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Facebook Buying WhatsApp For $16B In Cash And Stock, Will Keep The Messaging Service Independent...

Facebook is purchasing messaging giant WhatsApp for $16B in cash and stock, according to a regulatory filing. The deal is being cut for $12B in Facebook..

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Google will explore bringing Fiber to 34 new cities including Portland and Atlanta

Google just announced that it's invited cities in nine metro areas across the US to explore "what it would take" to bring its Google Fiber gigabit internet service to more locations. "People are...

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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