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.
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
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
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.
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
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…
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
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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Posted on 2016-06-18T21:07:01+0000
The War on Stupid People
American society increasingly mistakes intelligence for human worth.
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
“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…
Hasnain says:
"When harassment, sexual or otherwise, requires a cost-benefit analysis, you have failed."
Posted on 2016-06-17T18:02:07+0000
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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Posted on 2016-06-16T06:21:45+0000
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…
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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Posted on 2016-06-15T15:34:46+0000