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Ai Weiwei Is Living in Our Future

Hans de Zwart2015514 points170 comments Society, Policy & Culture details

Living under permanent surveillance and what this means for our privacy

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Rise of the Scientific Programmer

Ali Kheyrollahi2015251 points142 comments AI & Machine Learning details

A blog on programming C#, REST, WCF, ASP.NET Web API and software architecture

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What is going to happen in 2015

Fred Wilson2015195 points122 comments Society, Policy & Culture details

Yesterday I wrote a post summing up what happened in 2014. In it I promised a post on what is going to happen. What I did not specify was how far forward I am going to look. It’s a lot easier to predict the future without a timeline on it. I think we all know, […]

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Microcontrollers Not Allowed – Trolling a college instructor

Ultrakeet2015447 points100 comments Hardware & Electronics details

If you attempt this project, your classmates will think you're a nerd. You'll likely wind up getting your head flushed and/or balls greased.

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What is special about Nim?

Dennis Felsing2015269 points84 commentscited by 9Programming Languages details

Russian Translation by frol , Chinese Translation by JiyinYiyong , Japanese Translation by Mutsuha Asada

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Thunderstrike – Apple EFI firmware vulnerability

Trammell Hudson2015392 points68 commentscited by 4Security & Privacy details

31C3 presentation on the Thunderstrike firmware vulnerability in MacBooks