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Venus’ clouds may harbor ‘aerial’ aliens, MIT scientists say

Posted by chaosdesigner on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:22AM
from the bigthink.com dept.

https://bigthink.com/hard-science/venus-atmosphere/

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COBOL underpins the entire financial system

Posted by chaosdesigner on Thursday November 19, 2020 @07:34AM
from the wealthsimple.com dept.

https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-us/magazine/cobol-controls-your-money

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Papercraft Models of Vintage Computers

Posted by chaosdesigner on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:36AM
from the rockybergen.com dept.

http://rockybergen.com/papercraft

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Covid-19 Global Hackathon

Posted by chaosdesigner on Thursday March 26, 2020 @05:44AM
from the covid-global-hackathon.devpost.com dept.

https://covid-global-hackathon.devpost.com/

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How to make algorithms fair when you don't know what they're doing

Posted by chaosdesigner on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:05AM
from the wired.co.uk dept.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ai-bias-black-box-sandra-wachter

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The Internet Is Acid, and America Is Having a Bad Trip

Posted by chaosdesigner on Friday September 07, 2018 @12:24PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/s/story/the-internet-is-acid-and-america-is-having-a-bad-trip-fa0864c3ef1e

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Thinking Notebook and Markdown IDE

Posted by chaosdesigner on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:21PM
from the mindforger.com dept.

https://www.mindforger.com/

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The New Nationalism of Brexit and Trump Is a Product of the Digital Age

Posted by chaosdesigner on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @07:04PM
from the fastcoexist.com dept.

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3061574/the-new-nationalism-of-brexit-and-trump-is-a-product-of-the-digital-age

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How yuppies hacked the original hacker ethos

Posted by chaosdesigner on Sunday May 08, 2016 @12:47PM
from the aeon.co dept.

https://aeon.co/essays/how-yuppies-hacked-the-original-hacker-ethos

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Beats, AirBnB, and Flipboard Lifted Their Logos from the Same 1989 Design Book

Posted by chaosdesigner on Thursday April 28, 2016 @06:04AM
from the inverse.com dept.

https://www.inverse.com/article/14879-beats-airbnb-and-flipboard-lifted-their-logos-from-the-same-1989-design-book

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Read Ruler – View your Pocket articles listed by reading time

Posted by chaosdesigner on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:09AM
from the readruler.com dept.

http://readruler.com/help/

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What does depression feel like? Trust me – you really don’t want to know

Posted by chaosdesigner on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @07:19PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/19/depression-awareness-mental-illness-feel-like

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Steve Wozniak – the ethical geek

Posted by chaosdesigner on Monday April 18, 2016 @05:12AM
from the cosmosmagazine.com dept.

https://cosmosmagazine.com/society/steve-wozniak-%E2%80%93-ethical-geek

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The Online Economy Is Breaking Businesses, and Stealing Our Time and Energy

Posted by chaosdesigner on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @11:12AM
from the bigthink.com dept.

http://bigthink.com/videos/douglas-rushkoff-on-the-internet-and-the-future-of-business

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In the future, the internet could come through your lightbulb

Posted by chaosdesigner on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @03:54AM
from the theconversation.com dept.

https://theconversation.com/in-future-the-internet-could-come-through-your-lightbulb-47527

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In the future, the internet could come through your lightbulb

Posted by chaosdesigner on Monday September 28, 2015 @05:38PM
from the theconversation.com dept.

https://theconversation.com/in-future-the-internet-could-come-through-your-lightbulb-47527

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No “Facebook Bureau of Investigations” as Terror-Reporting Provision Dies

Posted by chaosdesigner on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @06:02AM
from the theintercept.com dept.

https://theintercept.com/2015/09/21/vague-provision-forcing-companies-report-supposed-terrorist-activity-struck-bill

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Why You Hate Google’s New Logo

Posted by chaosdesigner on Sunday September 06, 2015 @02:54PM
from the newyorker.com dept.

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/sarah-larson/why-you-hate-googles-new-logo

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Re:Hallucinogen in ‘magic mushrooms’ might have helped smokers quit on Saturday September 13, 2014 @11:16AM (#8312579)

only abstract seems to be freely available online:

http://jop.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/09/06/026988111454...

Theremin – A Playable Touch Synthesizer Using Web Audio API

Posted by chaosdesigner on Thursday May 08, 2014 @07:52PM
from the femurdesign.com dept.

http://femurdesign.com/theremin/

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DNA nanobots deliver drugs in living cockroaches

Posted by chaosdesigner on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @07:58PM
from the newscientist.com dept.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25376-dna-nanobots-deliver-drugs-in-living-cockroaches.html?cmpid=RSS|NSNS|2012-GLOBAL|online-news#.U0SMnq2SwhH

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The Sky Is Rising | Techdirt.

Posted by chaosdesigner on Friday March 30, 2012 @12:13PM
from the techdirt.com dept.

http://www.techdirt.com/skyisrising/

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The 12 Pillars of Wisdom

Posted by chaosdesigner on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @05:51PM
from the cbstrials.com dept.

http://cbstrials.com/Open/Default.aspx?B_ID=279

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Hogan’s holometer: Testing the hypothesis of a holographic universe

Posted by chaosdesigner on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @05:48AM
from the symmetrymagazine.org dept.

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2010/10/20/fermilab-scientists-to-test-hypothesis-of-holographic-universe

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do if there was no Internet? on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @08:14AM (#1690249)

I second that. Plus I would learn how to make music, party a lot and travel even more.

Virtual reality tackles tough questions

Posted by chaosdesigner on Saturday August 21, 2010 @06:52AM
from the news.bbc.co.uk dept.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8918282.stm

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Old School Color Cycling with HTML5

Posted by chaosdesigner on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @07:42AM
from the effectgames.com dept.

http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/

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Greek maths comic is surprise bestseller

Posted by chaosdesigner on Thursday October 15, 2009 @11:29AM
from the cosmosmagazine.com dept.

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3070/greek-maths-comic-surprise-bestseller

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