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A Constructive Look At TempleOS

TempleOS is somewhat of a legend in the operating system community. It's sole author, Terry A. Davis, has spent the past 12 years attempting to create a new operating from scratch. Terry explains t...

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Lost Posture: Why Some Indigenous Cultures May Not Have Back Pain

There are a few populations in the world where back pain hardly exists. One woman thinks she has figured out why, and she's sharing their secrets. Have Americans forgotten how to stand properly?

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Is Social Rejection the Key to Creativity?

On the psychology of why rejection and loneliness may be necessary evils for the creative genius “In the deepest and most important things, we are unutterably alone, and for one person to be able t...

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The Batteriser Explained | EEVblog - The Electronics Engineering Video Blog

I have a 40 minute video on the recent media claims about the Batteriser, a device that claims up to 800% improvement in battery life with primary Alkaline batteries. Many people have asked for a much shorter explanation of the claims, so here we go, for those who can’t afford the 40 minutes:

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How safe is air quality on commercial planes? - BBC News

Seventeen flight staff are planning legal action over the alleged contamination of air on board British flights. But what is the evidence to suggest it is unsafe?

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How Math’s Most Famous Proof Nearly Broke - Issue 24: Error - Nautilus

Andrew Wiles gave a series of lectures cryptically titled “Modular Forms, Elliptic Curves, and Galois Representations” at a mathematics…

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How US students get a university degree for free in Germany - BBC News

While the cost of college education in the US has reached record highs, Germany has abandoned tuition fees altogether for both German and international students. An increasing number of US students are taking advantage.

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Hasnain says:

"His mother Amy is okay with that as long as her son finds a good job and doesn't struggle. She does wonder why her own country was not able to give him a similar education at a price tag that this single mother could afford.

"I feel like my child is getting an absolute wonderful education over there for free. Betrayal is too strong of a word, but why can't we do that here?""

Posted on 2015-06-09T04:29:00+0000

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NSA whistleblower warns of surveillance state

William Binney spent more than 30 years at the National Security Agency designing programs that enabled mass surveillance of foreign terrorists.

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