A Designer's War on Misleading Parking Signs
The story of a girl who got too many parking tickets, and dared to dream of a better tomorrow.
Hasnain says:
It would also be cool if the laws can be improved to simplify the rules
Posted on 2015-01-21T16:57:51+0000
SpaceX Sells 10% Stake to Google, Fidelity for $1 Billion
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the rocket maker run by billionaire Elon Musk, said that Google Inc. and Fidelity Investments have invested $1 billion that will give them a combined stake of almost 10 percent.
Animal Welfare at Risk in Experiments for Meat Industry
In the past 50 years, lamb chops have gotten bigger, pork loins less fatty and steaks easier to chew — all thanks in part to the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center. But these achievements have come at a steep cost to the center’s animals.
Hasnain says:
" Roger Ellis, a scientist and veterinarian who now works for a cattle nutrition company, said that when he determined about 10 years ago that a sheep had died at least in part from neglect, a center official pressed him to “soften the diagnosis.” Dr. Ellis said that he refused, and that the center had an outside veterinarian change the death record."
Posted on 2015-01-20T17:56:08+0000
HTML5 Genetic Algorithm Biped Walkers
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What the Web Said Yesterday
The Web is continually erasing its past. The Wayback Machine aims to preserve its tracks. Jill Lepore reports.
Hasnain says:
The title is funny given that the article is dated the 26th of January. Really good read though.
Posted on 2015-01-20T01:22:47+0000
Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX
Google Inc. is close to investing roughly $1 billion in Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to support its nascent efforts to deliver Internet access via satellites.
The Fine Art of Bullshit
Killed by Google
Scalability! But at what COST?
Michael Isard, Derek Murray, and I recently sent in a HotOS submission (it’s not blind, so no harm talking about it, we think). The subject is hinted at from...
Hasnain says:
" Here are two helpful guidelines (for largely disjoint populations):
If you are going to use a big data system for yourself, see if it is faster than your laptop.
If you are going to build a big data system for others, see that it is faster than my laptop."
What Taking My Daughter to a Comic Book Store Taught Me | IT in the D
What Taking My Daughter to a Comic Book Store Taught Me
The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of "jaywalking"
In the 1920s, auto groups redefined who owned the city street.