Leaping into the future: Red goes blockchain!
Here we are, ready to leap into the future. This is a new page opening in the Red history book. It is a great day for us to finally be able ...
Hasnain says:
I saw Red the other day and liked their approach to simple GUIs; but I don't know how I feel about a programming language having an ICO
Posted on 2017-12-25T17:58:39+0000
‘I hope I can quit working in a few years’: A preview of the US without pensions
The way major U.S. companies provide for retiring workers has been shifting for about three decades, with more dropping traditional pensions every year.
AP FACT CHECK: Tax plan shows 2 things can be true at once
Two things can be true at once. President Donald Trump's tax overhaul is slanted to the rich, as Democrats say and Republicans like to ignore. It also comes with tax cuts for average people, which Democrats bypass in slamming Trump's "betrayal" of the middle class. Trump's signing of the...
Hasnain says:
I learnt a bunch about the tax plan after reading this
Posted on 2017-12-24T00:48:51+0000
Growing One's Consulting Business
How I got started consulting and the advice which changed my (business) life.
Hasnain says:
"How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting."
This was a great read
Posted on 2017-12-23T18:28:58+0000
Long Island Iced Tea Soars 500% After Changing Its Name to Long Blockchain
There’s a new leader in the sweepstakes for the zaniest name change in the crypto craze.
Google Maps’s Moat
How far ahead of Apple Maps is Google Maps?
Hasnain says:
This is such an amazing, in depth, pleasant analysis of mapping technology
Posted on 2017-12-20T07:25:18+0000
Silicon Valley Is Turning Into Its Own Worst Fear
We asked a group of writers to consider the forces that have shaped our lives in 2017. Here, science fiction writer Ted Chiang looks at capitalism, Silicon Valley, and its fear of superintelligent AI.
Older Adults' Forgetfulness Tied To Faulty Brain Rhythms In Sleep
As people get older, brain waves that occur during deep sleep become less synchronized. This appears to disrupt a system that saves new memories.
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Posted on 2017-12-19T05:40:27+0000
Kaffer: 8 years into tests of abandoned rape kits, Worthy works for justice
Freep columnist Nancy Kaffer talks to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy about the progress of testing 11,000 rape kits abandoned in Detroit.
Hasnain says:
"In 2009, 11,341 untested sexual assault kits — the results of an hours-long process that collects evidence from the body of a rape victim — were found during a routine tour of a Detroit police storage warehouse, some dating back to 1984. "
"Ten thousand rape kits tested. One hundred twenty-seven convictions won, 1,947 cases investigated, 817 serial rapists identified. "
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"One of the reasons we have these untested rape kits ... and I can use Detroit as an example, 86% of our victims in these untested kits are people of color."
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Posted on 2017-12-19T01:49:11+0000
Seattle train crash: at least six dead in Amtrak derailment
Train was heading south on new high-speed rail route that opened on Monday when it derailed near Tacoma in Washington state