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Mother Earth, Mother Board: Wiring the Planet (1996)(wired.com)
1 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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Probability, Law and Innocence(thebigquestions.com)
2 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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Secrets of the Little Blue Box: The Best Account of Telephone Hackers (1971)(lospadres.info)
7 points by linhir 16y ago|1 comments
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Do colleges really need 30,000 applications to find 1,500 great students?(nytimes.com)
2 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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Can you provide humanitarian aid without facilitating conflicts?(newyorker.com)
3 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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If the Light Goes Out: Edmund Clarks pictures of Guantánamo Bay(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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Social network for sharing fitness activity(heiaheia.com)
1 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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Berkeley, Smart-Growth, and the Divided Environmental Movement(nytimes.com)
1 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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What a Hundred Million Calls to 311 Reveal About New York(wired.com)
122 points by linhir 16y ago|28 comments
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Archive, Search, Sort and Analyze Facebook News Feeds - DiscoverText(discovertext.com)
1 points by linhir 16y ago|2 comments
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‘Underbelly Project’ Hidden Art Show in Abandoned Subway Station(nytimes.com)
1 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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by linhir 16y ago
Well, the real answer is that you learn roughly the same quality of things no matter what college you go to, not that you don't learn anything anywhere, just that Harvard College's distinguishing factor is not its education vs. UMass-Amhert
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by linhir 16y ago
I don't really see how signally is bullshit from the examples you've given. Harvard College does make a a decision to cultivate a class composed of the best students, that's sort of the entire point. Acceptance to Harvard College ends up be
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by linhir 16y ago
If your resume says that you went to Columbia College (the undergraduate college of Columbia University) when you actually went to the School of General studies then you are lying, pure and simple. Now maybe you can get away with it and may
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by linhir 16y ago
I just want to note, as Brown grad (he specifically points to Brown rather randomly), that unless your parents are "rich" but won't give you any money, you will never have 100k in debt from Brown or any "elite" school. That's just not how i
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Penalizing drivers for the smog they create in the San Joaquin Valley(nytimes.com)
1 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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Poster a day for 365 days in reaction to a headline on the BBC news website(bbcx365.com)
2 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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Solving the Knapsack Problem (spin.atomicobject.com)
2 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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Pioneer anomaly: Known forces taken into account, an unexplained force remains(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by linhir 16y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Learning advanced math
70 points by linhir 16y ago|42 comments
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by linhir 16y ago
They should account for men, too, and give more weight to places that have a larger ratio of women to men.
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by linhir 16y ago
That's true, but I think it is a little worse than just accounting for multiple perspectives. The movies is based on "The Accidental Billionaires," whose author didn't interview most (any?) of the main participants other than Eduardo Saveri
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The Geek Syndrome: Autism surging among the children of Silicon Valley [2004](wired.com)
10 points by linhir 16y ago|12 comments
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Germany Plans Limits on Facebook Use in Hiring(nytimes.com)
2 points by linhir 16y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Are you happy? If so, how did you get there?
6 points by linhir 16y ago|4 comments
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Increasing complexity: A day in the life of the president(vanityfair.com)
39 points by linhir 16y ago|22 comments
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by linhir 16y ago
I've been resolved since I was in college to give away 10% of my income a year. I give to two anti-human trafficking organizations that I know first-hand spend their money wisely and vastly improve the lives of individuals who have been vic
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by linhir 16y ago
I really like Sherwin Nuland's talk on electroshock therapy: http://www.ted.com/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_electroshock_ther... I've never seen anyone write about this talk, but it is intensely personal story of his depression and recovery t
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Sam’s Club Personalizes Discounts for Buyers(nytimes.com)
4 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments
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Watching Adobe CEO On IPad(flickr.com)
9 points by linhir 16y ago|0 comments

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