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The Pygrid Engine (Pygame) - Game Programminggamedev.net
The Pygrid Engine (Pygame) - posted in Game Programming: I would like to introduce you to the engine that Im developing in Python/Pygame. It is open-source and cross-platform, and it is pretty simple to understand. It is in its very beginning, but its ... -
IBM fires small-town workers for Wall Street numbers. That’s the good parttheguardian.com
Heidi Moore: The anatomy of a layoff – by way of crashing message-board servers – reveals the powerlessness of company towns in the 2014 economy -
The psychology of hate: How we deny human beings their humanitysalon.com
From slavery to genocide, society has shown a terrifying ability to disregard the personhood of others. Here's why -
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2013 Global Tech Exits Report – Private Company Tech Acquisitions and IPOscbinsights.com
1,825 private tech companies exited in 2013. Of these, only 1.04% were for more than $1 billion. Interestingly, the majority of exits (66%) had not raised institutional capital prior. On the back of an acqui-hiring binge, Yahoo was the year's most act... -
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Replication backlash - Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Scienceandrewgelman.com
Raghuveer Parthasarathy pointed me to an article in Nature by Mina Bissell, who writes, “The push to replicate findings could shelve promising research and unfairly damage the reputations of careful, meticulous scientists.” I can see where she’s coming... -
Google accused of making sexist, racist doodles - The Times of Indiatimesofindia.indiatimes.com
Spark Movement, which includes a 17-year-old student of Indian origin, has released a report that highlights the under-representation of women by Google in its doodles. -
Putin's War in Crimea Could Soon Spread to Eastern Ukrainenewrepublic.com
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The long shadow of Steve Jobs: Tim Cook at Applem.us.wsj.com
Even as he became chief executive of Apple, Tim Cook could not escape the shadow of the company's visionary founder. An excerpt from Yukari Iwatani Kane's 'Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs.' -
2 ways to deal with big and complicated featuresblog.arkency.com
Photo remix available thanks to the courtesy of EladeManu. CC BY 2.0 From feature vision to stories One of the challenges of managing software projects is delivering big features. We already told you that we prefer to work with small, prioritized and u... -
Missions Signal a Growing Role for Mormon Womennytimes.com
A sharp rise in the number of female missionaries points to a fundamental shift for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. -
Dude, Where's My Phone? Lenovo, Ashton Kutcher to Launch Line of Phones This Year.recode.net
The "Jobs" star is planning a line of special-edition phones with Lenovo. -
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'I lost money with Mt.Gox'money.cnn.com
Here are stories from people who failed to heed the warnings about Bitcoin-trading website Mt.Gox -- and some who avoided the fiasco. -
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What Hubspot's IPO Announcement Says About the Future of Marketingblog.chrisbolman.com
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported marketing software company Hubspot has started IPO discussions with Morgan Stanley after achieving 50% year-over-year revenue growth in 2013 to $77 million. As most already know, Hubspot’s central offering is...
