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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Posted on 2013-07-20T21:56:33+0000
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...
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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Posted on 2013-07-19T20:21:21+0000
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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http://nautil.us/issue/3/in-transit/unhappy-truckers-and-other-algorithmic-problems
Posted on 2013-07-19T07:00:31+0000
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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Posted on 2013-07-19T07:00:09+0000
The San Francisco Rent Explosion
Quantifying the astronomical increases in San Francisco apartment rental prices.
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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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
Special Deal
The shadowy cartel of doctors that controls Medicare.
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Posted on 2013-07-14T19:05:42+0000
Chinese Citizens on Tour in Europe
Online version of the weekly magazine, with current articles, cartoons, blogs, audio, video, slide shows, an archive of articles and abstracts back to 1925
When Italians Chat, Hands and Fingers Do the Talking
Gesticulating is a vital part of communication in Italy, where about 250 gestures are used regularly and studied by scientists and philosophers.
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Posted on 2013-07-01T20:25:46+0000