Google to Acquire Nest – Investor Relations – Google
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – JANUARY 13, 2014 — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to buy Nest Labs, Inc. for $3.2 billion in cash.
Hasnain says:
So they also want to know what the temperature is in your house?
Posted on 2014-01-13T21:35:22+0000
gherkin
gherkin - a functional programming language and interpreter written in GNU Bash 4
Hasnain says:
gherkin is a functional programming language and interpreter written in GNU Bash 4 designed for extreme portability across *nix platforms.
Posted on 2014-01-13T18:49:29+0000
Schneier on Security: How the NSA Threatens National Security
Secret NSA eavesdropping is still in the news. Details about once secret programs continuetoleak. The Director of National Intelligence has recentlydeclassified additional information, and the President's Review Group has justreleased its report and recommendations.
Going Unviral: India manages to free itself of polio
The World Health Organization plans to announce on Monday that India has officially eliminated polio, an achievement that could set the stage for stamping out the ancient scourge globally.
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Meanwhile, in Pakistan, health workers are afraid of participating in vaccination drives due to militant threats.
Posted on 2014-01-12T23:06:41+0000
Lessons from working 6 months on a math problem (and failing)
Lessons from working 6 months on a math problem (and failing)January 9, 2014I'm a coder, most certainly not a mathematician. But when I saw the 17x17 challenge in late 2011, I couldn't resist having a crack at it. And then each day, I couldn't resist spending another day on it. Long story short, des...
HackerRank
Where hackers hangout to solve interesting Computer Science challenges
Hasnain says:
Interesting challenges for anyone who's looking for a dev job, or just wanting to hack on something for fun.
Posted on 2014-01-09T21:33:46+0000
Photos: Wonders Of The World - Going 60 Years With No Bath
Iran News
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"The 80-year-old Amoo Hadji who lives in the village of Dezhgah (city of Farashband in Fars province of Iran), has not showered for almost 60 years. Amoo Hadji lives the most primitive life. His most valuable possession seems to be a three-inch steel pipe which he uses to smoke animal dung with."
Posted on 2014-01-09T04:36:23+0000
http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Happy-Guys...in-pres-Emotion.pdf
publicaffairs.ubc.ca
Hasnain says:
"Happy Guys Finish Last: The Impact of Emotion Expressions on Sexual Attraction"
I've only skimmed the paper, but the data seems interesting..
Posted on 2014-01-09T04:06:16+0000
Casbah - Imgur
Imgur is home to the web's most popular image content, curated in real time by a dedicated community through commenting, voting and sharing.
Hasnain says:
This just makes me appreciate restaurant workers even more. And hungrier.
Posted on 2014-01-08T06:09:36+0000
http://nbviewer.ipython.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/xkcd1313.ipynb
"/bu|[rn]t|[coy]e|[mtg]a|j|iso|n[hl]|[ae]d|lev|sh|[lnd]i|[po]o|ls/ matches the last names of elected US presidents but not their opponents."