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drop millions of allocations by using a linked list by tenderlove · Pull Request #1188 · rubygems/rubygemsgithub.com
I'm sending a PR because the reduction in allocations is so surprising to me that I'm afraid it's wrong. All tests pass on my machine, and I think it's backwards compatible, but I need review. /cc @evanphx @drbrain Use a linked list ... -
The untold story of how the sugar industry shaped key government research about your teethwashingtonpost.com
Incriminating old documents have surfaced showing the powerful U.S. sugar industry dramatically influenced the government's medical research on dental care—and ultimately what officials recommended for American diets. -
A Glorious Boondoggle: Will the New WTC Station Permanently Taint Santiago Calatrava’s Career?nymag.com
He was commissioned to design an architectural extravagance at ground zero. He succeeded, an accomplishment that threatens to destroy his reputation. -
Groups — A Primerjeremykun.com
The study of groups is often one's first foray into advanced mathematics. In the naivete of set theory one develops tools for describing basic objects, and through a first run at analysis one devel... -
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Interview with a Torturerblog.longreads.com
Documentary filmmaker and Khmer Rouge survivor Rithy Panh spent hundreds of hours interviewing Duch, the commandant of the Cambodia "killing fields" and one of the most notorious torturers of the 2... -
How clickbait grew up and got (sort of) seriouswashingtonpost.com
ViralNova, the one-man Ohio clickbait factory, has hired a CEO, opened a Manhattan office -- and tried to shed its earlier image. -
Al Lowenodontdie.com
I'm Al Lowe and I created a series of games called Leisure Suit Larry for Sierra back in the '80s and '90s along with another 20 games and titles back in that period. I was with Sierra from 1982 until... -
Molecule-making machine simplifies complex chemistrysciencedaily.com
A new molecule-making machine could do for chemistry what 3-D printing did for engineering: Make it fast, flexible and accessible to anyone. Chemists built the machine to assemble complex small molecules at the click of a mouse, like a 3-D printer at t... -
Finland, Home of the $103,000 Speeding Tickettheatlantic.com
Most of Scandinavia determines fines based on income. Could such a system work in the U.S.? -
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Depression Makes Time Feel Slowermotherboard.vice.com
Examining the relationship between depression, time quantification, and time perception. -
Why Y Combinator Funded a Radical Political Party in Argentinafastcompany.com
Silicon Valley investors are betting that the ideas that turned Airbnb and Dropbox into megahits can work for social enterprises. -
Are Uber Drivers Employees? The Trial That Could Devastate the “Sharing Economy.”slate.com
Uber, you might recall, is very rich. It’s racked up billions of dollars in funding for a valuation somewhere in the realm of $40 billion. Lyft, its main rival, isn’t doing too shabbily either. Late on Wednesday, Lyft confirmed a new $530 million fundi... - arxiv.org
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Functional Heap - Leftist Treetypeocaml.com
This post presents a functional heap - leftist tree in OCaml. It walks through binary heap, list based heap towards leftist tree. OCaml code has been supplied.... -
The Heart-Stopping Climbs of Alex Honnoldnytimes.com
The master of climbing without ropes spends his life cheating death. -
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Shakespeare in Tehran by Stephen Greenblattnybooks.com
For more than four centuries now he has served as a crucial link across the boundaries that divide cultures, ideologies, religions, nations, and all the other ways in which humans define and demarcate their identities. The differences, of course, remai...