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This is one of my favorite geek stories of all time. I know I've mentioned it to a few of you recently, and you hadn't seen it, so here it is for posterity. Date: Wed, 27 Sep 89 10:27 PDT. From: "Thomas L. Mc Mahon" <tlm@riverside.scrc.symbolics.com> Subject: Cuts and jumpers (on a different scale)…
Tim Harford — Article — Why we still love board games
Why we still love board games
Google Zeitgeist 2012: A Year in Search
1.2 trillion searches. 146 languages. See what the world searched for.
Basketball Diaries, Afghanistan
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Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Triple Rainbow
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San Francisco can become a world capital. First it needs to get over itself
When San Francisco’s planners recently considered a proposal to build tiny apartments in the city, opponents of the plan began calling the spaces “Twitter apartments.” The name was a reference to t...
Hasnain says:
The apartments will be used as “crash pads for people who work 24/7 in Silicon Valley and need a place in the city to sleep and party.” .......
“It’s more important to build family and affordable housing than accommodate the needs of newcomers who will come here to have a little box in SoMa and then hop on the Google bus.”
That reminds me of a few people I know.
Posted on 2012-12-02T06:41:50+0000
They don’t care about us
He leaned out, frantically waving to the people below, smoke billowing out behind him. Surely someone would help him get down to safety if he drew their attention?
So Long And Thanks For All The Turkey Patents | Techdirt
Here in Canada, we gave our proverbial thanks over a month ago, and since all the Americans at Techdirt have taken off for the weekend, I thought I'd take a moment to put together some advice on preparing a great Thanksgiving...
Hasnain says:
I hope none of you folks violated these patents while cooking turkey yesterday.
Posted on 2012-11-23T18:24:30+0000
A free and open world depends on a free and open web. | Google
A free and open world depends on a free and open Internet. Governments alone, working behind closed doors, should not direct its future. The billions of people around the globe who use the Internet should have a voice.
Oracle Surprised by the Present - SQL Server Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
Insider news about SQL Server and Microsoft's Information Platform
Hasnain says:
"As for academic references, we’re glad to see that Oracle is reading from the Microsoft Research Database Group. But crowing triumphantly that there is “no mention of papers dealing with in-memory databases” [your emphasis] does not serve you well. Couple of suggestions for Oracle: Switch to Bing; and how about this VLDB paper as a starting point."
Burn. (and it's always fun to see companies argue like kids.)
Posted on 2012-11-20T22:00:26+0000