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An Atheist’s Guide to Spirituality - Issue 16: Nothingness - Nautilusnautil.us
I once spent an afternoon on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, atop the mount where Jesus is believed to have preached… -
Flash Boys in the US Treasury Marketmedium.com
Every bank I‘ve spoken to recently has had the same complaint: The liquidity in the screen isn’t real anymore. They used… -
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‘Soft’ Artificial Intelligence Is Suddenly Everywhereblogs.wsj.com
These are exciting times with ever-more powerful smart systems deployed in industry after industry. But as systems grow more complex and interconnected, they can become harder to understand and to control. “Our highly complex IT systems must become muc... -
Listening to the Star Wars Soundtrack in a Pygmy Villagetheatlantic.com
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Backroom Boys by Francis Spuffordtheguardian.com
Computer games weren't very good in 1982. There was Space Invaders and there was PacMan - but you didn't get much more for your money than the basic zapping and munching experience. Which was what prompted two teenage mathematicians to create the cosmo... -
A few About boxes from vintage Mac applicationssystemfolder.wordpress.com
These past three weeks or so, as you know, I've been doing a thorough check-up of my vintage Macs. Now that my Macintosh SE/30 has a working hard drive, I wanted to search my archives for some usef... -
The magic of miningeconomist.com
Deep down in the bitcoin mine A HUGE aircraft hangar in Boden, in northern Sweden, big enough to hold a dozen helicopters, is now packed with computers—45,000 of... - reactivefusion.co
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LRB · Stephen Burt · Kick over the Scenery: Philip K. Dicklrb.co.uk
When an art form or genre once dismissed as kids’ stuff starts to get taken seriously by gatekeepers – by journals, for example, such as the one you are reading now – respect doesn’t come smoothly, or all at once. Often one artist gets lifted above the... -
World War I soldier’s room untouched for almost 100 yearswashingtonpost.com
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At Oscars, They Coulda Been Contenders: The films of the past that should have been invited to the Best Picture partygraphics.wsj.com
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European countries seek sweeping new powers to curb terrorismwashingtonpost.com
Both nations seek sweeping new powers to curb terrorism as arrests proliferate across Europe. -
Jacob Bernoulli’s Legacy in Mathematica—Wolfram Blogblog.wolfram.com
An exploration of mathematical problems and discoveries from Jacob Bernoulli’s The Art of Conjecturing using Mathematica. -
Ex-Googler: 'Tons Of Engineers' Want To Leave Googlefinance.yahoo.com
Ex-Googler and Beeswax CEO Ari Paparo tweeted... -
31 Rolls of Undeveloped Film from a Soldier in WWII Discovered and Processedpetapixel.com
Photographer Levi Bettweiser is the man behind the Rescued Film Project, an effort to find and rescue old and undeveloped rolls of film from the far corner