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A data-driven exploration of the evolution of chess: Popularity of openings over timerandalolson.com
For the 3rd installment in my series of blog posts exploring a data set of over 650,000 chess tournament games ranging back to the 15th century, I wanted to look at how chess openings have grown an... -
Cherry Tree Seed Sprouts Six Years Earlier Than Usual After Eight Month Trip In Spaceuniversityherald.com
Not only did the now 13-foot tree develop faster than usual, but it was the first seed to ever sprout from the legendary Chujohimeseigan-zakura cherry tree -
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Diet - Lifestyle - Disease - Health - Medicine - H.R.T. - Hormone-Replacement Therapy - New York Timesnytimes.com
Much of what we’re told about diet, lifestyle and disease is based on epidemiologic studies. What if it is just bad science? -
Why Paul Graham is (sort of) Wrong About Philosophyphilosophicalhacker.com
A couple years ago, Paul Graham wrote an essay about philosophy. The essay, on my reading, makes three central claims: Philosophy has largely been driven by our failure to realize that our words ar... -
Why does git fast-forward merges by default?stackoverflow.com
Coming from mercurial, I use branches to organize features. Naturally, I want to see this work-flow in my history as well. I started my new project using git and finished my first feature. When me... -
Durated – Articulate Objectsdurated.co
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keepassx/keepassxgithub.com
Overview This pull request adds support for YubiKey, a USB authentication device commonly used for 2FA. Support is added by configuring a YubiKey slot to operate in HMAC-SHA1 challenge-response mode. The mechanism works by submitting the database mast... -
The Internet as we know it is dyingsalon.com
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Organic Cat Litter Chief Suspect In Nuclear Waste Accidentnpr.org
The release of plutonium at a New Mexico nuclear dump may have been caused by a bad purchase at the pet shop. -
Rap Genius Co-Founder Moghadam Fired Over Tasteless Comments on Santa Barbara Shootingrecode.net
Annotation: Good riddance. - michaela.io
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LEMON – A Statement About Mahbod’s Annotations on Elliot Rodger’s Manifestonews.rapgenius.com
Yesterday the Rap Genius community annotated Elliot Rodger’s manifesto on News Genius. Because this tragedy is still so raw, there was internal debate as to whether this document -
yutarochan/PRNGPredictgithub.com
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A Bullshit Generator for the New Web Economybsgen30.com
Reaching out to social advocates by gamifying lean meetups in the cloud. -
Game Theory Is Really Counterintuitivewjspaniel.wordpress.com
Every now and then, I hear someone say that game theory doesn't tell us anything we don't already know. In a sense, they are right---game theory is a methodology, so it's not really telling us anyt... - cs.rochester.edu