Google Launches Uber Rival RideWith - Americans.org
Google’s complicated relationship with taxi-hailing app Uber got even more complex over the weekend as it emerged the Mountain View based search giant will launch a pilot project of its carpooling app RideWith, which allows users to share rides to work and back. The ride sharing will also be support…
GREECE JUST TAUGHT CAPITALISTS A LESSON ABOUT WHAT CAPITALISM REALLY MEANS
Greece has effectively voted to default on its...
Hasnain says:
The headline is provocative and the article is kinda biased but this has some good points. Especially
"Trichet made a colossal, elementary mistake. The right place for risky debt by definition is in the private markets, like Goldman. The entire point of private debt investment is that those creditors are prepared for a haircut. The risk absolutely should not be borne by central banks who rely on taxpayer money for bailouts."
Could someone explain why they ever thought that was a good idea? I'm genuinely curious
Posted on 2015-07-06T11:05:44+0000
Absurd Creature of the Week: If This Wasp Stings You, 'Just Lie Down and Start Screaming' | WIRED
The tarantula hawk is actually a kind of solitary wasp, with a sting that causes a fiercely electric pain that could only be described as totally unacceptable.
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Posted on 2015-07-06T06:55:53+0000
Petzold Book Blog - De-Obfuscating the Statistics of Mass Shootings
After the horrifying killings at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, President Obama once more had to speak publicly about a mass shooting. "Let’s be clear," he said. "At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of…
Hasnain says:
"Our political arena is open enough to debate these issues. But the debate should not involve the abuse of statistics. If people are opposed to gun-safety legislation, they should own the consequences of that opposition rather than try to hide those consequences behind a bogus interpretation of statistics.
Actual lives are at stake."
Posted on 2015-07-06T06:42:13+0000
The crazy economics of inflight Wi-Fi
In the crazy world of airlines, passengers are often forced to pay a lot for slow speeds.
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Posted on 2015-07-06T05:17:16+0000
Why Invest in Tools?
A few days ago I got to share GraphQL at the React-Europe conference, a project I’ve been working on for over three year…
Hasnain says:
"Facebook is able to consistently produce new technology that “rethinks current best practices” and makes waves in the industry because we focus on producing long-term value. We take risks. We trust our people to do what they think is right, and when something seems to have potential, smart people across teams come together."
Another reason I love working here
Posted on 2015-07-06T03:25:14+0000
interfluidity » Greece
Greece is a remarkable country full of wonderful people, but along dimensions of development and governance, the place is plainly pretty fucked up. It has been fucked up that way for a long time, for decades at least. This has never been secret. Anyone who has visited Athens knows it has far more in…
Hasnain says:
There are too many great points here, I can't pick a single one to quote
Posted on 2015-07-04T23:16:52+0000
Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world
It has sold millions of copies, is perhaps the greatest novel in the science-fiction canon and Star Wars wouldn’t have existed without it. Frank Herbert’s Dune should endure as a politically relevant fantasy from the Age of Aquarius
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Posted on 2015-07-04T22:52:11+0000
Hooked
Why Netflix and Amazon want your kids
Stupid Template Tricks: Super Template Tetris
In which C++ templates are used to play Tetris at compiletime....
Hasnain says:
I still don't know why anyone would write tetris in C++ templates
Posted on 2015-07-03T19:50:01+0000