LRB · Seymour M. Hersh · The Killing of Osama bin Laden
It’s been four years since a group of US Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden in a night raid on a high-walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The killing was the high point of Obama’s first term, and a major factor in his re-election. The White House still maintains that the . . .
Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions - BBC News
Windows 10 will be the last version of the operating system to be numbered, says Microsoft executive.
Hasnain says:
Finally. Though it's still a slight disappointment from what I thought at first
Posted on 2015-05-11T05:09:39+0000
Whoever Is Leaking Trans-Pacific Partnership Drafts: Please Leak More
Knowledge is power, they say.
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Posted on 2015-05-10T17:22:28+0000
NASA's Radar Found 4 Men Trapped in Rubble in Nepal By Their Heartbeats
A couple years ago, NASA and DHS unveiled a portable radar unit based on technology used to detect alien life on distant exoplanets. This radar unit, though, would be used closer to home—to find people burried under rubble. In the first real-world demonstration of its use, the device helped save 4 m…
Hasnain says:
This is awesome and scary at the same time. Just like all the scanning for life stuff in Sci-Fi media
Posted on 2015-05-08T06:31:31+0000
The Discovery of Apache ZooKeeper's Poison Packet - PagerDuty
We uncovered 4 bugs causing random cluster-wide lockups. Two bugs laid in ZooKeeper, and the other two were lurking in the Linux kernel. This is our story.
Some Practical Thoughts on Suicide | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
This happy-looking shot was taken in 1999, when I almost destroyed myself. In this post, I'm going to talk about suicide, and why I'm still on this planet. These are stories I've kept secret from my family, girlfriends, and closest friends for years.
The Psychology of Pricing: A Gigantic List of Strategies
Welcome to a massive list of psychological pricing strategies. Whether you’re launching a new product, selling items on eBay, or negotiating a deal on your house, you’ll learn how to choose a price that will maximize your profit. This article is pretty beastly. To help you find the pieces that …
I was an undercover Uber driver
I drove a hundred rides for UberX to fact-check whether a middle-of-the-pack driver can make $90,000 a year. This is what I...
Dissolve My Nobel Prize! Fast! (A True Story)
It's 1940. The Nazis have taken Copenhagen, and physicist Niels Bohr has just hours, maybe minutes, to make two Nobel Prize medals disappear.
Hasnain says:
Bookmarking for future reference in case I ever need to do this.
Posted on 2015-05-07T01:13:34+0000
Why Do We Play Video Games That Feel Like Work?
Video games offer a utopian version of work: one where your goals are clearly defined and you're in control.
Hasnain says:
I feel like this piece is taking it way too seriously
Posted on 2015-05-06T15:35:22+0000