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The Mysterious Tree of a Newborn’s Life: The Push to Understand the Placenta(nytimes.com)
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by suprgeek 12y ago
A $35,000 price (before presumed tax rebates) would really make this car a very much more main-stream vehicle rather than a "Luxury Car". If they can pull off the whole charger network expansion thing, this will be Tesla's br
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Can meditation really slow ageing?(mosaicscience.com)
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Google had one-hour turnaround to counter Facebook’s offers to employees(arstechnica.com)
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On Welsh Corgis, Computer Vision, and the Power of Deep Learning(research.microsoft.com)
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by suprgeek 12y ago
"...They were thus celebrating something that imposed no impediment whatsoever on disclosure of these materials. As usual for the U.S. and U.K. security services, then, their behavior was as inept as it was thuggish." So not only
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Instrument onboard Hubble reveals the universe is ‘missing’ light(colorado.edu)
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FingerReader: a wearable device helping visually impaired people read(fluid.media.mit.edu)
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by suprgeek 12y ago
American Immigration and American Healthcare are two of the most F*d up systems in an otherwise "developed" country. The rank hostility with which the CBP treats visitors continually amazes me - having traveled to China, Japan, Au
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by suprgeek 12y ago
I suspect that rather than what they ate, what they did not eat played a major role.... " Patients were also asked to avoid sugary foods (sucrose, fructose, and drinks containing them, refined carbohydrates, fruit juices, syrups, and m
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by suprgeek 12y ago
"...is that it highlighted just how insular and superior a lot of Apple developers act and feel. If you don’t believe me, just join a group of them at WWDC and whip out your Android phone. Within moments, you’ll wish you had whipped ou
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by suprgeek 12y ago
Is this not a clear case of Fraud & Mis-representation? If a person had pulled this kind of stunt you would see criminal chrges flying all over the place ..Why are bank executives at Barclays not going to jail over this?
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by suprgeek 12y ago
I detest the spin on "Jugaad" that this article provides. Having lived day-to-day in India I have seen way too many unsafe and potentially deadly "jugaads" every single day. From the CNG Car driver hacking up his Car to
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A review of the Blackphone, the Android for the paranoid(arstechnica.com)
104 points by suprgeek 12y ago|56 comments
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EFF launches StandAgainstSpying.org to Encourage NSA Reform(eff.org)
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Chromecast will use Ultarsonic "bat signal" to pair TV with Phones(gigaom.com)
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Over NSA worries, Germany ends government contract with Verizon(arstechnica.com)
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by suprgeek 12y ago
The first time I encountered this effect was when I was listening to this TED Talk "Michael Shermer: Why people believe weird things" https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8T... The whole t
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by suprgeek 12y ago
If recent science is correct http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130912/srep02617/full/srep02... then we should be able to actually touch the leaf and "feel" the needles ourselves.
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by suprgeek 12y ago
Given Suns history with EJB 2.0, I would humbly submit that "ease of use", work out-of-the box etc should not be the default expectations with Java. Having said that (snarky response) having worked with Java from 1.1, I think the
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by suprgeek 12y ago
The "Real Paper investigating Time Travel" involved Searching the the Internet for two terms. The conclusion that these searches, even if they had been found, (which they were not) implied "time traveling Internet savvy peopl
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How to read music – Tim Hansen(ed.ted.com)
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by suprgeek 12y ago
Surprisingly high price, even on contract! I was thinking they would pull another Prime tie-in (say $49 as long as you are on prime and do not cancel). Also in this day and age, being AT&T exclusive is a real puzzler. What does Amazon h
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As Robotics Advances, Worries of Killer Robots Rise(nytimes.com)
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by suprgeek 12y ago
This is one of the little known gems I recommend often. the readability difference is just amazing for me. On that note for those of us having to use Windows at the workplace there are a few things that make life easier: 1) Chocolatey (pack
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80% Indians have skewed lipid level, 72% low good cholesterol(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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by suprgeek 12y ago
I think the EFF said it best ""Anyone trying to perform mass surveillance is going to have a much harder job today than even 6 months ago". Not only are there technical barriers being set-up but now a lot of companies have st
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by suprgeek 12y ago
Almost like reopening old wounds..... Time to bring the C&H collection out of the bookshelf.
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by suprgeek 12y ago
I am still struggling to figure out if Andreessen is serious or he is trolling with these idiotic statements. Sample: "The biggest surprise for me was that people were so shocked, because I thought we've been funding this agency f
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by suprgeek 12y ago
I think more than anything, research like this proves that if a particular type of Object, no matter how bizarre-sounding, is not ruled out by theory, then it will be eventually found in the Universe somewhere. The Interstellar drives canno

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