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Misunderstanding experience

Posted by gill on Saturday September 26, 2015 @11:30AM
from the afraj.com dept.

http://afraj.com/misunderstanding-experience

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Chat with Khan Academy's Founder, Sal Khan

Posted by gill on Monday September 21, 2015 @10:36AM
from the afraj.com dept.

http://afraj.com/chat-with-khan-academys-founder-sal-khan

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Vanhawks Valour

Posted by gill on Thursday May 01, 2014 @02:00PM
from the kickstarter.com dept.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1931822269/vanhawks-valour-first-ever-connected-carbon-fibre

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Aaron Levie on Entrepreneurship, Education, and More

Posted by gill on Sunday March 30, 2014 @04:41PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/p/87d5f36cd3d7

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Why Failure Should be Embraced in Education

Posted by gill on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @11:40PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/education-learning/ac60d9e64a64

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How Not to Waste Your Life at School

Posted by gill on Sunday November 24, 2013 @03:44PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/better-humans/fe12eb812476

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Tesla driver tells his story

Posted by gill on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @05:10PM
from the treehugger.com dept.

http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/cars/im-living-proof-model-s-safest-car-ever-made-electric-car-accident-photos/#slide-top

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Fifteen years on—and we’re just getting started

Posted by gill on Friday September 27, 2013 @12:38PM
from the insidesearch.blogspot.ca dept.

http://insidesearch.blogspot.ca/2013/09/fifteen-years-onand-were-just-getting.html

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Prometheus unbound

Posted by gill on Friday July 05, 2013 @02:29AM
from the economist.com dept.

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21580440-researchers-have-yet-realise-old-dream-regenerating-organs-they-are?fsrc=nlw|hig|7-4-2013|6050365|130420101|NA

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NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Two Human-Critical Reviews

Posted by gill on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @04:05AM
from the nasa.gov dept.

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/july/nasa-commercial-crew-partner-spacex-completes-two-human-critical-reviews/#.UdPbBj7714E

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First Round Review

Posted by gill on Friday June 28, 2013 @01:36PM
from the firstround.com dept.

http://firstround.com/article/Not-another-VC-blog-First-Round-Review#

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Goodbye, G.P.A.’s and test scores.

Posted by gill on Friday June 21, 2013 @02:35PM
from the afrajgill.tumblr.com dept.

http://afrajgill.tumblr.com/post/53502654668/goodbye-g-p-a-s-and-test-scores

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More Details On PRISM Revealed; Twitter Deserves Kudos For Refusing To Give In

Posted by gill on Sunday June 09, 2013 @01:17AM
from the techdirt.com dept.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130608/09315223373/more-details-prism-revealed-twitter-deserves-kudos-refusing-to-give.shtml

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Distributing the Edit History of Wikipedia Infoboxes

Posted by gill on Monday June 03, 2013 @01:41AM
from the googleresearch.blogspot.ca dept.

http://googleresearch.blogspot.ca/2013/05/distributing-edit-history-of-wikipedia.html

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Tesla CEO and SpaceX Founder Elon Musk: The Full D11 Interview (Video)

Posted by gill on Thursday May 30, 2013 @02:47PM
from the allthingsd.com dept.

http://allthingsd.com/20130530/tesla-ceo-and-spacex-founder-elon-musk-the-full-d11-interview-video/

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Obama's Gitmo Problem

Posted by gill on Saturday May 25, 2013 @12:29PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/25/opinion/nocera-obamas-gitmo-problem.html

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At least 12 shot during Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans

Posted by gill on Sunday May 12, 2013 @04:47PM
from the rt.com dept.

http://rt.com/usa/new-orleans-parade-shooting-179/

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An Open Letter to the Harvard Community

Posted by gill on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @07:49PM
from the thecrimson.com dept.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/5/7/Ferguson-Apology-Keynes/

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Pity the taxpayer

Posted by gill on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:45PM
from the economist.com dept.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2013/05/apples-bond-issue?fsrc=nlw|hig|5-2-2013|5641225|130420101|NA

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Emergency Alert [Gov. Patrick advises to stay indoors]

Posted by gill on Friday April 19, 2013 @11:24AM
from the mass.gov dept.

http://www.mass.gov/alert/alertlanding.html#1988099

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Show HN: A new way to interact with images, creating a new layer on the web

Posted by gill on Friday April 12, 2013 @09:11PM
from the show-hn dept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rpm-HZrVC6k

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Judge Strikes Down Age Limits on Morning-After Pill

Posted by gill on Saturday April 06, 2013 @02:37PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/health/judge-orders-fda-to-make-morning-after-pill-available-over-the-counter-for-all-ages.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130406

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How to banish mark inflation? Cancel exams

Posted by gill on Saturday March 23, 2013 @11:38AM
from the theglobeandmail.com dept.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/how-to-banish-mark-inflation-cancel-exams/article10098375/

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Big data in the age of the telegraph

Posted by gill on Monday March 04, 2013 @01:12PM
from the mckinseyquarterly.com dept.

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Big_data_in_the_age_of_the_telegraph_3064

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Mysterious artist leaves crystal clear message

Posted by gill on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @08:29PM
from the holykaw.alltop.com dept.

http://holykaw.alltop.com/mysterious-artist-leaves-crystal-clear-message?tu4=1

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An A+ student regrets his grades

Posted by gill on Saturday January 19, 2013 @04:31PM
from the theglobeandmail.com dept.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/an-a-student-regrets-his-grades/article7359620/

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Question Your Thoughts.

Posted by gill on Friday November 16, 2012 @05:54PM
from the afrajgill.com dept.

http://afrajgill.com/?p=289

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Re:Y Combinator interview decisions postponed to November 15 on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:21PM (#4776395)

Kingston (at Queen's University).

Re:Y Combinator interview decisions postponed to November 15 on Monday November 12, 2012 @09:08PM (#4775920)

Any Canadians applying from Ontario? If yes, would love to meet in the Toronto area.

Wish everyone the very, very best!

Education & Entrepreneurship: The Problems

Posted by gill on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @07:08PM
from the afrajgill.com dept.

http://afrajgill.com/?p=280

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