A Field Guide to the American Sandwich
A celebration of the sandwich, and an attempt to create a taxonomy for its many diverse forms.
The Cult of Work You Never Meant to Join
Are our most valuable qualities being exploited at work? How our strengths get twisted into forming bad habits that just…
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Posted on 2015-04-15T16:36:04+0000
Remote Code Execution Via HTTP Request In IIS On Windows
Patching time. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP protocol stack (HTTP.sys) that is caused when HTTP.sys improperly parses specially crafted HTTP requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code in the context of the System accoun…
Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes?
The maker of the TurboTax tax preparation program opposes return-free filing, a system that might eliminate the use of its software.
Nokia Agrees to Buy Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 Billion
The Finnish company is also reviewing strategic alternatives for its Here maps business.
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Posted on 2015-04-15T15:21:05+0000
How Two Sentences Overturned 200 Years Of Mathematical Precident
For almost 200 years, Euler's conjecture reigned in mathematics unchecked. Then, a paper came out that turned the whole thing on its head... and it did it all in just two sentences.
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Posted on 2015-04-14T16:14:45+0000
dotnet/llilc
llilc - This repo contains LLILC, an LLVM based compiler for .NET Core. It includes a set of cross-platform .NET code generation tools that enables compilation of MSIL byte code to LLVM supported platforms.
Owner of a Credit Card Processor Is Setting a New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year
The owner of a small company in Seattle said he heard stories of how tough it was to make ends meet even on salaries that exceeded the federal minimum wage.
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Posted on 2015-04-14T06:45:10+0000
Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Extend the Age of Oil
The biggest exporter has let prices plummet—delaying the day when climate concerns, efficiency, and fuel switching break the world’s dependence on crude.
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Posted on 2015-04-13T15:55:10+0000
To Raise Productivity, Let More Employees Work from Home
The study: Nicholas Bloom and graduate student James Liang, who is also a cofounder of the Chinese travel website Ctrip, gave the staff at Ctrip’s call center the opportunity to volunteer to work from home for nine months. Half the volunteers were allowed to telecommute; the rest remained in the off…
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Posted on 2015-04-13T15:16:07+0000