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Petition for London independence signed by thousands after Brexit vote - BBC News

A petition calling for Sadiq Khan to declare London an independent state after the UK voted to quit the EU is signed by thousands of people.

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Brexit: UK votes to leave EU in historic referendum - BBC News

The UK has voted by a narrow margin to leave the European Union in a historic referendum, with UKIP leader Nigel Farage hailing it as "independence day" but the pound falls to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985.

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Tech Companies Fight Back After Years of Being Deluged With Secret FBI Requests

Internet companies have been waging a little-known war with the federal government over how much information companies are obligated to hand over about customers during national security investigations

Click to view the original at theintercept.com

Hasnain says:

"The FBI’s decision to ask companies for everything and let them figure out what they’re required to turn over has had the effect of potentially putting smaller companies with fewer resources at a disadvantage, say national security attorneys. Without expensive legal representation and a familiarity with the law, companies might turn over more content than is necessary."

Posted on 2016-06-22T02:18:23+0000

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Silicon Valley's Bloody Plant Burger Smells, Tastes And Sizzles Like Meat

Impossible Foods took a high-tech approach to creating a meat-free burger that replicates the real thing. It's all designed to tempt carnivores to eat less meat. And it's set to hit restaurants soon.

Click to view the original at npr.org

Hasnain says:

"The taste is unreal. When I tried a mini burger slathered in vegan mayo, mashed avocado, caramelized onions and Dijon prepared by San Francisco chef Traci Des Jardin at the company's headquarters in Redwood City, I was floored. The flavor was slightly less potent than meat, but if I didn't already know this burger was made from plants, I wouldn't have guessed it. The texture as I chewed was just like ground beef."

Posted on 2016-06-22T02:12:41+0000

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On Being A Senior Engineer

I think that there's a lot of institutional knowledge in our field, especially about what makes for a productive engineer. But while there are a good deal of books in the management field about "expert" roles and responsibilities of non-technical individual contributors, I don't see too many modern…

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Hasnain says:

Sharing for future bookmarking. This echoes some of what I've learnt, thought about more recently; engineering is often not about code but about communication and empathy.

Posted on 2016-06-20T18:47:18+0000

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The Money Letter That Every Parent Should Write

A good, soulful letter can become a family keepsake and should include a list of crucial habits and the tangible things that have helped the family.

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Hasnain says:

"When Michael Young, a British sociologist, coined the term meritocracy in 1958, it was in a dystopian satire. At the time, the world he imagined, in which intelligence fully determined who thrived and who languished, was understood to be predatory, pathological, far-fetched. Today, however, we’ve almost finished installing such a system, and we have embraced the idea of a meritocracy with few reservations, even treating it as virtuous. That can’t be right. Smart people should feel entitled to make the most of their gift. But they should not be permitted to reshape society so as to instate giftedness as a universal yardstick of human worth."

Posted on 2016-06-18T01:49:48+0000

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“But he does good work.”

Right now, my inbox holds media requests from Buzzfeed, Daily Dot, Guardian, Associated Press, and newly, La Repubblica, Italy’s largest…

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