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The Unbelievable Skepticism of the Amazing Randinytimes.com
An expert magician, avid debunker and scourge of spiritualists and con men prepares for the final curtain. -
Point and Shoot - Issue 3: In Transit - Nautilusnautil.us
The history of human exploration has always been tied to the search for a destination. Space travel is no different: The Apollo program,… -
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Where will Evolution lead C++17? - Meeting C++meetingcpp.com
This is the third part in my series about the proposals for the current C++ committee meeting in Urbana. This time its all about the subgroup Evolution, which has the most papers, … -
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Computer Scientists Ask Supreme Court to Rule APIs Can’t Be Copyrightedeff.org
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States today, arguing on behalf of 77 computer scientists that the justices should review a disastrous appellate court decision finding that app... -
Die Mauernewyorker.com
Writing in 1962, John Bainbridge tells the story of the Berlin Wall’s first year—and of the East Germans who tried to run, drive, swim, and tunnel to the other side. -
Why I find IEEE 754 frustratingh14s.p5r.org
Programming languages new (Java) and old (Fortran), and their compilers, still lack competent support for features of IEEE 754 so painstakingly provided by practically all hardware nowadays. [...] ... -
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pgilad/check-constantsgithub.com
check-constants - Find numbers that should be extracted as a declaration statement -
Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s black comedy about nuclear weapons, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” Released on January 29, 1964, the film caused a good deal of controversy. Its plo... -
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Apple Pay: 4 lessons Bitcoin needs to learn - Larry Salibralarrysalibra.com
Apple Pay launched in the US on October 20, 2014, and has been doing very well. 1 million cards added in the first 3 days. In the first 3 weeks, just …