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.
Hasnain says:
"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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Introducing MIR - The Rust Programming Language Blog
Words from the Rust team
Being A Developer After 40
(This is the talk I have given at App Builders Switzerland on April 25th, 2016. The slides are available on SpeakerDeck …
The American Scientist Magazine Understands Nothing about the Traveling Salesman Problem
I like to think there are some solid foundations to my life. I will be able to do the Monday New York Times crossword and I will not be able to do the Thursday version. My dental hygienist will not...
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Posted on 2016-04-27T05:07:41+0000
Mitsubishi: We've been cheating on fuel tests for 25 years
The embattled automaker admitted Tuesday that it has used improper methods to test fuel efficiency for the past quarter century, the latest revelation in a cheating scandal that has rocked the company.
Hasnain says:
"The Japanese automaker admitted Tuesday that it had falsified fuel efficiency tests for the past quarter century, the latest revelation in a scandal that has rocked the company."
25 years?!
Posted on 2016-04-27T04:48:31+0000
Have Software Developers Given Up?
Note: I’m a software developer. I create bugs. I once switched a production SQL database to Simple recovery mode and Truncated an important table causing a ton of work for my colleagues. The content of this post is aimed as much at me and the company I work for as the companies listed here. I think…
It isn’t just Uber: Carnegie Mellon’s computer science dean on its poaching problem
Andrew Moore was a professor of computer science and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University for a dozen years when Google hired him away in 2006 to lead..
Hasnain says:
"I’m not making light of the issue. How to retain people who are worth tens of millions of dollars to other organizations is causing my few remaining hairs to fall out. But we’re also proud that because of their world-class stature, that they can do the entrepreneurial thing if they want."
Posted on 2016-04-27T04:40:40+0000