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Stanford bioengineer develops a 50-cent paper microscope

When Manu Prakash, PhD, wants to impress lab visitors with the durability of his Origami-based paper microscope, he throws it off a three-story balcony, stomps on it with his foot and dunks it into a water-filled beaker. Miraculously, it still works.

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You Suck at Intro Etiquette

An intro is worth its weight in gold. Don’t waste one by saying the wrong thing, or worse, not replying at all. Here are some notes on how to maximize your success in either sending or receiving...

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Steal WhatsApp database (PoC) | Bas Bosschert

Steal WhatsApp database (PoC)“Is it possible to upload and read the WhatsApp chats from another Android application?”With this question my brother and I started an interesting conversation which ended in underneath proof of concept. The tldr answer is: “Yes, that is possible”.The WhatsApp database i...

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Hasnain says:

Let's hope some of that $19B goes towards securing user data, at least.

(the same AES key for every user? tsk tsk tsk...)

Posted on 2014-03-11T17:28:42+0000

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...

Adaptation of Douglas Adams's cult science fiction comedy series

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Hasnain says:

"In fact, technology companies appear to be extremely picky in even choosing to interview applicants, let alone actually hiring them. This pickiness alone probably accounts for the perceived “shortage” of “qualified” applicants. It also explains why a minority of software engineers who fit or appear to fit the extremely narrow, rapidly changing, and often unstated criteria of the tech companies report fierce competition and multiple job offers, while many others like Chand John or Darin Wedel (and perhaps Brian Acton in 2009) report a long frustrating job hunt."

The writer makes a very good point.

Posted on 2014-03-10T17:40:36+0000

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How I resurrected my MacBook Pro by putting it in the oven

09 Mar 2014How I resurrected my MacBook Pro by putting it in the ovenOne late night I opened up my trusty MacBook Pro only to find it turned off. “That’s odd, I never turn it off. Must have ran out of battery or something”. Without a further thought, I pressed the power button and the computer promp...

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Hasnain says:

"Wangohan’s head fell to his desk. “Clearly a cardboard box must be a fit meal for the Emperor’s daughter, for here it is on the Imperial menu.”"

Posted on 2014-03-10T17:35:32+0000

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Using Google to DDoS any website | A Programmer's Blog

Google uses its FeedFetcher crawler to cache anything that is put inside =image(“link”) in the spreadsheet. For instance: If we put =image(“http://example.com/image.jpg”) in one of the cells of Google spreadsheet, Google will send the FeedFetcher crawler to grab the image and cache it to display.

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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey: Standing Up in the Milky Way | National Geographic Channel

The Ship of the Imagination, unfettered by ordinary limits on speed and size, drawn by the music of cosmic harmonies, can take us anywhere in space and time. It has been idling for more than three decades, and yet it has never been overtaken. Its global legacy remains vibrant. Now, it's time on

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