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...
COMCAST TO BUY TIME WARNER CABLE
MEGA MERGER: Comcast to buy Time Warner...
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
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
This Movie Works Whether You Play It Backward or Forward | Raw File | Wired.com
Paris-based graphic designer Yann Pineill’s palindromic short film, Symmetry, is impressive because it presents a mirrored narrative that progresses organically whether watched from the beginning, from the middle, or reversed from the end.
Hasnain says:
I do not usually appreciate artistic things (I am an uncultured man) but I thoroughly enjoyed this work of art.
Posted on 2014-02-12T22:32:21+0000
Hospital To Comatose Student: You're Too Expensive, Go Back To Pakistan
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of an exchange student from Pakistan who has been comatose since a November crash is trying to prevent a Minnesota hospital from sending him back to his home country. Muhammad Shahzaib Bajwa, 20, was spending a se...
Hasnain says:
I have no words for this. The world needs universal healthcare, stat.
Posted on 2014-02-12T21:44:45+0000
IBM layoffs strike first in India; workers describe cuts as 'slaughter' and 'massive' ::...
IBM's latest $1 billion "rebalancing," as described by its CFO, is underway. And the first country hit is India, based on reports from Blue Blue workers there. The so-called "Resource Action" struck in the country where IBM reportedly employs its greatest number of workers. One employee describes th...
Hemingway
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Hasnain says:
This is amazing for people looking to improve their English.
Posted on 2014-02-12T18:01:05+0000
the chocolate garage
The Chocolate Garage is brimming with my carefully curated selection of the best bean-to-bar chocolate from around the world.
Hasnain says:
I find most normal chocolate too sweet for my tastes; this was hands down the best stuff I've had so far. The founder gave a talk today at SRI, along with free chocolate samples (which is why everyone attended, of course)
Posted on 2014-02-12T00:31:33+0000
This Tool Can Tell You Exactly When To Get Married
Find out how many of your Facebook friends have put a ring on it and what their relationships say about your own timing in the love department.
Hasnain says:
I'm surprised that I only have 21 married friends. (ones that have their relationship status set)
I'm glad that their median age is 27.3 so I can tell mom I should wait at least 5 years.
Posted on 2014-02-11T20:03:57+0000
Mbox -
Mbox is a lightweight sandboxing mechanism that any user can use without special privileges in commodity operating systems.