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5G researchers achieve record speed

Scientists researching 5G at the University of Surrey achieve data connection many thousands of times faster than the average 4G.

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25 Highest Rated Companies for Internships (2015) | Glassdoor Blog

With more than 27,500 open internships across the U.S., according to Glassdoor data, now is the time for college students and young professionals to apply to summer internships. Glassdoor combed through thousands of company reviews shared by interns over the past year to identify the companies that…

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Hasnain says:

A couple of days late on this, but Snowden can be really eloquent.

" Well, when we look back on history, the progress of Western civilization and human rights is actually founded on the violation of law. America was of course born out of a violent revolution that was an outrageous treason against the crown and established order of the day. History shows that the righting of historical wrongs is often born from acts of unrepentant criminality. Slavery. The protection of persecuted Jews.
But even on less extremist topics, we can find similar examples. How about the prohibition of alcohol? Gay marriage? Marijuana?
Where would we be today if the government, enjoying powers of perfect surveillance and enforcement, had -- entirely within the law -- rounded up, imprisoned, and shamed all of these lawbreakers?"

Posted on 2015-02-25T17:34:14+0000

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How an Undocumented Immigrant From Mexico Became a Star at Goldman Sachs

Julissa Arce went from selling funnel cakes in Texas to derivatives at Wall Street’s most profitable securities firm

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Hasnain says:

" By 2011, Arce was making $300,000 to $400,000—she won’t give the exact amount—and had been promoted to vice president. She replaced her fake green card with a real one from the U.S. government after the wedding. She was legal, elite, and rich. She was also unhappy. The only thing stranger than going from selling funnel cakes in Texas to equity derivatives in New York was how vacant she felt."

Posted on 2015-02-25T17:27:59+0000

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We’re just getting started with SourceTree | SourceTree Blog

About SourceTree SourceTree is a free Mac client for Git and Mercurial version control systems. Learn More » Follow @sourcetree Subscribe to the Blog Looking for Git hosting? Meet Bitbucket – our free Git and Mercurial code hosting site with unlimited public and private repositories. Recent Posts We…

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Google Plans New Headquarters, and a City Fears Being Overrun

Google’s sometimes testy relationship with community leaders in Mountain View, Calif., a city already bursting at the seams, is likely to get testier.

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Hasnain says:

" “This last election we had maybe 12,000 voters,” said Jac Siegel, a city councilman who left office this year and is not related to Leonard Siegel. “If you brought 5,000 people in and they all work for Google and they said, ‘We want you to vote for this candidate,’ they can own the town.”"

Posted on 2015-02-25T16:59:55+0000

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