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Bolivian Ballroadsandkingdoms.com
As basketball rises in popularity in Bolivia, teams are recruiting more and more American players, who have to learn a new language on and off the court - and overcome altitude sickness. - googlecloudplatform.blogspot.com
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A “dead man’s switch” for your computer?blog.viktorpetersson.com
In the last few weeks, a lot of details have been disclosed around Ross Ulbricht’s arrest. For those not familiar with the matter, Ulbricht was arrested at a library in San Francisco some time ago with his laptop open. The agents managed to steal the l... - en.wikipedia.org
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NSA-grade spyware is up for sale, and the world's worst dictatorships are buyingtheverge.com
When Bahraini activist Moosa Abd-Ali Ali was granted asylum in the UK, he thought he'd found refuge. But then the Bahraini government targeted Moosa with a secretive spyware tool, and took over his digital existence. - machacks.whiskykilo.com
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Kaa Open Source IoT Platformkaaproject.org
The most comprehensive open-source IoT platform for building interoperable, connected products and applications. Download now! -
Dubai360dubai360.com
A fully interactive tour of Dubai utilizing state of the art 360 degree panoramic photos, videos, and timelapses. - news.ycombinator.com
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Lab Rat Race: an exercise in genetic algorithmscodegolf.stackexchange.com
This is Fortnightly Challenge #3. Theme: Genetic Algorithms This challenge is a bit of an experiment. We wanted to see what we could do, challenge-wise, with genetic algorithms. Not everything may... -
Coffee Meets Bagel Meets Memedium.com
A statistical analysis brought to you by the most romantic person to ever fit her dates into a relational database. -
The Sizzle99percentinvisible.org
The first trademark for a sound in the United States was issued in 1978 to NBC for their chimes. MGM has a sound trademark for their roaring lion, as does 20th Century Fox for their trumpet fanfare... - gothamair.com
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Artvoice IT Guys Build Thereminsblogs.artvoice.com
What's a theremin? You wave your hand through the science flying around in the air and sound comes out. No, seriously. It's an early electronic musical instrument, first patented by Léon Theremin in 1928. The "thereminist" creates the sound... -
Fallacy - Paul Snively's Blogpsnively.github.io
Fallacy is such a useful wordMany things are so untrueFallacy is nearly always heardAnd mostly what I get from youwith apologies to Billy Joel … -
An Ingenious New Typeface Inspired by Old Maps, But Made With Algorithms | WIREDwired.com
“Typeface design doesn’t have rapid prototyping,” says designer Jonathan Hoefler. So his team invented a new tool. -
Coinbase $75 million round is a game changer | Vancouvered Weblogmarc.cn
Today Bitcoin exchange/wallet/service provider Coinbase announced that it closed a $75 million round. Among all the major funding announcement of other tech - gitlet.maryrosecook.com
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