Ivy League economist ethnically profiled, interrogated for doing math on American Airlines flight
Move over, Clock Boy. Another swarthy-looking nerd is alarming the authorities.
Hasnain says:
"In this true parable of 2016 I see another worrisome lesson, albeit one also possibly relevant to Trump’s appeal: That in America today, the only thing more terrifying than foreigners is…math."
Posted on 2016-05-07T17:19:01+0000
The Startup Zeitgeist · The Macro
Reading applications to Y Combinator is like having access to a crystal ball. Twice per year — once in the winter and once in the spring — thousands of men and women apply to Y Combinator. Each of these bright minds has his or her own vision of the future of technology. They pitch ideas related to B...
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Posted on 2016-05-06T06:07:22+0000
Students at Fake University Say They Were Collateral Damage in Sting Operation
The federal government’s fictitious University of Northern New Jersey was aimed at dishonest recruiters, but foreign students who signed up lost thousands and face deportation.
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Posted on 2016-05-06T06:05:32+0000
Should Prostitution Be a Crime?
A growing movement of sex workers and activists is making the decriminalization of sex work a feminist issue.
Hasnain says:
Pretty interesting points, though I have to admit I haven't read it in full yet
Posted on 2016-05-06T02:58:34+0000
Are Your Taxes Paying for the Cost of Your Street? | My Mapstory Blog
Believe it or not, almost everywhere in the country, people are not paying for the cost of the street right in front of their own properties. I made a map of my home town to illustrate – you can hover over any property and see for yourself (click on the image below to open). I was recently interview...
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Hasnain says:
" First and foremost, we need to abolish the laws that caused
this all to happen. Yes, that’s right – all of this was
required to happen, by law. Many people think that sprawl is
a free market phenomenon, and they are exactly wrong. Sprawl
is caused by the following policies – I call these Sprawl
Laws; you can find them for yourself in your local city code
(for the most succinct explanation, see this paper[1]):
* Zoning
* Setbacks
* Minimum parking requirements
* Minimum lot sizes
* Maximum units per lot
* Minimum road widths
"
30 years later, QBasic is still the best | Personal Registry Editor
30 years later, QBasic is still the best (5 minutes read) My oldest son Noah turned 7 three months ago. If he could trade his family for a 2 hour session of playing minecraft, he would do it in a heartbeat. The other love of his life is Super Mario Maker, and it’s been a thrill to see him play the s...
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Posted on 2016-05-06T02:34:59+0000
Apple Stole My Music. No, Seriously.
“The software is functioning as intended,” said Amber. “Wait,” I asked, “so it’s supposed to delete my personal files from my internal hard drive without asking my permission?” “Yes,” she replied. …
Hasnain says:
"For about ten years, I’ve been warning people, “hang onto your media. One day, you won’t buy a movie. You’ll buy the right to watch a movie, and that movie will be served to you. If the companies serving the movie don’t want you to see it, or they want to change something, they will have the power to do so. They can alter history, and they can make you keep paying for things that you formerly could have bought. Information will be a utility rather than a possession. Even information that you yourself have created will require unending, recurring payments just to access.”"
Posted on 2016-05-06T01:04:15+0000
Frozen Foods Recall From Trader Joe's And Costco Supplier Just Got Way Worse
The recall now affects 358 products sold under 42 separate brands.
oss-sec: Re: ImageMagick Is On Fire -- CVE-2016-3714
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uvloop: Blazing fast Python networking — magicstack
TL;DR asyncio is an asynchronous I/O framework shipping with the Python Standard Library. In this blog post, we introduce uvloop: a full, drop-in replacement for the asyncio event loop. uvloop is written in Cython and built on top of libuv. uvloop makes asyncio fast. In fact, it is at least 2x faste...