data on retention curves for mobile apps In a recent essay covering the Next Feature Fallacy, I explained why shipping “just one more feature” doesn’t fix your product. The root cause is that the average app has pretty bad retention metrics. ... -
How SurveyMonkey Is Coping After the Death of Dave Goldbergnytimes.com
SurveyMonkey’s executives have had to navigate the process of replacing Mr. Goldberg, while running a company on the cusp of significant growth — and managing the emotions of 550 employees. -
Introducing the Famous Frameworkblog.famous.org
We're excited to announce that today we're releasing a public alpha of our Framework open source, under the MIT license. "Famous Framework," you ask? "Didn't you just release Famous in May?” Good question! In May we released our Engine, and... -
Users Betrayed as Australia Adopts a Copyright Censorship Regimeeff.org
Since our report last week on Australia's Internet censorship bill, the bill did indeed pass the Senate yesterday, and will become the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2015. The new law provides an accelerated process for rightsholders to ... -
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Moonstick Information Site - slide rule moon phase calendarmoonstick.com
provides a slide rule moon phase calendar and other methods of computing astronomical information -
Humankind’s Existentially Lucky Numbersnytimes.com
Bump the dials just barely on figures like alpha’s value or the mass of the Higgs boson, and nothing like our universe could exist. -
Benchling - Software Engineerjobs.lever.co
We are building the software layer that powers all biological research. Our customers are solving humanity’s most pressing challenges, such as disease, renewable energy, clean water, and hunger. Benchling enables them to collaborate and move more effic...
