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A few months ago, I complained about the insane state of today's advertising…

A few months ago, I complained about the insane state of today's advertising and the evil that is VPAID ads… - Artem Russakovskii - Google+

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Guccifer 2.0 DNC’s servers hacked by a lone hacker

Worldwide known cyber security company CrowdStrike announced that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) servers had been hacked by “sophisticated” hacker groups. I’m very pleas…

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Orlando Mass Shooting Not Deadliest in American History

The massacre at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando was a horrific tragedy. But it was not unprecedented – and it was not the “deadliest mass shooting in American history.”

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McDonald's: you can sneer, but it's the glue that holds communities together

When many lower-income Americans feel isolated and empty, they yearn for physical social networks. All across US, this happens organically at McDonald’s

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Hasnain says:

"It isn’t just groups who use McDonald’s. For many of the poorest, for the homeless, and for people caught in an addiction, McDonald’s are an integral part of their lives. They have cheap and filling food, they have free Wi-Fi, outlets to charge phones, and clean bathrooms. McDonald’s is also generally gracious about letting people sit quietly for long periods – longer than other fast-food places."

Posted on 2016-06-15T00:55:01+0000

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The founder of Sage on why academia sucks for a full-time position writing software for research (even though that software is used by tons of academics)

Posted on 2016-06-14T05:38:03+0000

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How Killing the 3.5mm Needlessly Complicates Smartphone Audio

Join us in an exploration where we find out how the death of the 3mm jack will affect the smartphone experience, and why it shouldn't happen yet.

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"Last year’s Paris attacks killed 130 people, which is nearly as many as die from gun homicides in all of France in a typical year. But even if France had a mass shooting as deadly as the Paris attacks every month, its annual rate of gun homicide death would be lower than that in the United States."

Posted on 2016-06-14T04:22:58+0000

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Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn | News Center

Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn Posted June 13, 2016 By Microsoft News Center 0 8223 REDMOND, Wash., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — June 13, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) on Monday announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft…

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Distributed Systems in Haskell :: Will Yager

I recently completed UT Austin's Distributed Computing class, taught by Lorenzo Alvisi. My project partner Pato and I decided to give it a go in Haskell, and ended up using Haskell for all project assignments (Chandy-Lamport, Paxos, and Bayou).

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