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Vanitas Machine – The transience and extension of lifecreativeapplications.net
Created by Verena Friedrich, Vanitas Machine explores the desire for eternal life and the potential of life-prolonging measures. Vanitas Machine is comprised of a candle placed in the centre of glass which protects it from environmental factors and con... -
Deprecating Non-Secure HTTPblog.mozilla.org
Today we are announcing our intent to phase out non-secure HTTP. There's pretty broad agreement that HTTPS is the way forward for the web. In ... - indutny.github.io
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Hiking the 2,650-Mile Pacific Crest Trailpriceonomics.com
Running from Mexico to Canada, the PCT takes 150 days to complete. Along the way, a hiker will wear through 4 or 5 pairs of shoes, consume some 600,000 calories (mostly in the form of energy bars and freeze-dried foods), and take 6 million steps. Here'... -
The unlikely origins of the word 'thug' - BBC Newsbbc.com
Officials and media have been criticised for using the word thug to describe those looting in Baltimore - but the term has its beginnings centuries ago in India. - marc.info
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Outschooling in the Bay Areaamir.io
Homeschooling is interesting because, if some new approach is going to disrupt the current education system and change it radically for the better, it seems likely it would come from outside the... -
Exclusive Interview: Singapore’s Smart Nation Ministerfuturegov.asia
Vivian Balakrishnan sets out the country’s plans to modernise everything. -
news.ycombinator.com
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blog2.emptycrate.com
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The Problem with Mobile Phonesssd.eff.org
Mobile phones have become ubiquitous and basic communications tools—now used not only for phone calls, but also for accessing the Internet, sending text messages, and documenting the world. -
The Man Who 'Grew Young at 70'nextavenue.org
Sanford Bennett, the father of eternal youth, wrote a strange book in 1912 — Old Age: Its Cause and Prevention — claiming to have become a younger man at age 70 through his peculiar fitness regime. -
Brewers tasked with turning sewage into sudsbigstory.ap.org
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some companies boast of making beer with spring water from majestic mountains. They won't be competing in the upcoming Pure Water Brew Challenge, in which an Oregon wastewater treatment operator has… -
ZPM Espresso and the Rage of the Jilted Crowdfundernytimes.com
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Introducing F# 4.0infoq.com
While all of the recent news has been focused on C# and Windows 10, F# isn’t standing still. Along with Visual Studio 2015 RC is the latest version of F# 4.0. - vladgotlib.com
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The Loft Clubuseloft.com
The exclusive dining club that gets you monthly reservations at the hottest restaurants. -
blog.chromium.org
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