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Re:Muscle memory discovery ends 'use it or lose it' dogma on Monday February 18, 2019 @12:30AM (#19188813)

If I'm not mistaken, muscle fibers can only fire maximally--a muscle fiber either fires (maximally) or it doesn't fire. Isn't muscle fiber recruitment what differentiates delicate, precise motions from gross, explosive motions?

There's no question who the founder of Bumble is

Posted by __xjb__ on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @01:53PM
from the forbes.com dept.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2017/11/14/billion-dollar-bumble-how-whitney-wolfe-herd-built-americas-fastest-growing-dating-app/#71b601ed248b

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$25 Oil Is Coming and It'll Bring a New World Order

Posted by __xjb__ on Monday May 29, 2017 @04:06AM
from the msn.com dept.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/opinion-dollar25-oil-is-coming-and-along-with-it-a-new-world-order/ar-BBBth5X?ocid=spartanntp

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TV May Die Soon

Posted by __xjb__ on Sunday April 16, 2017 @11:58AM
from the shellypalmer.com dept.

http://www.shellypalmer.com/2017/04/tv-may-actually-die-soon-stay-tuned/?utm_source=Daily%20Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=170416

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FastCompany: Red Envelopes and Social Money

Posted by __xjb__ on Friday January 06, 2017 @07:30PM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3065255/china-wechat-tencent-red-envelopes-and-social-money

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Re:Shedding light on the dark web on Thursday July 14, 2016 @09:46PM (#12098491)

What an excellent example of Nicholas Naseem Taleb's concept of antifragility.

Everything you know about fame is wrong

Posted by __xjb__ on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @01:58PM
from the thenextweb.com dept.

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/06/10/famous-for-15k-pageviews/

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