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Solar Realms Elite : http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/Articles/SRE-Docu...
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Direct link to Pixar In A Box : The Art of Storytelling https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar/storytelli...
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Rise And Fall Of Theranos In A Biotech Cartoon http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/18/48617194...
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Elizabeth Holmes also has a special class of shares which gives her 100 to 1 voting rights: http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2015/11/03/theranos-l...
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They claim to be immune to data rot: http://www.mdisc.com/mdisc-technology/
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Build Your Own Z80 Computer by Steve Ciarcia of Byte Magazine and Circuit Cellar fame may also be useful : https://smile.amazon.com/Build-Your-Own-Z80-Computer/dp/0070...
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I wish adaptive adaptive windshield wiping would become a standard feature, i.e. the frequency automatically adjusts to the amount of rain coming down.
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Actually a lottery system is not incompatible with democratic principles. In fact, it was one of the original principles of Athenian democracy: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition : In ancient Athenian de
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His books are freely available online. His latest book is Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer http://deanbaker.net/books/rigged.htm
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Report Cites Deficiencies at Theranos Lab(wsj.com)
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Build a fast deep learning machine for under $1K(oreilly.com)
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This question is most likely a follow-up to the recent discussion Vancouver house prices are falling : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13569550
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OSMnx: Python for Street Networks(geoffboeing.com)
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This American Life had a funny anecdote illustrating the opposite extreme where a woman who doesn't quite understand the meaning of "summer camp" leaves her kids at a campground by themselves for a week. My mother emigrat
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There is a good Planet Money podcast on this topic: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/07/31/428157211/episo...
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Arizona Plans to Sue Blood-Testing Company Theranos(wsj.com)
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Arizona AG plans to sue Theranos over blood-testing devices(mobile.reuters.com)
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Somewhat related, I feel that mechanical engineers who design cars should have some experience servicing vehicles. Sometimes engineers will not leave enough space, use weird fasteners, etc. that make a simple job much more complex.
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Better known as Schadenfreude: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude
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Previous thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13338996
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For those in the London area, there is a Star Wars exhibition which features 200 original costumes, props, models, and pieces of artwork from Lucasfilm Archives. http://www.starwarsidentities.com/
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It doesn't seem like there should be much incentive to manipulate the skee-ball game itself since the owner can just adjust the ticket payout to meet a pay-out %. Since skee-ball has "high entertainment" value, i.e. the play
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Yes it would be great if the mods could replace link.
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Also see the documentary The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power based on the book with the same name: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/prize-epic-quest-oil-money-po... https://smile.amazon.com/Pr
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NetApp’s ex-CEO on why he’s joining Theranos’s board: “They are under siege.”(mercurynews.com)
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The Rhythm of Education [pdf](mast.queensu.ca)
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Theranos Foresaw Huge Growth in Revenue and Profits(wsj.com)
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Stanford has its own MOOC site which seems to offer an equivalent course: https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/Engineering/Compilers/...
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Here are some good arguments for colonizing Mercury: http://einstein-schrodinger.com/mercury_colony.html
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After watching S3E1 "Nosedive" : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5497778/ It was eerie to watch a video about Klout score : https://klout.com/corp/score The guy mentioned how people wit

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