A user’s manual
IN 2003 Peter Morley-Souter, a British teenager whose hobby was drawing comic strips with his sister Rose, was sent a parody of “Calvin and Hobbes”, a strip...
The drug industry wants us to think Martin Shkreli is a rogue CEO. He isn’t.
We don't know how much drugs 'should' cost
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Posted on 2015-09-28T02:17:37+0000
Why are working class kids less likely to get elite jobs? They study too hard at college.
Students from wealthy backgrounds are more likely to get really good jobs because they've learned how to play the right games.
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"One of your most counter-intuitive arguments is that students from working class and lower-middle class backgrounds are less likely to get elite jobs, because they concentrate on studying rather than their social life at college. That’s the opposite of what the conventional wisdom would suggest."
Posted on 2015-09-28T02:07:53+0000
Procedural City Generation in Python - Documentation — procedural_city_generation 0.1 documentation
Welcome to procedural_city_generation’s documentation! In this page we will give an overview of all the things you need to know to get started with this project.
Stop Googling. Let’s Talk.
What have we done to face-to-face conversation?
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Posted on 2015-09-27T15:39:24+0000
What happened to Bernie Sanders' best idea?
It's time to get radical on pharmaceutical costs.
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Posted on 2015-09-26T22:29:00+0000
Maths whiz solves a master's riddle
Terence Tao successfully attacks the Erdős Discrepancy Problem by building on an online collaboration.
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Posted on 2015-09-26T09:40:29+0000
How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake You Can Make as a New Software Engineer
As a new software engineer, you’re bound to make a number of tactical mistakes due to a lack of experience. Maybe you build some functionality on your own only to learn later that there’s a common …
The Netflix Tech Blog: John Carmack on Developing the Netflix App for Oculus
Hi, this is Anthony Park, VP of Engineering at Netflix. We've been working with Oculus to develop a Netflix app for Samsung Gear VR. The app includes a Netflix Living Room, allowing members to get the Netflix experience from the comfort of a virtual couch, wherever they bring their Gear VR headset.…
Why the Rich Are So Much Richer by James Surowiecki
In the years since the financial crisis, Joseph Stiglitz has been among the loudest and most influential public intellectuals decrying the costs of inequality, and making the case for how we can use government policy to deal with it.
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An interesting take from a respectable (Nobel winning) economist
Posted on 2015-09-24T06:29:24+0000