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Piketty findings undercut by errors - FT.comft.com
Thomas Piketty’s book, ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’, has been the publishing sensation of the year. Its thesis of rising inequality tapped into the zeitgeist and electrified the post-financial crisis public policy debate. But according to a -
Bitcoin Buoyant as Price Surges Past $500coindesk.com
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Mathematical Impressions: Spontaneous Stratification | Simons Foundationsimonsfoundation.org
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'vs' - My favorite Google trick for amazingly fast research.glowingrectangles.com
When researching products and services, especially in areas outside your expertise, it can be tough just discovering what your choices are. You can use the power of Google’s search term suggestion to quickly generate a list of competitors products usin... -
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The Amazon of India is not Flipkart—it’s Amazonqz.com
One of the worst-kept secrets in India’s e-commerce industry was finally outed yesterday as Flipkart, a broad-based e-commerce firm in India, said it was buying fashion e-tailer Myntra in an all-stock deal reportedly valued at about $330 million. Given... -
Peter Thiel and the Cult of the Dropoutslate.com
In 2007, Bill Gates returned to Harvard more than 30 years after dropping out to deliver the commencement address and collect an honorary degree. “For my part, I’m just glad that the Crimson has called me ‘Harvard’s most successful dropout,’ ” he said,... -
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Do users understand the browser back button?ux.stackexchange.com
You hear a lot about not breaking the back button on websites, but can you assume that most users know and use the back button? Is it redundant to add a JavaScript or HTML back button/link on a pa... -
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Developer Anxiety, we’re not alone | GeekyBoy.comgeekyboy.com
Yesterday I was approached by a developer, apprentice, friend, and sometimes mentor, who was having some personal issues. I consider this person to be very - blog.getcloudengine.net
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Promising discovery in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacterianews.ubc.ca
Researchers have identified a small molecule that prevents bacteria from forming into biofilms, a frequent cause of infections.