Police constable shows judge “how grenade works” inside courtroom, three injured
KARACHI (Staff Report) - A hand grenade exploded inside courtroom in Karachi
The 1% hide their money offshore – then use it to corrupt our democracy | Aditya Chakrabortty
From US billionaires to City barons, the super-rich are buying political influence as never before. Our politicians now work for them, not for us
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Posted on 2016-04-11T15:20:28+0000
Evicted by Matthew Desmond – what if the problem of poverty is that it’s profitable to other people?
‘There is an enormous amount of pain and poverty in this rich land,’ argues American sociologist Desmond in this brilliant book about housing and the lives of eight families in Milwaukee
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Posted on 2016-04-10T23:48:12+0000
Climate-Related Death of Coral Around World Alarms Scientists
Researchers believe that bleaching, which they attribute to heat stress compounded by climate change, is threatening more than a third of the planet’s reefs.
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Posted on 2016-04-10T17:44:31+0000
Why Erlang Matters
In the end, this new type of computer will bring about data-centers-on-a-chip or high-density computing, whichever way we look.
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Posted on 2016-04-10T07:24:23+0000
Millennial Employees Confound Big Banks
Investment banks are trying to stop an exodus of junior bankers by adjusting their advancement models to better suit the expectations of the millennial generation.
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"Some bankers are baffled by the attitude of their more junior colleagues. There is a pain point among midlevel bankers who “can sometimes get frustrated if the younger analyst isn’t as available as they want them to be,” says Mr. Waldron, Goldman’s investment banking co-head.
Nevertheless, he says, “just because other people worked 80 to 100 hours [each week] in their life history doesn’t mean these people should.”"
Posted on 2016-04-10T03:19:19+0000
Exploding offers are bullshit · Erik Bernhardsson
Exploding offers are bullshit 2016-03-16 I do a lot of recruiting and have given maybe 50 offers in my career. Although many companies do, I never put a deadline on any of them. Unfortunately, I’ve often ended up competing with other companies who do, and I feel really bad that this usually tricks y…
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Posted on 2016-04-09T07:44:08+0000
Senate encryption bill draft mandates 'technical assistance'
The Hill obtained a discussion draft of the long-awaited Senate measure.
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Posted on 2016-04-09T07:38:29+0000
Being tired isn’t a badge of honor — Signal v. Noise
Whenever I speak at a conference, I try to catch a few of the other presentations. I tend to stand in the back and liste…
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"People pulling 16-hour days on a regular basis are exhausted. They’re just too tired to notice that their work has suffered because of it."
Posted on 2016-04-09T07:23:45+0000
The Panama Papers prove it: America can afford a universal basic income | Colin Holtz
If the super-rich actually paid what they owe in taxes, the US would have loads more money available for public services
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Posted on 2016-04-09T06:25:21+0000