'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash killed in crash - BBC News
Renowned mathematician John Nash, subject of the film A Beautiful Mind, dies in a New Jersey taxi crash with his wife.
Uber: Disability Laws Don’t Apply to Us
Is Uber letting its drivers dodge The Americans With Disabilities Act?
Hasnain says:
"The suits demand Uber abide by the ADA, but Uber claims that because it’s a technology company, not a transportation service, it doesn’t fall under the ADA’s jurisdiction."
Could the courts rule that since the average person really just thinks of Uber as a transportation company, that argument doesn't fly? Sort of like how aspirin/kleenex pretty much lost their trademarks?
Posted on 2015-05-22T16:48:05+0000
U.S. Work Visa Explorer
The Labor Condition Application (LCA) is an application filed by prospective employers on behalf of workers applying for work authorization for the non-immigrant statuses H-1B, H-1B1 (a variant of H-1B for people from Singapore and Chile) and E-3 (a variant of H-1B for workers from Australia). The a…
Heating houses with 'nerd power' - BBC News
All computers produce heat, but computer servers produce a lot of heat - why isn't this used to keep homes and offices warm?
Why I am happy downgrading from a $500 to a $75 smartphone
The first smartphone I ever purchased died last week. It was an Android running CyanogenMod and lived through 19 months …
A Finance Minister Fit for a Greek Tragedy?
The defiant stand by Yanis Varoufakis in the high-stakes economic negotiations with the E.U. threatens to tear Europe apart.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2015-05-22T06:28:31+0000
First images of collisions at 13 TeV | CERN
Last night, protons collided in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the record-breaking energy of 13 TeV for the first time. These test collisions were to set up systems that protect the machine and detectors from particles that stray from the edges of the beam.
AMD says Nvidia’s GameWorks “completely sabotaged” Witcher 3 performance
There are plenty of performance issues in The Witcher 3, but who's to blame?
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Posted on 2015-05-21T15:38:45+0000
Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American Lawyers
Juvenile Justice In re D.S. Iowa Supreme Court Holds that Evidence of Taunting Is Insufficient to Constitute Criminal Harassment. Recent Case
Hasnain says:
This is a great read, and incredibly harrowing and scary
"But when I heard those words, my heart sank. In front of me was a child in whose world being stopped and frisked was so regular, such a fact of everyday life, that he had reasonably concluded that it must be lawful. This child was growing up believing that his suspicious body could be probed at will by government employees. "
Posted on 2015-05-20T15:25:22+0000
6 Chinese Men Indicted in Theft of Code From U.S. Tech Companies
The suspects studied in the United States and took jobs at the semiconductor companies Avago Technologies and Skyworks Solutions.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2015-05-20T05:51:15+0000