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Dirt Cheap: World’s Largest 3D Mud Printer Makes Green Homes(weburbanist.com)
5 points by andrewl 11y ago|0 comments
782.
A Toxic Work World(nytimes.com)
4 points by andrewl 11y ago|0 comments
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Twitter's Tips for Making Software Engineers More Efficient(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by andrewl 11y ago|0 comments
784.
Judge rules on taxi industry lawsuit: Compete with Uber or die(crainsnewyork.com)
62 points by andrewl 11y ago|70 comments
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Should the first in a queue be served last?(bbc.com)
34 points by andrewl 11y ago|75 comments
786.
The Defense of Hillary Clinton's Email Server That She Dare Not Utter(theatlantic.com)
3 points by andrewl 11y ago|0 comments
787.
by andrewl 11y ago
I read that Kent Beck said something like "I always knew one day Smalltalk would replace Java. I just didn't know it would be called Ruby."
788.
by andrewl 11y ago
The book Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World has a chapter on concrete. The self-healing concrete was completely new to me. Definitely worth a read, and not just for the concrete chapter: http:&
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Pharo at Beta Nine(medium.com)
46 points by andrewl 11y ago|21 comments
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Science's Love Affair with the Lord of the Rings(theatlantic.com)
2 points by andrewl 12y ago|0 comments
791.
How to Beat a Polygraph Test(nytimes.com)
211 points by andrewl 12y ago|92 comments
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by andrewl 12y ago
I remember Jeff Atwood talking about this in a Stackoverflow podcast. With Postgres or other free software, you not only don't have to lay out cash, you also don't have to spend time trying to understand arcane licensing rules. (A
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by andrewl 12y ago
From the Coding Horror article, number 30 is: "COBOL is a very bad language, but all the others are so much worse."
794.
by andrewl 12y ago
Any drug can be abused. Although that doesn't mean it shouldn't be used, it does mean you have to be careful. There is also the question of short-term effectiveness versus long-term consequences. Strong stimulants are definitely e
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Using Adderall to Get Ahead, Not to Fight A.D.H.D(nytimes.com)
2 points by andrewl 12y ago|2 comments
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by andrewl 12y ago
Richard Hamming discusses clothing, presentation, and the cost of not conforming to expectations in You and Your Research .[1]. It's not exactly analogous to what's described in the article, but related: John Tukey almost always
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by andrewl 12y ago
Related articles are at the bottom of the page: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/26/police-black-... http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/26/police-b
798.
Held for hours at secret Chicago black site(theguardian.com)
7 points by andrewl 12y ago|2 comments
799.
Scientists Invent a New, Lighter Steel That's as Strong as Titanium(popularmechanics.com)
4 points by andrewl 12y ago|0 comments
800.
The Death of the Dinosaurs(nytimes.com)
2 points by andrewl 12y ago|0 comments
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by andrewl 12y ago
From the article: At a packed session in Davos, former hedge fund director Robert Johnson revealed that worried hedge fund managers were already planning their escapes. “I know hedge fund managers all over the world who are buying airstrip
802.
As inequality soars, the nervous super rich are already planning their escapes(theguardian.com)
15 points by andrewl 12y ago|1 comments
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Redefining Mental Illness(nytimes.com)
3 points by andrewl 12y ago|0 comments
804.
by andrewl 12y ago
I knew almost nothing about the man, but reading his Wikipedia page (and the article linked above) make me want to know more. Here are some items I found interesting: In testimony to Congress on why naval nuclear propulsion had succeeded in
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SqueakJS – A Squeak VM in JavaScript(bertfreudenberg.github.io)
1 points by andrewl 12y ago|0 comments
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The Students Who Feel They Have the Right to Cheat(bbc.com)
3 points by andrewl 12y ago|1 comments
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by andrewl 12y ago
I've never owned a car in my life, and I've been listening to them for years. I'm very sad to hear this.
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Hard-Nosed Advice from Veteran Lobbyist: ‘Win Ugly or Lose Pretty’(nytimes.com)
3 points by andrewl 12y ago|0 comments
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by andrewl 12y ago
That reminds me a bit of the Set card game: http://www.amazon.com/Set-Family-Game-Visual-Perception/dp/B...
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Snowflake-shaped networks are easiest to mend(newscientist.com)
2 points by andrewl 12y ago|0 comments

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