Inside Google’s Secret Drone-Delivery Program
After two years of development, the Silicon Valley company reveals to The Atlantic that it has substantial research effort into building flying robots than can deliver products across a city in a minute or two.
Hasnain says:
"A decade traveling the continent for The Economist, reporting on everything from jihadis to the spread of cheap Nokia cell phones has convinced him that a technological paradox will permeate poor countries in the 21st century.
“A community will have access to a flying robot even though it will not have access to clean water, or security, or be able to keep its girls in school.”
This may sound absurd, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be the future we live."
Posted on 2014-08-29T21:00:36+0000
[1101.2245] Invertible Bloom Lookup Tables
arxiv.org
Murder Brothers #1
murderbrothers.noobtheloser.com
Click to view the original at murderbrothers.noobtheloser.com
rxin/db-readings
db-readings - Readings in Databases
Scientists agree: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone
Caffeinate immediately before napping and sleep for 20 minutes or less. You won't regret it.
The Myths You’ll Hear About Working as an Engineer at a Startup — Karl L. Hughes | Technology...
that the true experience of working at a startup is much more textured. Since college I?ve been working in startups at various stages and I?ve met hundreds of employees at other startups as well.
The executive order that led to mass spying, as told by NSA alumni
Feds call it “twelve triple three”; whistleblowers says it's the heart of the problem.
Hasnain says:
1. CIA created black propaganda in USSR linking Soviets and international terrorists to foment dissent in Russia.
2. Somebody picked it up from outside and wrote a book about Soviet-terrorism links.
3. CIA director read the book, took it seriously, freaked out, lobbied for more powers.
3a. CIA people told new director, "er, boss, that was actually us".
3b. CIA director does not believe his own people.
4. CIA and NSA got more powers.
You suck at technical interviews | Seldo.Com Blog
You are bad at giving technical interviews. Yes, you. You're looking for the wrong skills, hiring the wrong people, and actively screwing yourself and your company. Without changing anything about your applicant pool, you can hire different people and your company will do better and you will enjoy y…
Despite Promises, Little Progress in Drawing Poor to Elite Colleges
Surveys of top colleges found virtually no change from the 1990s to 2012 in enrollment of students who are less well off despite a huge increase in the number of such students going to college.
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Posted on 2014-08-26T22:53:44+0000
Mozilla Unveils $33 Intex Cloud FX Smartphone
Mozilla, known for its Firefox web browser, is venturing into the low-cost smartphone war by launching a cellphone priced at about $33 in India.