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Denis Dutton

ou’re probably thinking that a talk called “Is there anything good about men” will be a short talk! Recent writings have not had much good to say about men. Titles like Men Are Not Cost Effective speak for themselves. Maureen Dowd’s book was called Are Men Necessary? and although she never gave an e...

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Hasnain says:

"Is There Anything Good About Men?"

This is one of those rare articles that, albeit long, suffices to change your viewpoint about something. It's a pretty refreshing and interesting take on gender inequality.

Posted on 2013-07-21T17:18:36+0000

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A faster Internet — designed by computers? - MIT News Office

Computer-designed algorithms for controlling network congestion yield transmission rates two to three times as high as those designed by humans.

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Why Does Every Movie Released These Days Feel Exactly the Same? This Book.

If you’ve gone to the movies recently, you may have felt a strangely familiar feeling: You’ve seen this movie before. Not this exact movie, but some of these exact story beats: the hero dressed down by his mentor in the first 15 minutes (Star Trek Into Darkness, Battleship); the villain...

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J.K. Rowling and the Chamber of Literary Fame

Last weekend’s revelation that J.K. Rowling is the author of the critically acclaimed and -- until now -- commercially unsuccessful crime novel “The Cuckoo’s Calling” has electrified the book world and solidified Rowling’s reputation as a genuine writing talent: After all, if she can impress the cri...

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Unhappy Truckers and Other Algorithmic Problems - Issue 3: In Transit - Nautilus

When Bob Santilli, a senior project manager at UPS, was invited in 2009 to his daughter’s fifth grade class on Career Day, he struggled…

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The Forbidden Island

The following is an article from Uncle John's 24-Karat Gold Bathroom Reader.Ever heard of North Sentinel Island? Probably not …even thought's one of the most unusual places on Earth. What makes it so odd? The people -they've been there a long time, completely cut off from the rest of the worl...

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Nations Buying as Hackers Sell Computer Flaws

Governments pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn about and exploit flaws in the computer systems of foreign adversaries.

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Hasnain says:

It's interesting how people used to just find vulnerabilities as a hobby and report them for free (and get maybe a T-shirt in return); and now they go for hundreds of thousands or even millions.

Posted on 2013-07-14T19:06:53+0000

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