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NIH Stem-Cell Programme Closes(nature.com)
2 points by andrewl 13y ago|0 comments
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All Oxford University Press Online Products Free April 13-19th(global.oup.com)
1 points by andrewl 13y ago|0 comments
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by andrewl 13y ago
Chris' criticisms of the current state of programming remind me of Alan Kay's quote, "Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity,
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Can the UK’s first 'automated shop' vending machine keep customers satisfied? (independent.co.uk)
1 points by andrewl 13y ago|0 comments
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Tech’s Favorite Cartoonist Enters Mainstream Publishing(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by andrewl 13y ago|0 comments
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by andrewl 13y ago
I understand your feeling. On the other hand, what we get a lot of in this industry (every industry, actually) is a CEO who will not admit that the product has problems, even though it clearly does. So I'm encouraged. Although I will
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Why I.P.O.'s Aren't All They're Cracked Up To Be(takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by andrewl 13y ago|0 comments
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William C. Lowe, Who Oversaw Birth of the IBM PC, Dies at 72(nytimes.com)
4 points by andrewl 13y ago|0 comments
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Subcontractor Servitude(nytimes.com)
46 points by andrewl 13y ago|22 comments
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Red Burns, ‘Godmother of Silicon Alley,’ Dies at 88(nytimes.com)
2 points by andrewl 13y ago|0 comments
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by andrewl 13y ago
Good olive oils contain an anti-inflammatory substance called oleocanthal, which is similar to ibuprofen. It's been suggested that it's part of what makes the Mediterranean diet so healthful: http://www.monell.org/
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by andrewl 13y ago
It's also possible that the teacher, or the method, is simply a bad fit. I watched some of the SICP lecture, and they, and the book, are a bad fit for me , partly because I lack much of the math background. I'm sure there are oth
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by andrewl 13y ago
I grew up with this: Thirty days has September, April, June, and November, All the rest have thirty-one except February, Which has four and twenty-four, 'til leap year gives it one day more.
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Automation Anxiety(wilsonquarterly.com)
3 points by andrewl 13y ago|0 comments
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What Paintbrush Makers Know About How to Beat China(nytimes.com)
2 points by andrewl 13y ago|0 comments
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The Power of Talking to Your Baby(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by andrewl 14y ago|0 comments
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by andrewl 14y ago
There is research suggesting that exposure to bacteria ( Mycobacterium vaccae in this case) can help cure depression. I first read about it in this article from The Economist : http://www.economist.com/node/8956457
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by andrewl 14y ago
The PDF is free. Kevin Kelly wrote "If I had to sum up this book in my own words it would be: If you are willing to build your business on expertise, you can make a living instead of making a fortune--and occasionally the fortune comes anyw
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Incredible Secret Money Machine(kk.org)
219 points by andrewl 14y ago|71 comments
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Health Care's Trick Coin(nytimes.com)
4 points by andrewl 14y ago|0 comments
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Data Storage in DNA Becomes a Reality(blogs.discovermagazine.com)
7 points by andrewl 14y ago|2 comments
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by andrewl 14y ago
Tolkien never actually describes them, so we don't know if they're stone-giants because they live among the stones of the mountains, because they throw stones, or because they are made of stone. I actually pictured them as Pdonis describes
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by andrewl 14y ago
I think Tolkien meant the giants to be real in the Hobbit. The paragraph after then one you quoted starts with: When [Bilbo] peeped out in the lightning flashes, he saw that across the valley the stone-giants were out, and were hurling roc
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How Robots Saved an Artist's Sanity(slate.com)
3 points by andrewl 14y ago|0 comments
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Indian Bureaucrat Fired 43 times for Exposing Graft(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by andrewl 14y ago|0 comments
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Corporate Espionage(nytimes.com)
2 points by andrewl 14y ago|0 comments
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Why We Can't Solve Big Problems(technologyreview.com)
147 points by andrewl 14y ago|120 comments
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by andrewl 14y ago
I don't know much about medical devices, so can anybody tell me why so many of them are running on Windows?
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by andrewl 14y ago
Agreed. And check out Edmunds' account of what goes on behind the scenes in a car dealership by a writer who went undercover as a salesman: http://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/confessions-of-a-car-sales...
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Is Our Children Learning Enough Grammar to Get Hired?(nytimes.com)
6 points by andrewl 14y ago|9 comments

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