Google, LinkedIn announce massive land swap
Google and LinkedIn officials on Tuesday announced a surprise deal for a massive property swap that would trade real estate and development rights, consolidating Google's presence in Mountain View and effectively sending LinkedIn out of North Bayshore and over to the Sunnyvale border.
Armin Ronacher on Twitter
“The axle count of trains in Switzerland must not be a multiple of 2^8 of the system does not detect a train. https://t.co/f5wKS55don”
My Nephew Brought Home This Menacing Maths Problem — Bright
What happened next is a sad indictment of school maths.
Hasnain says:
"School mathematics is presented as a collection of immutable truths. Problems are binary: there is a right answer and you’re damned if you can’t find it. Curriculum standards do not reflect the rich, exploratory forms of problem solving that underpin mathematical thinking."
Posted on 2016-07-11T03:54:21+0000
How Uber secretly investigated its legal foes — and got caught
When a young labor lawyer named Andrew Schmidt first filed suit against Uber in December of last year, he couldn’t have predicted it would make him a target. Schmidt’s suit was a legal longshot,...
Amazon's counterfeit problem is getting worse and sellers are enraged
Amazon sellers have long dealt with counterfeiters, but with Chinese goods flooding the marketplace the problem is exploding.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2016-07-10T22:15:28+0000
A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are in Decline
The leading killers — cancer, heart disease and stroke – are coming later in life in wealthy countries as people in general live longer in good health.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2016-07-10T21:53:54+0000
Using a Bomb Robot to Kill a Suspect Is an Unprecedented Shift in Policing
What Dallas authorities did on Thursday raises concerns about due process and the use of remotely triggered lethal force by law enforcement.
Hasnain says:
"The ability for police to remotely kill suspects raises due process concerns. If a shooter is holed up and alone, can they be qualified as an imminent threat to life? Are there clear protocols about when a robot can be used to engage a suspect versus when a human needs to engage him or her? When can the use of lethal force be administered remotely?"
Posted on 2016-07-10T18:04:20+0000
Do You Really Need a Dedicated Graphics Card to Play Your Favorite Games?
I played today’s popular PC games with no dedicated video card, and I kinda liked it.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2016-07-10T17:58:17+0000
Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong?
It's possible that string theory or the multiverse may find strong links with data, but a recent book provides a view of what a truly different philosophical approach would look like, says Adam Frank.
I, Racist — THOSE PEOPLE
Why I don’t talk about race with White people
Hasnain says:
This is an amazing piece of writing, clearly a must read. So difficult to pick out any one single quote.
"But here is the irony, here’s the thing that all the angry Black people know, and no calmly debating White people want to admit: The entire discussion of race in America centers around the protection of White feelings.
Ask any Black person and they'll tell you the same thing. The reality of thousands of innocent people raped, shot, imprisoned, and systematically disenfranchised are less important than the suggestion that a single White person might be complicit in a racist system.
This is the country we live in. Millions of Black lives are valued less than a single White person’s hurt feelings."
Posted on 2016-07-09T02:44:59+0000