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Cryptocontracts Will Turn Law Into a Programming Languagethoughtinfection.com
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post with 10 things that amazed me about bitcoin (here). I just can't stop thinking about the idea that I brought up in the final point of that post, specifically t... -
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ZeroMQ: The Design of Messaging Middlewaredrdobbs.com
A look at how one of the most popular messaging layers was designed and implemented -
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znmeb/CompJournoStickgithub.com
CompJournoStick - Computational Journalism on a Stick - a Fedora Remix for computational journalists -
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squishythinking.com
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Heads-up innovators: don't leave the visually impaired behindsteadman.io
Between Google Glass and the Oculus Rift, there are some amazing pieces of technology being built around content beamed straight into your eyes from a very short distance. This is great, except if you have a problem that affects your depth of focus. -
$25 Smartphones on Firefox OS to Rock MWC | EE Timeseetimes.com
Spreadtrum and Mozilla, Firefox's OS designer, have teamed up to storm emerging markets with a $25 smartphone -- its startling low cost enabled by web technologies. -
Exxon CEO Profits Huge As America's Largest Natural Gas Producer-But Frack In His Own Backyard And He Sues!forbes.com
Sometimes, the hypocrisy expressed in real life is so sublimely rich that one could never hope to construct a similar scenario out of pure imagination. Meet Rex Tillerson, the CEO of oil and gas superstar ExxonMobile Corporation—the largest natural gas... -
Windows Phone 8.1? With the size of these updates, it’s more like Windows Phone 9arstechnica.com
Convergence will come closer to reality with Microsoft's next smartphone OS. -
Exploring an alternative to git-subtreemos6581.org
When you want to include external code in your git repository, for example a third-party library or code shared with another team, there are two popular options: git-submodule and git-subtree. Unfortunately both suffer from some problems and this led m... -
How Obamacare Could Unlock Job Opportunitiesnytimes.com
By redistributing financial risk, the new health-insurance system might prove a boon to entrepreneurs. -
How bad can 1GB pages be? - Paul Khuong mostly on Lisppvk.ca
I joined the ad server team at AppNexus two weeks ago. It’s a new problem domain for me, one that I find pretty interesting so far: the … -
Wikipedia-size maths proof too big for humans to check - physics-math - 17 February 2014 - New Scientistnewscientist.com
A computer-assisted proof is so big it may never be checked by a human being – raising questions about the nature of modern mathematics -
Netflix agrees to pay Comcast to improve its streaming speedsonline.wsj.com
Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast to ensure Netflix movies and TV shows stream smoothly to Comcast customers, a landmark agreement that could set a precedent for Netflix's dealings with other broadband providers. - news.ycombinator.com
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Make it Count - The Pickle Theorythetypist.com
Imagine you had to pay a tax every time you type something on a keyboard. There are no exemptions, so it counts the backspace key you use to correct typos, the space-bar, email, Twitter…everything. If this tax was set at $0.001 per character, then the ... - ww.vultr.com
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Neiman Marcus Hackers Set Off Nearly 60K Alarmspcmag.com
The hackers were forced to reload their software daily, which set off alarm bells that went unnoticed.