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Why the 9-to-5 Day Is So Tough on Creative Workersm.theatlantic.com
"Knowledge workers" tend to be more unfocused in both the early morning and mid-afternoon. Why force them to work when they're least productive? - elixir-lang.org
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I want • Dustin Curtisdcurt.is
The best way to predict the future is to think about desire. The problem with desire is that it tends to be bounded by what’s actually possible. As we grow older, our imaginations seem to develop artificial caps that limit our ideas to... | Dustin Curt... -
Jonathan Franzen: what's wrong with the modern worldtheguardian.com
While we are busy tweeting, texting and spending, the world is drifting towards disaster, believes Jonathan Franzen, whose despair at our insatiable technoconsumerism echoes the apocalyptic essays of the satirist Karl Kraus – 'the Great Hater' - github.com
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Swiftype is hiring!swiftype.com
Come help fix site search. We're hiring a world-class team build better search software. -
A Microsoft Star Goes to Googlebits.blogs.nytimes.com
Blaise Agüera y Arcas, a respected engineer and software designer at Microsoft, has left the company to join its rival Google. At Microsoft, he was involved with development projects in a variety of fields, including augmented reality, wearable computi... -
A Microsoft Star Goes to Googlebits.blogs.nytimes.com
Blaise Agüera y Arcas, a respected engineer and software designer at Microsoft, has left the company to join its rival Google. At Microsoft, he was involved with development projects in a variety of fields, including augmented reality, wearable computi... -
Basic Income Means Basic Freedomthoughtinfection.com
I think it's wrong to tell people how to live their lives. Beyond what is necessary to ensure the safety and security of those within a society, the state should not impinge on the liberty of indiv... -
Here’s Digg founder Kevin Rose’s idea for a new blogging platform called Tinythenextweb.com
Digg founder, Google Ventures partner, and Web personality Kevin Rose has a new blogging platform idea called Tiny. He published a prototype video on YouTube today which offers a glimpse ... - en.wikipedia.org
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Amazon takes away access to purchased Christmas movie during Christmasboingboing.net
Bill sez, Last "December I bought some favorite Christmas specials for my kids with the idea they could watch them every year. - vertis.io
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NSA speaks out on Snowden, spying - CBS Newscbsnews.com
The NSA gives unprecedented access to the agency's HQ and, for the first time, explains what it does and what it says it doesn't do: spy on Americans - quindoapp.com
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Tesla Model E Reveal Slated For 2015 Detroit Auto Show - Gas 2gas2.org
Chief designer, Franz von Holzhauzen set the probable unveiling of the Tesla Model E at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. -
Bitcoin and the Byzantine Generals Problemnonchalantrepreneur.com
Before the Bitcoin protocol was invented, most computer scientists thought a system like Bitcoin was impossible because of a famous problem in computer science called the Byzantine Generals... -
Would you take smart drugs to perform better at work?bbc.com
Drugs that boost brainpower are increasingly being taken by healthy people to study or work harder. Could this become the norm, or a condition of employment?