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The Uncanny Valley - IEEE Spectrumspectrum.ieee.org
Four decades ago, Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori wrote a seminal essay introducing the concept of the uncanny valley. This is the first publication of an English translation authorized by Mori -
The Economist’s Tom Standage on digital strategy and the limits of a model based on advertisingniemanlab.org
"The Economist has taken the view that advertising is nice, and we’ll certainly take money where we can get it, but we’re pretty much expecting it to go away." -
Google’s ARC now runs Android apps on Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, and Linuxarstechnica.com
"App Runtime for Chrome" takes a big step toward making Android a universal binary. -
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Linux Kernel Reading Guidelinux.org
Series Index - http://www.linux.org/threads/linux-kernel-reading-guide.5384/ or - http://www.linux.org/forums/linux-kernel.41/ The Linux Kernel Series on... -
The optimal road trip across the U.S. according to machine learningrhiever.github.io
Randy Olson uses machine learning to find the optimal road trip across the U.S. - languagengine.co
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An Experimental "RequireCT" Directive for HSTS - ritter.vgritter.vg
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Nebula One: World's First Cloud Computer. OpenStack Private Cloudnebula.com
Nebula One is an integrated hardware and software appliance providing distributed compute, storage, and network services in a unified private cloud system. -
The Magnificence of the Disaster: Reconstructing the Sony BMG Rootkit Incident by Deirdre K. Mulligan, Aaron Perzanowski :: SSRNpapers.ssrn.com
Late in 2005, Sony BMG released millions of Compact Discs containing digital rights management technologies that threatened the security of its customers' compu -
The future of loneliness | Olivia Laingtheguardian.com
The long read: As we moved our lives online, the internet promised an end to isolation. But can we find real intimacy amid shifting identities and permanent surveillance? -
Better ‘cosmic candles’ to illuminate dark energysymmetrymagazine.org
Using a newly identified set of supernovae, researchers have found a way to measure distances in space twice as precisely as before. -
Announcing the Tesla Model W | Tesla Motorsteslamotors.com
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 1, 2015 –Tesla today announced a whole new product line called the Model W. As many in the media predicted, it's a watch. That's what the "W" stands for. -
Slumber Party! Inside The Unlikely Mattress Startup Boombuzzfeed.com
Casper leads a new crowd of startups in the $14 billion mattress industry, trying to turn the most utilitarian of purchases into a quirky, shareable adventure. Wake up to the new world of selling t... -
How many HTTP status codes should your API use?blogs.dropbox.com
There are a lot of HTTP status codes. At the time of this writing, Wikipedia lists 75 different status codes, most of which you've probably never encountered. -
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