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721.
Fears Grow as DHS Officials Consider Expanding Airline Laptop Ban(npr.org)
2 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
722.
How to Call B.S. On Big Data: A Practical Guide(newyorker.com)
140 points by sndean 9y ago|24 comments
723.
Martian crater lake could have supported life more than 3B years ago(cen.acs.org)
1 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
724.
R Programming with Minecraft(ropenscilabs.github.io)
4 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
725.
by sndean 9y ago
I mean, there are some predictions like this [0], but I don't know how credible they are. It is true though, that a transient spike or dip in temperature could cause famine, and the like. The Little Ice Age and other similar natural od
726.
How Stupid Is Our Obsession with Lawns?(freakonomics.com)
3 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
727.
by sndean 9y ago
Not sure about it being overhyped, but similar sentiment, stated better is in this article (from last year): http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/gene-editor-crispr-wo... It's pretty clear there are so
728.
Optimizing Criminal Behavior and the Disutility of Prison [pdf](publish.uwo.ca)
3 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
729.
Bitwarden – Open source password management(github.com)
1 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
730.
Japan is suffering from a ninja shortage amid huge demand from foreign tourists(independent.co.uk)
6 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
731.
The nearly 5M US Census Blocks with zero population (2014)(tumblr.mapsbynik.com)
126 points by sndean 9y ago|145 comments
732.
Federal Lands(standeyo.com)
1 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
733.
Realizing Hackett, a metaprogrammable Haskell(lexi-lambda.github.io)
161 points by sndean 9y ago|32 comments
734.
Bin Laden’s son steps into father’s shoes as al-Qaeda attempts a comeback(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
735.
Where the sun rises first (1985)(nytimes.com)
16 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
736.
by sndean 9y ago
> it does seem like they were seen as growing surfaces rather than containers for water purification. > So, I guess it was observed for a long time, scientifically studied fairly recently, and not in particular whether it was viable i
737.
by sndean 9y ago
Not sure about copper pots specifically, but Wikipedia has a reference suggesting 1893 [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_co...
738.
Mustard comes closer to becoming India’s first genetically modified food crop(cen.acs.org)
1 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
739.
The end of the line for Indian outsourcers – or a new beginning?(washingtonpost.com)
12 points by sndean 9y ago|12 comments
740.
Simulation(mcafee.cc)
1 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
741.
Sweden has just listed the entire country on Airbnb(businessinsider.com)
10 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
742.
Google’s AlphaGo beats the world’s best Go player – again(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
743.
Trump’s proposed 2018 budget would gut science agencies(cen.acs.org)
2 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
744.
Will data science eliminate data science?(medium.com)
1 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
745.
by sndean 9y ago
In the discussion of HLearn [0] the author said this [1]: "This is a bit awkward for me as I've paused the development of HLearn and emphatically do not recommend anyone use it. The main problem is that Haskell (which I otherwise
746.
Artificial melanin gets into the skin(cen.acs.org)
1 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
747.
Target to Pay $18.5M to 47 States in Security Breach Settlement(nytimes.com)
2 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
748.
by sndean 9y ago
> If you have a guilty conscience that is going to manifest itself in your body language and mannerisms. More than once, the customs officer has asked me "you don't look people in the eye, do you?" I just say, "no, I
749.
Krypto(dyalog.com)
2 points by sndean 9y ago|0 comments
750.
by sndean 9y ago
There's a whole series of (long) comments by arcfide [0] about APL, and code in general, in the "Smaller Code, Better Code" thread [1] that I thought were great. In particular this one [2]. "I'm pushing the other di

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