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Hasnain says:

These stats are pretty interesting. Also, I find it funny that I live about halfway between Man Francisco and Man Jose.

"Most single males per single female:

1. San Francisco, CA
2. San Jose, CA
3. Seattle, WA
4. Salt Lake City, UT
5. San Diego, CA"

Posted on 2014-02-13T22:02:32+0000

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The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

Approximately one hour after Justin Carter posted a sarcastic comment on a Facebook thread, his life began to ­unravel. The first reaction occurred behind the scenes, in another country. The 18-y...

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Facebook launches employee ferry service from SF

Facebook is the latest tech giant to shuttle its employees to work by skimming them across the bay in a 30-person catamaran with Wi-Fi, coffee and snacks. The social network company launched free w...

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The Robbers Cave Experiment - Less Wrong

Did you ever wonder, when you were a kid, whether your inane "summer camp" actually had some kind of elaborate hidden purpose—say, it was all a science experime

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Hasnain says:

"The Robbers Cave Experiment illustrates the psychology of hunter-gatherer bands, echoed through time, as perfectly as any experiment ever devised by social science.

Any resemblance to modern politics is just your imagination."

Posted on 2014-02-12T23:12:28+0000

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This Movie Works Whether You Play It Backward or Forward | Raw File | Wired.com

Paris-based graphic designer Yann Pineill’s palindromic short film, Symmetry, is impressive because it presents a mirrored narrative that progresses organically whether watched from the beginning, from the middle, or reversed from the end.

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Hospital To Comatose Student: You're Too Expensive, Go Back To Pakistan

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of an exchange student from Pakistan who has been comatose since a November crash is trying to prevent a Minnesota hospital from sending him back to his home country. Muhammad Shahzaib Bajwa, 20, was spending a se...

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IBM layoffs strike first in India; workers describe cuts as 'slaughter' and 'massive' ::...

IBM's latest $1 billion "rebalancing," as described by its CFO, is underway. And the first country hit is India, based on reports from Blue Blue workers there. The so-called "Resource Action" struck in the country where IBM reportedly employs its greatest number of workers. One employee describes th...

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