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Under the hood: Facebook’s cold storage systemcode.facebook.com
Finding a place for images to live so they can be instantly available is a recurring scale challenge for Facebook. -
An important notice for Desktop Next users As you've probably noticed, we're…plus.google.com
An important notice for Desktop Next users As you've probably noticed, we're about to release 15.04 Vivid Vervet and so begin work on 15.10. Our plan… - Will Cooke – Google+ - without-systemd.org
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webNeat/smart-piecesgithub.com
smart-pieces - Simple framework to build smart pieces of code and generate them from the command line. -
THE SCIENCE OF CRAVINGmoreintelligentlife.com
At the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, DC, there are 30,000 delegates. And one of them has changed the way the others look at desire. Amy Fleming meets Dr Kent Berridge -
Here's How Much New York and San Francisco's Tight Housing Markets Are Hurting the Economybloomberg.com
Workers just can't relocate, and that's inefficient -
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Quantum shortcut could speed up many quantum technologiesphys.org
(Phys.org)—Quantum technologies come in a wide variety of forms, from computers, sensors, and cryptographic systems to simulations and imaging systems. But one thing that all current and future quantum systems have in common is the need to achieve reli... -
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Chile Is Doing Something Huge For Its Students That We Wish America Would Doattn.com
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Satisfied? THE Stones or the Beatles? That, as any baby-boomer knows, is the most important question in music. But for American boomers it raises a second question.... -
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Research on fusion engine that could be a Mars hot rod is AIAA Best Paperuah.edu
You could call a fusion engine a space travel hot rod. A 2014 paper that reports on developments in pulsed fusion propulsion that could rapidly propel U.S. manned flights to Mars has been named by the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics ... -
The Real Mayors of 'SimCity'motherboard.vice.com
In 1990, all the candidates for mayor in Providence, Rhode Island, played a game of SimCity—why don't we make all our politicians do the same? -
The Spider Web Engineerpriceonomics.com
Dr. Vasav Sahni studies the adhesive qualities of spider webs, and hopes to use his findings to make a tape strong enough to stick a television to the wall. -
Ssssaving. Personal Finance Insights.sssaving.com
Are you winning or losing money each month? WE help you answer that question and others. -
Even Cosmic Distances Need To Be Adjusted For Inflationforbes.com
The Universe itself is 13.8 billion years old, and yet the most distant galaxies we find are even farther away than 13.8 billion light years. How is this possible?