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Democratic vs. Republican occupations
An interactive chart of the political lean of professions, Democratic versus Republican, built from campaign contribution data.
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Police Accidentally Record Themselves Conspiring to Fabricate Charges
The ACLU of Connecticut is suing state police for fabricating retaliatory criminal charges against a protester after troopers were recorded discussing how to trump up charges against him. In what seems like an unlikely stroke of cosmic karma, the recording came about after a camera belonging to the protester, Michael…
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Beware: Windows 10 Signature Edition Blocks Installing Linux
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YC and Founders Pledge
Many of our founders ask us about how they can donate part of their equity or post exit proceeds, and now we have an answer:Founders Pledge [https://founderspledge.com/]. With Founders Pledge, founders can sign a pledge to donate some portion of their personal equity and then figure out the recipients for the donation…
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Dear Al-Jazeera: thank you for doing the right thing
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Amateur Radio Parity Act Passes in the US House of Representatives
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
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Dear Al-Jazeera: Why Steal Our Code?
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A statement on online course content and accessibility
UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education Cathy Koshland issued a statement today in response to federal findings on the accessibility of online course content and lectures.
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Why Do Famous People Get Paid $250k to Give a Speech?
The organizations willing to spend $20,000-$200,000 to hear a luminary speak include Wall Street banks, summer camp executives, and national associations of bakers.
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To the 4 white male policemen who beat me for checking the health of [detainee]
You may or may not know that the incidence and relapse rates of schizophrenia in African-Caribbean males in Western countries has been…
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Reverse Voxsplaining: Drugs vs. Chairs
[Content note: this is pretty much a rehash of things I’ve said before, and that other people have addressed much more eloquently. My only excuse for wasting your time with it again is that S…
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Why are Adults so busy?
As a kid, I'd always wonder what it was about adults that made them so busy. What could they be possibly doing with all their time? After I (kinda) became one, it hit me. There's an alarmingly large list of things adults do that we never quite grasp until we're there.
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Why there is no Facebook killer: the death of the P2P dream (2014)
This is why we don't have a Facebook killer, and why we won't. We might have a 'better' Facebook, but it will still be a Facebook.
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Iran’s exceptional reaction to 9/11 attacks (2015)
“Iran’s sympathetic response to the American tragedy has been exceptional for a country under US economic siege for two decades. Only hours after the Sept. 11 attack, President Muhammad…
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Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the United States?
In 1250, the southeastern United States was home to a city larger than London whose people built 200 huge, earthen pyramids. So why do so few people know about it?
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How Seattle Killed Micro-Housing
Micro-housing—dorm-room-sized apartments in desirable, walkable neighborhoods—isn’t for everyone, but it most definitely is for Anna Rogers. Anna is a recent college graduate who grew up in the suburbs of Seattle and now works a retail job while looking to start a career that harnesses her passion for politics. Thanks…
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Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer”
Read more on Y Combinator's blog.
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How to get people who installed a leaked build to stop using that build?
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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NSA Hacked French President’s House
“Keith Alexander (Director of the NSA) told me he was disappointed because he never thought we would detect them and he even added: You guys are good.” Bernard Barbier French newspaper …
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'Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe Meets the Koch Brothers
If you haven't seen it, my name appeared a few weeks ago in a headline next to Koch Industries
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