What Happened to Google Maps?
Surprising Changes to Google Maps's Cartography Browsing Google Maps over the past year or so, I've often thought that there are fewer labels than there used to be. Google's cartography was revamped three years ago – but surely this didn't include a reduction in labels? Rather, the sparser maps appe…
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Posted on 2016-05-01T05:45:16+0000
Myths and Legends about Integer Overflow in Rust
Integer overflow detection/handling in Rust is sometimes misunderstood.
[llvm-dev] RFC: XRay -- A Function Call Tracing System
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The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
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Atari co-founder: mobile games make me want to throw my phone
Video games pioneer Nolan Bushnell is planning to revive the ‘hardcore fundamental game design’ of arcades to make mobile titles worth playing
Hasnain says:
"Most games are missing fundamental game design"
So true
Posted on 2016-04-29T05:08:43+0000
Teen birth rate hits all-time low, led by 50 percent decline among Hispanics and blacks
The decline that has taken place over the past decade has been happening in all regions and among all races and ethnicities.
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Posted on 2016-04-29T05:04:36+0000
Why Is Productivity So Weak? Three Theories
The rate of economic output is not increasing much. Or is there work below the surface that will pay big dividends in the future?
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Posted on 2016-04-29T04:58:41+0000
Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone
An exclusive look at data from the controversial web site Sci-Hub reveals that the whole world, both poor and rich, is reading pirated research papers.
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"For Elbakyan herself, the future is even more uncertain. Elsevier is not only charging her with copyright infringement but with illegal hacking under the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. “There is the possibility to be suddenly arrested for hacking,” Elbakyan admits. Others who ran afoul of this law have been extradited to the United States while traveling. And she is fully aware that another computer prodigy–turned-advocate, Aaron Swartz, was arrested on similar charges in 2011 after mass-downloading academic papers. Facing devastating financial penalties and jail time, Swartz hanged himself."
Posted on 2016-04-29T04:41:51+0000
At Chobani, Now It’s Not Just the Yogurt That’s Rich
The company surprised its 2,000 full-time workers with shares in the company that could make some of them millionaires.
Automated Testing for League of Legends
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