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The Election Won’t Be Rigged, But It Could Be Hacked(nytimes.com)
41 points by the_duck 10y ago|75 comments
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by the_duck 10y ago
The author's job title might have given this away. In Canada (assistant|associate|full) professors are tenured or tenure track, and hence higher status. Any other title could be assumed to mean non-tenure track and under-employed, henc
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When tenure never comes(thewalrus.ca)
151 points by the_duck 10y ago|138 comments
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A manifesto against parenting(wsj.com)
1 points by the_duck 10y ago|0 comments
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NBC Universal Patents a Way to Detect BitTorrent Pirates in Real-Time(gadgets.ndtv.com)
2 points by the_duck 10y ago|0 comments
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When a child thinks life is unfair, use game theory(mobile.nytimes.com)
7 points by the_duck 10y ago|5 comments
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'Be Yourself' is terrible advice(nytimes.com)
41 points by the_duck 10y ago|21 comments
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by the_duck 10y ago
I enjoy my homogenous Facebook feed, full of people who share my views and my life circumstances, just as much as the next guy. But I also sometimes enjoy reading posts I disagree with, and posts from people who aren't part of my &quot
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How Facebook warps our worlds(nytimes.com)
3 points by the_duck 10y ago|1 comments
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Beautiful minds, wasted: how not to squander the potential of autistic people(economist.com)
101 points by the_duck 10y ago|70 comments
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by the_duck 10y ago
A well-timed announcement for April 20th. ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)
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How Donald Trump's language works for him(washingtonpost.com)
7 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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by the_duck 11y ago
I've heard vague tales of Canadian companies receiving tax incentives to do research, in the form of SR&ED credits. ( http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/txcrdt/sred-rsde/menu-eng.html ) Does anyone have any concrete
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Twenty cognitive biases which make you form bad decisions(iflscience.com)
4 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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Moneyball for book publishers: a detailed look at how we read(mobile.nytimes.com)
1 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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Alphabet unleashes new humanoid robot(blogs.wsj.com)
2 points by the_duck 11y ago|1 comments
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A College Education for Prisoners(nytimes.com)
1 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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Is vast inequality necessary?(nytimes.com)
27 points by the_duck 11y ago|26 comments
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A job that nourishes the soul, if not the wallet(nytimes.com)
2 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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Apple hit with $5M lawsuit over iOS 9 performance on iPhone 4S(yahoo.com)
2 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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by the_duck 11y ago
>In the last 15 years or so, researchers have created a number of tools to probe the geometry of these hidden structures. For example, you might build a model of the surface by first zooming in at many different points. At each point, yo
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Yule Cat(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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What I discovered from interviewing imprisoned ISIS fighters(thenation.com)
24 points by the_duck 11y ago|1 comments
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Effects of welfare on laziness(vox.com)
2 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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Work-Life Balance Poses Challenges Regardless of Wealth(nytimes.com)
1 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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Story of my life: How narrative creates personality(theatlantic.com)
1 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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Quebec doctors can now prescribe exercise(cbc.ca)
73 points by the_duck 11y ago|74 comments
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A Midlife Crisis, by Any Other Name(penguinrandomhouse.ca)
1 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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by the_duck 11y ago
I also get migraines if I don't sleep 8-ish hours! I didn't realize that was a thing that happened to other people, too.
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Teenager’s jailing brings a call to fix sex offender registries(nytimes.com)
16 points by the_duck 11y ago|8 comments

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