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The state of consumer fintechmedium.com
Marc Andreessen said “We can reinvent the entire thing” when referring to finance. How has technology gone about doing s… -
andrewgaul/are-we-consistent-yetareweconsistentyet.com
are-we-consistent-yet - Eventual consistency of object stores, e.g., Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift -
stripe.com
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Wonder Workshop | Home of Dash and Dot, robots that help kids learn to codemakewonder.com
Teach kids how to program with Dash and Dot, toy robots that make coding fun using apps on iPads, iPhones, Android tablets and phones. -
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Oldest stone tool ever found in Turkey discoveredsciencedaily.com
Scientists have discovered the oldest recorded stone tool ever to be found in Turkey, revealing that humans passed through the gateway from Asia to Europe much earlier than previously thought, approximately 1.2 million years ago. The chance find of a h... -
Sci-fi legend Neal Stephenson joins virtual reality startup Magic Leapmasrgate.com
he mystery surrounding Magic Leap, a company thought to be working on some sort of advanced virtual reality or augmented reality system, has just deepened — now that legendary sci-fi author Neal Stephenson has been added to the mix. -
Computer intrusion inflicts massive damage on German steel factoryarstechnica.com
Blast furnace can't be properly shut down after attackers take control of network. -
When a Computer Is Your Personal Chef, What Could Go Wrong?mashable.com
IBM's Watson, one of the smartest computers out there, now fancies itself a chef's assistant. -
The story of Capannori – A Zero Waste championzerowasteeurope.eu
Nowhere is the phrase “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow” truer than in the small town of Capannori, Italy, where a small but determined movement to stop the construction of an incinerator led to an Italy-wide grassroots Zero Waste movement. [...] -
Resurrecting the 8088 Micoprocessorzixg.com
I've started a new project--building circuits around the Intel 8088 microprocessor. I am unsure how far this will go, but the idea is to hit the basics such as addressing external memory, fetching... -
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Disabled dog runs for the first time thanks to 3D-printed legstheverge.com
Derby the dog was born with deformed front legs that left him unable to move faster than a crawl. But now, with the help of a team of orthopedic and 3D-printing experts, he can actually run.... -
That Old PlayStation Can Aid Sciencenytimes.com
Gaurav Khanna built a supercomputer at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth physics department using 200 PlayStation 3 consoles. -
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Beyond goodbyeedition.cnn.com
Some people not only share their life but their moment of death with loved ones. Are these 'shared-death experiences' real or a mirage? - hydralist.com
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The Death of Diversitymedium.com
Has the quest for perfect produce set us up for catastrophic losses when disease strikes? - gitr.io