zt

52 ms·

511.
The Perfect Forecast:obsession, cloud seeding, and very powerful storms(themorningnews.org)
1 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
512.
Patent Troll Says It Owns Podcasting; Sues Adam Carolla, HowStuffWorks(techdirt.com)
1 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
513.
Transparent transistors printed on transparent paper: Flexible, green(extremetech.com)
2 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
514.
Winning war against ‘superbugs’:attacking antibiotic-resistant bacteria(news.harvard.edu)
2 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
515.
Caffeine Jitters(cen.acs.org)
56 points by zt 14y ago|46 comments
516.
Could Amazon’s Virtual Currency Buy You a Coffeemaker Someday?(technologyreview.com)
1 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
517.
Up for Debate: Can Social Media Solve Real-World Problems?(newrepublic.com)
2 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
518.
Internet lore: The great GIF debate(economist.com)
2 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
519.
Batteries not required, just plug into ear cells(newscientist.com)
1 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
520.
Try Discourse(try.discourse.org)
30 points by zt 14y ago|20 comments
521.
Eternal Hypochondria of the Expanding Mind(ribbonfarm.com)
2 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
522.
by zt 14y ago
This service is really cool. I think all companies should host diffs of their terms. Stripe, for example, has both the previous versions and diffs of their terms ( https://stripe.com/us/terms ) available at https://github.com/stripe/terms
523.
by zt 14y ago
The letter led me to wonder about measurment and results in the world of "doing good". I was wondering what this forum's thoughts on the matter are. Should we only fund the things that get results? How should we quantify our results? And pr
524.
In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a ‘Better Way’(wired.com)
2 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
525.
Feature Friday: The (Stripe) Checkout Form(avc.com)
1 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
526.
by zt 14y ago
How to make payments on the internet is huge. It was a big problem. It still is a big problem. Paypal is disliked but that doesn't mean it wasn't working on a big problem. It doesn't mean Paypal wasn't an important start to the solution. Mu
527.
by zt 14y ago
I work at Stripe and we are working hard on rolling out our products internationally. I am sorry you cannot use it yet and that you can't recommend us to your friends yet. It takes time to do right--it's a schlep--as we want to make sure th
528.
Chicago's CIO doesn't believe in 'good enough'(computerworld.com)
1 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
529.
by zt 14y ago
Well, we can disagree whether moving a little farther west is really the underpinning idea in US governance. I think that question was basically settled in the Whiskey Rebellion: there was never some idyllic period of liberty in American hi
530.
by zt 14y ago
I think government is starting to move. We could cite CTO Park and the Presidential Innovation Fellows program as you have, but also mention Brett Goldstein (CIO) and John Tolva (CTO) in Chicago, Rachel Sterne (Chief Digital Officer) in New
531.
by zt 14y ago
Yes, exactly. Just as a simple example, Nancy Pelosi might retire in the next few years (I'm skeptical that D's are going to retake the house in 2014), if that's the case where is the developer/entrepreneur candidate for that seat?
532.
by zt 14y ago
So, as I read through the comments on this post I see a lot of indifference to her argument and a lot of anger toward the government. Government is broken. Government uses outdated, bespoke technology from the 90s. Technology is not a prior
533.
Mac mini to become the first Mac to be produced in USA(technoblimp.wordpress.com)
5 points by zt 14y ago|4 comments
534.
‘The Cloud’ Challenges Amazon(nytimes.com)
4 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
535.
Storytelling software learns how to tell a good tale(newscientist.com)
2 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
536.
Decoupling inlined UI code(twistedoakstudios.com)
41 points by zt 14y ago|10 comments
537.
Websites Vary Prices, Deals Based on Users' Information(online.wsj.com)
3 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
538.
Drought Threatens Shipping on Mississippi River(nytimes.com)
2 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
539.
God Save the British Economy(nytimes.com)
2 points by zt 14y ago|0 comments
540.
by zt 14y ago
I work in civic technology, and one could easily rewrite this to say: “If I could short the entire big, fat, old, cynical, rip-off artist [government] software business, I would,” he said. “They’re not innovating. There’s nothing that those

More ›