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Wall Street's hot new financial product: your rent checkmotherjones.com
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USA Freedom Act fails as senators reject bill to scrap NSA bulk collectiontheguardian.com
The legislation fails for the second time after its supporters were unable to overcome Republican concerns about the role of telecom companies - scottaaronson.com
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Oversight Report on FBI’s Use of Patriot Act Highlights Need for Intelligence Reform at Crucial Momenteff.org
The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) yesterday released another report on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s use of Section 215 of the Patriot Act between 2007 and 2009. -
Making The Case For Haskellblog.gem.co
This post is a recap of a recent Gem HQ afternoon tech talk by our own James Larisch, software enthusiast and intrepid autodidact. A Rubyist’s Lament: The Imperative Issue At Gem, we are passionate... -
d-Threeact: How the Sift Science Console Team Made d3 and React the Best of Friendsblog.siftscience.com
A little less than a year ago, the Sift Science Console Team decided to migrate its Backbone and Marionette Views to ReactJS (see also our post on specific React tips we learned along the way). Among the many facets of a piece-by-piece migration lik... - anfractuosity.com
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Why Mitch McConnell Cannot Be Allowed to Decide the Fate of the Patriot Acteff.org
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear this week that, while the Senate is rapidly approaching recess, the Senate “will stay in [session] until a deal is struck to extend” the Patriot Act. McConnell has also introduced legislation for... -
CodePicnic <3 Slack: Run your code with your teamcodepicnic.com
At this time, almost every developer team in the world uses Slack. Slack is an revolutionary communication tool that brings the concept of chat into a new level. They made it interconnected with a full set of third-party services, and even you can crea... -
The city that makes Rome blush: 5 reasons why Palmyra's ruins are so importantlatimes.com
The fate of one of the world's most important archaeological treasures hangs in the balance after the Islamist militant group ISIS overwhelmed the historic city of Palmyra , also known as Tadmur. -
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Right on ’cue: Why big-city barbecue is suddenly better than everwashingtonpost.com
THE &u0024;20 DINER | Once the purview of small towns, top-tier smokehouse fare has finally come to the big city. -
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quii/mockingjay-servergithub.com
mockingjay-server - Fake server, Consumer Driven Contracts and help with testing performance from one configuration file with zero system dependencies and no coding whatsoever -
Tracing the dynamic life story of a Bronze Age Female : Scientific Reports : Nature Publishing Groupnature.com -
H2Check - test your site for HTTP/2 supporth2check.org
Check your server for HTTP/2 or SPDY support, and learn to optimise further. We support HTTP/2 over TLS, SPDY, negotiation over either ALPN or NPN, and IPv6. -
What I'm Teaching my Son about Moneymrmoneymustache.com
I'm not going to lie to you - being wealthy is a lot of fun. And I'm not just talking about novelty fun that you get from driving around in a fancy car. True wealth is more of a big picture thing -... -
Exclusive: The CIA is shuttering a secretive climate research programmotherjones.com
Scientists used the Medea program to study how global warming could worsen conflict. Now that project has come to an end.
