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US pushing local cops to stay mum on surveillancebigstory.ap.org
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are us -
The Book Every PHP Developer Should Readjeremymorgan.com
It's time to stop releasing insecure PHP code into the wild. A book I read recently helps programmers write smarter, more secure PHP. -
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The Smallest Starslate.com
Astronomers may have identified what may be the smallest known star. And not just the smallest known star but quite possibly the smallest possible star. If it were any smaller, it might not even be a star anymore. The star in question is called 2MASS J... -
LG G3 review: A great phone with way too many pixelsarstechnica.com
A 2560x1440 LCD sounds like it should be amazing, but it just eats the battery. -
rm -rf remains • Kyle Kelleylambdaops.com
Just for fun, I decided to launch a new Linux server and run rm -rf / as root to see what remains. As I found out, rm lives in the future with idiots like me, so you have to specify --no-preserve-root to kick this exercise off. # rm -rf... | Kyle Kelle... -
The life and death of Mummy Brownartinsociety.com
By Philip McCouat Mummy Brown was a remarkable pigment that had its origins in ancient Egypt and became popular in European painting from about the sixteenth century. To many people’s surprise,... -
Why China went to war against golf - Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk
Mao banned it; no one will admit to playing it; and it’s illegal. And yet China’s golf industry is booming. How? -
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F.C.C. Begins Investigation Into Quality of Internet Download Speedsnytimes.com
The commission has begun an investigation of Internet service providers at the same time that it is trying to define whether it has jurisdiction over their businesses. -
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When good people do bad thingsnewsoffice.mit.edu
Being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal moral beliefs, researchers find. - dennybritz.com
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I Think I Saw Her Somewhereithinkisawhersomewhere.tumblr.com
My fav girl in the whole world! Seen her somewhere? Send link or pic to @m_aleksandrova. For images... -
The Lack of Major Wars May Be Hurting Economic Growthnytimes.com
It’s not because war spending itself is so good. It’s because the threat of war can inspire countries to do great things. -
Facebook Announces Apollo, a New NoSQL Database for On-line Low Latency Storageinfoq.com
Speaking at QCon New York on Wednesday Jeff Johnson, from the core data group at Facebook, announced Apollo, Facebook’s Paxos-like NoSQL database. Written in C++11 on top of the Apache Thrift 2 RPC framework, Apollo is a hierarchical storage system whe... -
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