Privilege and inequality in Silicon Valley — Tech Diversity Files
Why “few successful startup founders grew up desperately poor”
Hasnain says:
An amazing read; I kept nodding throughout it.
Covers why the odds are inherently stacked against poor people in more ways than most people realize.
Posted on 2016-01-23T04:21:08+0000
Pakistan’s Unnecessary Martyrs
We’re being told the students killed by the Taliban laid down their lives for the sake of our future. But weren’t they our future?
Hasnain says:
"Maybe they should try to ensure that when children go to school and university they don’t become martyrs. The Pakistani political and military elites are fond of reminding everyone at every opportunity that the country’s nuclear assets are safe. Could they one day make the same claim about our schoolchildren?"
Posted on 2016-01-23T04:13:36+0000
Why I Quit my Dream Job at Ubisoft | Gingear Studio
The Reality of AAA Games Development or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Go Indie Back in 2005, I remember my boss asking me where I'd see myself in 10 years.
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Posted on 2016-01-22T16:56:42+0000
The strangest thing about Q-tips
The strange life of Q-tips, the most bizarre thing people buy.
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Posted on 2016-01-22T06:48:24+0000
Docker Acquires Unikernel Systems As It Looks Beyond Containers
Docker today announced the acquisition of Unikernel Systems, a Cambridge, UK-based startup that aims to bring unikernels to the masses (or at least the masses..
Why Do People Keep Coming to This Couple's Home Looking for Lost Phones?
Sometimes people are angry. Sometimes sad. Sometimes they have police officers with them. But all of them are convinced their phones are in this Atlanta house.
Why Doesn't Silicon Valley Hire Black Coders?
Howard University fights to join the tech boom
Hasnain says:
Silicon Valley is indeed quite a bubble where only a few privileged people are allowed in even though they like to be all high and mighty about meritocracy.
Posted on 2016-01-21T16:41:07+0000
A Linear-Time Sorting Algorithm for FPGAs
Sorting. It's a classic problem that's been studied for decades, and it's a great first step towards "thinking algorithmically." Over the years, a handful of sorting algorithms have emerged, each cha...
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Posted on 2016-01-21T08:12:20+0000
A free shipping mystery
If you've ever purchased a physical good on the internet, you know that shipping is a big deal. And all online shop owners know that providing competitive shipping is a key part of their success. It is indeed one of Amazon's greatest strengths and they are famous for offering free shipping to their…
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Posted on 2016-01-21T08:05:36+0000
Ninth Planet May Exist Beyond Pluto, Scientists Report
Two professors at the California Institute of Technology laid out an argument for the existence of a planet perhaps 4,500 times the mass of Pluto.
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Posted on 2016-01-21T08:02:49+0000