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Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want!shapecatcher.com
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What It's Like to Build a Startup in Gaza as the Bombs Drop | WIREDwired.com
Mariam Abultewi is sitting at a small wooden desk, pitching her company's smartphone app, when the airstrike hits. -
Aboard Amtrakspnzr.com
For some months, Amtrak was my home. It began simply somewhat unintentionally. A friend was getting married in Spokane, Washington, I was in New York, and the 45 day Amtrak pass was cheaper than rent. And so, I was on a train stopped in Washington DC. ... -
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How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math - Issue 17: Big Bangs - Nautilusnautil.us
I was a wayward kid who grew up on the literary side of life, treating math and science as if they were pustules from the plague.… -
Apple Pay: An in-depth look at what's behind the secure payment systemtuaw.com
With Apple Pay slated to go live later this month, one can soon expect to see an avalanche of fear mongering from pundits who, like PayPal, will question -
Ghosts of mother's sexual past show up in fly offspring, study showssmh.com.au
What if that sexual partner you'd rather forget remained forever a part of your life? -
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Search-as-a-Service provider Algolia debuts free plan, opens West Coast data centerventurebeat.com
Do you use Genius (formerly, RapGenius) to search for rap lyrics? Do you use CrunchBase to look up an interesting company you've just read about, or perhaps Product Hunt to search for emoji-related... -
The NSA and Me - The Interceptfirstlook.org
James Bamford literally wrote the book on the National Security Agency, spending 30 years obsessively documenting the secretive agency in print. Today, for the first time, he tells the story of his brief turn as an NSA whistleblower. -
How Exercise May Protect Against Depressionwell.blogs.nytimes.com
Exercise may help to safeguard the mind against depression through previously unknown effects on working muscles. -
Contact Lost With Planes One by One as FAA Fire Spreadbloomberg.com
The first radio links with pilots were lost just as the pre-dawn crush of flights into Chicago began. -
WhatTheFont! « MyFontsmyfonts.com
Seen a font in use and want to know what it is? Upload an image to WhatTheFont to find the closest matches in our database. -
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HFT in my backyard – IIIsniperinmahwah.wordpress.com
(Breaking news, October 2, 2:08 pm: I may have more information about the Custom Connect path between Dover and France. I will update the post as soon as fact-cheking is done. ) INTRO Last Friday e... -
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Douglas Model 671/684: The X-15's Shadowfalsesteps.wordpress.com
What it was: Douglas Aircraft’s 1954-55 attempt at a suborbital spaceplane, with support from the US Navy and eventually NACA, intended for testing high Mach numbers in the atmosphere. Launched fro... -
Memory Loss Associated with Alzheimer’s Reversed for First Timeneurosciencenews.com
A new study suggests memory loss in Alzheimer's patients may be reversed. -
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