The dangers of intermediate targets: IQ, cholesterol, and 99%-ile latency
Most real-world problems are big enough that you can’t just head for the end goal, you have to break them down into smaller parts and set up …
The man who posted himself to Australia
In 1964 Australian athlete Reg Spiers sent himself from London to Australia in a wooden box - he was transported as freight in the cargo hold of a plane.
MySpace – what went wrong: ‘The site was a massive spaghetti-ball mess’
Sean Percival on corporate interference, Punch The Monkey, and a failed attempt to buy Spotify: ‘They sure as hell were not selling to us...’
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Posted on 2015-03-06T17:06:36+0000
Newest version of uTorrent has Bitcoin mining offer during install | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
Hasnain says:
The end of a once great software. This is the last nail in the coffin
Posted on 2015-03-06T16:59:03+0000
Introducing Google Compare for U.S. car insurance
adwords.blogspot.com
Silicon Valley gets a taste for food
A PLANT-BASED hamburger patty that bleeds. Meatless chicken strips with the same fleshy and fibrous texture as cooked poultry. Mayonnaise made without eggs that is...
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Posted on 2015-03-06T02:30:29+0000
Contributor by Google
Introducing Contributor by Google. An experiment in additional ways to fund the web.
Hasnain says:
Kind of old but it's on the top of HN again. A pretty cool initiative that just has people pay directly for sites instead of being bombarded by ads
Posted on 2015-03-06T02:13:22+0000
How we upgrade a live data center - Server Fault Blog
A few weeks ago we upgraded a lot of the core infrastructure in our New York (okay, it’s really in New Jersey now – but don’t tell anyone) data center. We love being open with everything we do (including infrastructure), and really consider it one of the best job perks we have. So here’s how and why…
Exclusive Extract From Jon Ronson Book 'So You've Been Publicly Shamed'
In which Ronson investigates a peculiar case of online retribution
Hasnain says:
An interesting read on the Adria Richards story. I'm kind of conflicted about this.
Not 100% sure I agree with some of the statements going on here
Posted on 2015-03-05T17:19:07+0000
Introducing Airpal - Airbnb Engineering
Airbnb is pleased to announce the launch of Airpal, a web-based query execution tool that leverages Facebook’s PrestoDB to facilitate data analysis. People who spend time using SQL for exploration and investigation know that the workflow is not always smooth. Remembering how a query was written, cop…
Hasnain says:
Some cool data tools. I like how they use Presto and react, though I'm having a hard time figuring out why airbnb has / needs 1.5 peta bytes of data
Posted on 2015-03-05T17:10:32+0000