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Wonder Boys? by Tamsin Shawnybooks.com
The genius has provided us with what we might call a theodicy of the human mind—not the traditional theodicy that tries to justify the ways of god to suffering humanity, but rather one that permits us to see ourselves, in however attenuated a sense, as... -
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AI expert predicts half of web searches will soon be speech and imagesventurebeat.com
Speech and pictures could represent a more natural stating point for searching through the Internet. And Baidu is now optimizing its systems to meet that need. -
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On the Trail of Nazi Counterfeitersthedailybeast.com
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Why the Kitchen Computing Dream of the 80s Never Caught Onmotherboard.vice.com
There is a right way to think about seasoning, and it involves a flow chart. - nytimes.com
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Harry Truman, Five-Card Stud and the Cold Warnytimes.com
The metaphor of poker was used by many presidents, but Truman was the one most publicly identified with the game. -
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Entrepreneurs anonymouseconomist.com
SEVEN years ago Joe Jones (not his real name) left his job with a big NASDAQ-listed company to strike out on his own. He was sick of corporate life and he wanted to... - wiki.postgresql.org
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Sexual Curiosities? Aphrodisiacs in early modern Englandnotchesblog.com
By Jennifer Evans The word aphrodisiac conjures images of oysters and chocolate, or perhaps peppers to 'spice things up'. Nearly everyone knows that these foods have a long history of being conside... -
New York City's 11 Most Accessible Ruinsatlasobscura.com
Definitive guidebook and friendly tour-guide to the world's most wondrous places. Travel tips, articles, strange facts and unique events. -
Thank You Apple For Rejecting My Appnbodyphysics.com
One way I cling to the notion that I still know something about physics is to create oddball mobile physics apps. Since this is a side-project my goal is to spend most of the time on physics and le... -
U.S. judge awards $40.7 million in SEC case over bitcoin Ponzi schemereuters.com
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge in Texas ordered Bitcoin Savings and Trust and its owner to pay a combined $40.7 million after the Securities and Exchange Commission established that the company, which -
The 8-Byte Two-Stepzinascii.com
The 8-Byte Two-Step: a bit-twiddling trick to align by a multiple of power of two. -
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