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The Beard That Wasn’t: Abe Lincoln’s Whiskers—Vol. 2, No. 2theappendix.net
The origins of the sixteenth President’s facial hair are more tangled than you might think. -
A New Answers App Aims to Succeed Where Quora Failed | WIREDwired.com
Yahoo Answers. Quora. JustAnswer.com. Over the years, countless sites have offered to answer all your random questions with help from “experts” across the net. They’re called expert networks, and in some cases, they can be kinda helpful. But these myri... -
Billionaire Donates Over $65 Million to UCSBdailynexus.com
Charles Munger, Vice President of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has donated just over $65 million dollars in stocks to UCSB to house visiting physicists. -
Nest Acquires Home Automation Hub Revolv, But Will Stop Selling Itrecode.net
Whether or not people are buying smart-home hubs, there seems to be a market for the companies. -
The Fourier Transform, explained in one sentenceblog.revolutionanalytics.com
If, like me, you struggled to understand the Fourier Transformation when you first learned about it, this succinct one-sentence colour-coded explanation from Stuart Riffle probably comes several years too late: Stuart provides a more detailed explanati... - matthewckeller.com
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Now Everyone Wants to Sell You a Magical Anonymity Router. Choose Wisely | WIREDwired.com
Maintaining your privacy online, like investing in stocks or looking good naked, has become one of those nagging desires that leaves Americans with a surplus of stress and a deficit of facts. So it's no surprise that a cottage industry of privacy marke... -
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The wacky geopolitics of ‘Civilization: Beyond Earth’washingtonpost.com
There's an obscure backstory explaining why humanity goes to space, and it's totally insane. -
Midterm Malarkey with Military Surplus | Public Affairs Data Journalism at Stanford Universitypadjo.org
A casual midterm covering the range of data analysis and programming skills acquired so far. -
Alan Eustace Jumps From Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner’s World Recordnytimes.com
A helium-filled balloon lifted Mr. Eustace to 135,908 feet. Fifteen minutes after he cut himself loose using a small explosive device, he was on the ground. -
Choose a cellular data plan with your Apple SIM installedsupport.apple.com
<p>Apple SIM gives you the flexibility to choose from a variety of short and long term cellular data plans from select carriers, right from your iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 3. The carriers you can choose vary by country, whether you've purchased your... -
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How 'Foodies' Were Duped Into Thinking McDonald's Was High-End Foodnpr.org
A viral video shows people lauding fare billed as an "organic" fast-food option that was actually McDonald's. It wasn't just pranksters playing tricks on these poor folks, but maybe their brains, too. -
Monkeyboarditunes.apple.com
Get Monkeyboard on the App Store. See screenshots and ratings, and read customer reviews. -
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Workers paid $1.21 an hour to install Fremont tech company's computersmercurynews.com
Electronics for Imaging paid several employees from India as little as $1.21 an hour in Indian rupees to help install computer systems at the company's Fremont headquarters, federal labor officials said Wednesday. -
Do-Not-Track and the Economics of Third-Party Advertising by Ceren Budak, Sharad Goel, Justin M. Rao, Georgios Zervas :: SSRNpapers.ssrn.com
Retailers regularly target users with online ads based on their web browsing activity, benefiting both the retailers, who can better reach potential customers, - sexarchive.info
