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I’m sure many of you either have an Alexa-powered device in your house, or at least have played around with one somewhere. So it won’t be surprising to you that Amazon has been partnering with home…
This is how Project Gutenberg is able to publish all these science fiction stories from the 50s and 60s . Those stories were published in issues of magazines that didn't send in the renewal form. But up til now this hasn't been a big factor, because 1) the big publishers generally made sure to send in their renewals…
A detailed explanation of why I keep saying that advertising is a cancer on modern society.
Tim Kadlec writes about performance, product management, and the web.
In this post, you'll find out more on the legal aspect of web scraping and crawling, and what possible consequences you might face.
“There’s this flat-earther documentary called BEHIND THE CURVE,” my wife said. “We have to watch it!” Of course we did. My wife will occasionally get into huge debates…
Investigation of Talebs claims about IQ using real data.
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Most efforts to prevent suicide focus on why people take their lives. But as we understand more about who attempts suicide
Katsushika Hokusai died 170 years ago
For more than a decade, consumer rights groups (including EFF) worked with technologists and companies to try to standardize Do Not Track, a flag that browsers could send to online companies signaling that their users did not want their browsing activity tracked. Despite long hours and backing from...
As it happens, more corporations – anonymous and public – are established in the United States each year than in any other jurisdiction.
In the past, gods and demons allowed us to talk about phenomena that we didn’t fully understand. During the Enlightenment, we tried to kill them and explain everything in reductionist scientific terms. But it feels to me like we’ve come full circle. We’re back to using oversimplified metaphors to wrap our minds around…
San Bruno, California laid out a detailed blueprint for more housing. One developer followed that blueprint. $3 million and 3 years later, the city killed his project anyway.
My 6 month old daughter was born with a genetic mutation that will leave her severely disabled. We can silence her mutation within months…
In this topic page, we explore data on loneliness and social connections and review available evidence on the link between social connections and well-being.
The following are suggestions for the best magazine articles (in English) ever. Stars denote how many times a correspondent has suggested it. Submitter comments are in italics. For a great way to read long-form magazine articles on a tablet device see my review of LongForm and Instapaper here .
Learn how Google kills competition through anti-competitive behavior. This is the true story of how I tried to compete with YouTube and Google with two of the former founders of Myspace between 2006-2008 on a startup called LiveVideo.com. Some old files I found related to LiveVideo.com: Automated Transcript: 00:05 You…
As the 50th anniversary of the moon landing approaches, we honor Margaret Hamilton’s contribution with a portrait made of moonlight.
Silica aerogel could warm the Martian surface similar to the way greenhouse gasses keep Earth warm
The bicycle, as we know it today, was not invented until the late 1800s. Here are some theories about why
When I visited Singapore a few years ago, I kept noticing novel bits of social technology that managed to solve problems that I didn’t ev...
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Most people have an extremely incorrect perception about waste disposal and recycling. Here’s the reality.
Here I thought yesterday was going to be a peaceful random July Thursday morning. Nothing but Italian chirping birds at the Giro Rosa, and catching the Tour de France later in the afternoon on TV. Turns out, Strava had different plans for it.
