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A Curious Midlife Crisis for a Tech Entrepreneurnytimes.com
Fabrice Grinda, who is worth an estimated $100 million, ditched his 20-acre estate and $300,000 sports car in search of an elusive happiness. -
To Predict Turbulence, Just Count the Puffs - Issue 25: Water - Nautilusnautil.us
The water is always running in Björn Hof’s laboratory. Like a Zen water fountain, it gently flows over the top of a reservoir into… -
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Why I faked being black for med schoolnypost.com
People have asked for the last 15 years, “Vijay, how did you come up with pretending like you’re black to get into medical school? That was crazy, huh?” Uh, yeah, it was. But at the time it seemed ... -
The top 25 hedge fund managers earn more than all kindergarten teachers in U.S. combinedwashingtonpost.com
The President is correct. -
Ellen Pao: Reddit doesn't negotiate salaries because that helps keep the playing field even for womenbusinessinsider.com
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How a keyboard changed what I look for in an editordevblog.avdi.org
Lately I do the bulk of my coding on a Kinesis Advantage keyboard. Increasingly I'm also making use of the optional 3-switch foot pedal. It's been interesting watching the effect this has on my pri... -
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Uncovering Hidden SSIDs using Wiresharkcybersecuritylabs.wordpress.com
Hidden SSID is an option for every access-point in order to not broadcast the SSID. In case that an access-point is not broadcasting the SSID, only clients that already know the preconfigured SSID ... -
Nomad List — The Best Places to Live and Work Remotelynomadlist.com
The best places to live and work remotely for digital nomads, based on cost of living, internet speed, weather and other metrics. For startups that work remotely and digital nomads. -
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I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How.io9.com
“Slim by Chocolate!” the headlines blared. A team of German researchers had found that people on a low-carb diet lost weight 10 percent faster if they ate a chocolate bar every day. It made the front page of Bild, Europe’s largest daily newspaper, just... -
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Which Unicode character should represent the English apostrophe? (And why the Unicode committee is very wrong.)tedclancy.wordpress.com
The Unicode committee is very clear that U+2019 (RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK) should represent the English apostrophe. Section 6.2 of the Unicode Standard 7.0.0 states: U+2019 [...] is preferred wh... -
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