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thebreakthrough.org
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Aid burst lifts people out of extreme povertynature.com
Huge experiment across six nations shows lasting benefits from short-term support. - openjdk.java.net
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github.com
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Disrupters disruptedeconomist.com
PARTYING like it’s 1999 might be unwise, but venture capitalists have reason to open a few bottles of Dom Pérignon. In the first three months of the year American... -
postgresql.org
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alexonlinux.com
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news.ycombinator.com
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Medicine Hat becomes the first city in Canada to eliminate homelessnesscbc.ca
After several years of work, now no one in the city goes more than 10 days without a permanent place to live. The mayor — who began as a skeptic — explains how they did it. - blog.etherpad.org
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glennpaulley.ca
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How to Turn a Stadium Full of People into Thousands of Pixelspriceonomics.com
In a card stunt, thousands of audience members raise squares of colored paper over their heads, each a pixel in a giant multi-coloured image. Here's how that's done. -
cabinetmagazine.org
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How famous people rate Google Play Store appstxti.es
PS! You have to be logged in to your Google Account to see these pages. Larry Page https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=106189723444098348646 Probably plays Ingress, otherwise dull profile.... -
noncombatant.org
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This technology could prevent train crashes. So what are railroads waiting for?latimes.com
The crash of a Metrolink passenger train in California seven years ago that killed 25 people was caused by a devastating human error — the engineer missed a stop signal while texting on his cellphone — and Congress ordered a technol... -
Many of the NSA's Loudest Defenders Have Financial Ties to NSA Contractors - The Interceptfirstlook.org
With the debate over NSA surveillance at a critical juncture, it’s worth examining how money flows from the spy agency to contractors and to some of the NSA’s loudest defenders. -
The Future of Electric Vehicles Is Golf Carts, Not Teslahbr.org
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Tiny diamonds wrapped in graphene get rid of frictionarstechnica.com
Act like ball bearings to create a state called "superlubricity." -
rhiever.github.io
