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Steve Ballmer steps down as board member at Microsoft
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The Derivative of a Number
Are you kidding? Edward Barbeau is now a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Toronto. Over the years he has been working to increase the interest in mathematics in general, and e…
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Fixing Bad Data in Datomic
The free database designed for immutable values and a time-aware information model.
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XKCD “Time” Wins Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
The 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, Loncon 3, has announced the 2014 Hugo Award winners. 3587 valid ballots were received and counted in the final ballot. BEST NOVEL Ancillary Justice, by An…
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The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Adam Carolla’s Settlement with Podcasting Troll
Big news from Texas: Adam Carolla has settled with the podcasting patent troll Personal Audio. Although the settlement is confidential, we can guess the terms. This is because Personal Audio sent out a press release last month saying it was willing to walk away from its suit with Carolla. So we can...
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We have C++14
Following the Issaquah meeting in February, we launched the Draft International Standard (DIS) ballot for the next C++ standard. That ballot closed on Friday.
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AAAS Blocking Access to the Scientific Literature When They Say It Is “Free”
A blog about microbiology, genomics and metagenomics, sequencing, evolution, ecology, and open science.
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Introducing Rec Room
It's no secret that the best frameworks and tools are extracted, not created out of thin air. Since launching Firefox OS, Mozilla has been approached by countless app developers and ...
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Deconstructing Finnish
Now and then, as I continue trying to improve my Finnish language kyky (ability), I decide it’s high time that I actually understand the...
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Lorem Ipsum: Of Good and Evil, Google and China
Imagine discovering a secret language spoken only online by a knowledgeable and learned few. Over a period of weeks, as you begin to tease out the meaning of this curious tongue and ponder its purpose, the language appears to shift in subtle but fantastic ways, remaking itself daily before your eyes. And just when you…
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Mitch Hedberg and GIS
Thinking about this, I realized we could use GIS to find the number of La Quintas that are next to Denny’s. Last night after the kids were asleep, I sat down with a beer (Sierra Nevada) and figured out how I could get the data and perform the calculation.
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Spaced Repetition is Awesome
I've recently become motivated to learn Portuguese. Mulheres bonitas sao muito motivado. It's not the first time this has happened to me - in the past I've attempted to learn Spanish, Farsi and Konkani. But it is the first time I've made significant progress and it's the first time that I …
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An Iron Curtain Has Descended Upon Psychopharmacology
Imagine if a chemist told you offhandedly that the Russians had different chemical elements than we did. Here in America, we use elements like lithium and silicon and bismuth. We have figured out l…
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Programming in Elixir with the Phoenix Framework
Elixir is hip . I want to be hip. So I've been giving Elixir a try over the last week. So far I'm very pleased with it overall and look forward to learning it more in-depth.
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The Python I Would Like To See
What I would imagine an better Python would look like.
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Choose Firefox Now, Or Later You Won't Get A Choice
Robert O'Callahan. Christian. Kiwi. Software guy. All content human-authored unless otherwise noted.
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Cell Phone Guide For US Protesters, Updated 2014 Edition
Update: Our recently updated Surveillance Self-Defense guide includes more background and detail on security threats facing mobile phone users. Check out the guide, and pay particular attention to The Problem With Mobile Phones. With major protests in the news again, we decided it's time to update...
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How “Legal” Are Seed Libraries?
After the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture cracked down on a community seed library, hundreds of seed libraries in the U.S. are suddenly wondering if they are breaking the law. According to PA regulators, in order to give out member-donated seeds, the Simpson Seed Library in Cumberland County would have to put…