Dear Dad, Send Money - Letters from Students in the Middle Ages
I ask of you greetings and money.
The best (and worst) ways to spot a liar
Forget body language or eye movements. There are much better ways to identify the deceitful, says David Robson.
Hasnain says:
Interesting read. But the question is, will it ever be applied? Especially given how the current approach easily gives a cover for racial profiling
Posted on 2015-09-07T18:56:33+0000
Should the first in a queue be served last? - BBC News
Danish researchers have recently made a shocking suggestion - that queuing on the basis of last-come-first-served may sometimes be more efficient. Really?
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Posted on 2015-09-07T17:52:42+0000
From Kafka to ZeroMQ for real-time log aggregation
Software - shaken, not stirred
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Posted on 2015-09-06T18:33:46+0000
How Germany abolished tuition fees - BBC News
How have German universities been able to abolish tuition fees when English universities are charging £9,000?
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Posted on 2015-09-06T18:12:21+0000
I’m a public defender. It’s impossible for me to do a good job representing my clients.
Budget cuts increasingly mean indigent defendants don’t get their constitutional rights in court.
Hasnain says:
"I’ve been asked by my family members, my friends and my hairdresser why I represent criminals. The answer is that I, and other public defenders, don’t represent criminals. We represent poor people who are facing criminal charges — charges on which they are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court."
Posted on 2015-09-06T17:46:37+0000
The Website that got Me Expelled
I was in grade eleven, and it was already late in the school year when I returned to the principal’s office after my five day suspension. My dad was sitting next to me while the principal–a tall, stoc
Is Silicon Valley in Another Bubble . . . and What Could Burst It?
With the tech industry awash in cash and 100 “unicorn” start-ups now valued at $1 billion or more, Silicon Valley can’t escape the question. Nick Bilton reports.
Hasnain says:
"SF tech culture is focused on solving one problem: What is my mother no longer doing for me?”.
"We need to be worth a billion dollars to be able to recruit new engineers. So we decided that was our valuation."
Posted on 2015-09-03T05:48:40+0000
The Case That Has Microsoft, Apple and Amazon Agreeing for Once
Microsoft Corp. responded swiftly to a pre-dawn fax from the FBI in January. The two terrorists who killed a dozen people at the newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris had Microsoft e-mail accounts stored on servers in the U.S., and 45 minutes later their contents were en route to the agency, to be shared…
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Posted on 2015-09-02T15:44:04+0000
Google’s Driverless Cars Run Into Problem: Cars With Drivers
The cars have been involved in a smattering of minor accidents because they observe traffic laws to the letter — and people don’t.