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The Real Life of Edward St. Aubynnewyorker.com
Ian Parker’s profile of the autobiographical novelist Edward St. Aubyn, who “has made literature out of a poisoned legacy." Of his father, he says, "He had a small canvas, but he was as destructive as he could be. If he’d been given Cambodia, or China,... -
Emacs as the Ultimate LaTeX Editorpiotrkazmierczak.com
Everyone knows, that GNU Emacs is THE Best Programmer's Editor. Not everyone knows, though, that when you combine it with AUCTeX macros, it also becomes THE Best Editor for LaTeX. The biggest probl... -
Slut-Shaming, Eugenics, and Donald Duck: The Scandalous History of Sex-Ed Moviescollectorsweekly.com
After excusing herself from the dinner table, the 13-year-old girl begins to shout, her excited voice ringing through her family’s Mid-Cen... -
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Why Baseball Cards Are Now Worth (Nearly) Nothingtheatlantic.com
Children (and nostalgic grown men) used to consider them investments, but their value disappeared after the cardboard bubble burst. - culvertsoft.github.io
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Inside the Seattle Police hackathon: A substantial first step - GeekWiregeekwire.com
Henry Kroll demonstrates facial redaction of his own photo in real time, using open source software. Photos by Bill Schrier. The Seattle Police Department -
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Heathkit - The electronic history mysteryadafruit.com
In 2013 there was a lot of buzz in the electronics communities about Heathkit returning in some way, however it's been exactly one year and there has not been any updates. Heathkit "came back" in 2... -
Tribune study: Chicago red light cameras provide few safety benefitschicagotribune.com
Chicago's red light cameras fail to deliver the dramatic safety benefits long claimed by City Hall , according to a first-ever scientific study that found the nation's largest camera program is responsible for increasing some types of injury crashes w... - wikileaks.org
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The Insurance Market Mystifies an Airbnb Hostnytimes.com
Dropped by one homeowners’ insurance company, an Airbnb host gets conflicting information from two others. -
Graves and Garbage: The Hard Life of an Archeologistnewyorker.com
A one-time-only archeology book club shares the specifics of their mysterious profession. -
A Poor Imitation of Alan Turing by Christian Carylnybooks.com
The Imitation Game not only fatally miscasts the mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing as a character—it also completely destroys any coherent telling of what he and his colleagues were trying to do. - www-personal.umich.edu
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The Spirit of the 1914 Christmas Trucewsj.com
A World War I interlude among British and German troops shows how even bitter foes can work out rituals of cooperation. -
Tech Talks Should be Less Technicalpostmodernpachyderm.wordpress.com
Yesterday at work, one of my coworkers was wondering out loud how technical he should make an upcoming talk of his. I told him that I have rarely been to a talk and thought, "I wish this were more ... -
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