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China's high-speed rail vision

Posted by lasonrisa on Saturday May 23, 2015 @08:39AM
from the scmp.com dept.

http://www.scmp.com/infographics/article/1605236/infographic-chinas-high-speed-rail-vision

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Beyond Angkor: How lasers revealed a lost city

Posted by lasonrisa on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @07:38AM
from the bbc.com dept.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29245289

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Re:VMware Buys AirWatch for $1.54 Billion on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @11:34AM (#7103620)

Excellent answer, thank you.

Re:VMware Buys AirWatch for $1.54 Billion on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:54AM (#7103307)

The support is of good quality or bad?

How Allies Used Math Against German Tanks

Posted by lasonrisa on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @10:47AM
from the wired.com dept.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/10/how-the-allies-used-math-against-german-tanks/

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Victorian street life in London

Posted by lasonrisa on Thursday November 14, 2013 @08:23AM
from the telegraph.co.uk dept.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/10425239/Victorian-street-life-in-London.html

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Microsoft and Nokia

Posted by lasonrisa on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @12:12PM
from the ben-evans.com dept.

http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2013/9/3/microsoft-and-nokia

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How Exercise Can Help Us Learn

Posted by lasonrisa on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @08:08AM
from the well.blogs.nytimes.com dept.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/how-exercise-can-help-us-learn/

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? on Friday August 02, 2013 @06:16AM (#6146220)

I strongly recommend these books. They have been very helpful. If you were to read just one, read the first.

"Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now" http://www.amazon.com/Procrastination-Why-You-What-About/dp/...

"The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play" http://www.amazon.com/The-Now-Habit-Overcoming-Procrastinati...

Re:How to use checklists effectively in your tech company on Thursday July 25, 2013 @11:55AM (#6103048)

Can you recommend any those web tools please?

Cartels Are an Emergent Phenomenon, Say Complexity Theorists

Posted by lasonrisa on Friday June 21, 2013 @01:34PM
from the technologyreview.com dept.

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/426658/cartels-are-an-emergent-phenomenon-say-complexity-theorists/

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Re:Join Wall Street. Save the world on Friday May 31, 2013 @04:31PM (#5801198)

The Rotary have been a driving force behind the eradication of polio a lot longer than the B&G Foundation.

Two words. Get it. FocusWill.com

Posted by lasonrisa on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @10:28AM
from the 47hats.com dept.

http://47hats.com/2013/05/11/two-words-get-it-focuswill-com/

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Chemical warfare in Syria

Posted by lasonrisa on Monday May 27, 2013 @07:31AM
from the lemonde.fr dept.

http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2013/05/27/chemical-war-in-syria_3417708_3218.html

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Inequality In The Robot Future

Posted by lasonrisa on Sunday May 19, 2013 @05:48AM
from the forbes.com dept.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2013/05/13/inequality-in-the-robot-future/

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Re:Brain games are bogus on Thursday April 11, 2013 @02:08PM (#5533659)

De nada.

Brain games are bogus

Posted by lasonrisa on Monday April 08, 2013 @11:44AM
from the newyorker.com dept.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/04/brain-games-are-bogus.html

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Historical Echoes: Cash or Credit? Payments and Finance in Ancient Rome

Posted by lasonrisa on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @02:25PM
from the libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org dept.

http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2013/02/historical-echoes-cash-or-credit-payments-and-finance-in-ancient-rome.html

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Re:Growing Numbers of Start-Ups Are Worth a Billion Dollars on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @05:52AM (#5170057)

You cannot discuss thee money supply without discussing the money velocity.

The money velocity has tanked: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M1V http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2V

Unresolutions

Posted by lasonrisa on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @06:37PM
from the meetup.com dept.

http://www.meetup.com/2013/

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Putting 2012 To Bed

Posted by lasonrisa on Monday December 31, 2012 @05:56PM
from the avc.com dept.

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/12/putting-2012-to-bed.html

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Re:Switch Your Databases To Flash Storage on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @08:43AM (#4904448)

Hey, nice relooking of your site. I prefer this colour palette better.

Generation Make

Posted by lasonrisa on Monday November 26, 2012 @09:30AM
from the areallybadidea.com dept.

http://areallybadidea.com/generation-make

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The Surprising Secret to Selling You

Posted by lasonrisa on Friday November 23, 2012 @06:13AM
from the heidigranthalvorson.com dept.

http://www.heidigranthalvorson.com/2012/08/the-surprising-secret-to-selling-you.html

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The Spinning Spheres Model of the Universe [pdf]

Posted by lasonrisa on Thursday November 22, 2012 @09:45AM
from the infolab.stanford.edu dept.

http://infolab.stanford.edu/~burback/physics/spheres.pdf

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My experience with WPEngine

Posted by lasonrisa on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @07:33AM
from the chester.id.au dept.

http://chester.id.au/2012/10/24/my-experience-with-wpengine/

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News about Steve Mann's assault in one of France main newspaper.

Posted by lasonrisa on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @08:45PM
from the lefigaro.fr dept.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2012/07/17/01016-20120717ARTFIG00463-un-malvoyant-se-plaint-d-une-agression-dans-un-mcdonald-s.php

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Is the Tendency to Engage in Entrepreneurship Genetic? [pdf]

Posted by lasonrisa on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @03:46PM
from the mansci.journal.informs.org dept.

http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/54/1/167.full.pdf

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A mind to walk again

Posted by lasonrisa on Thursday May 31, 2012 @05:09PM
from the economist.com dept.

http://www.economist.com/node/21555544

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Re:The Unintended Effects of Driverless Cars on Thursday December 08, 2011 @06:07AM (#3328645)

Nah, people will sell their houses and buy a truck with their home which would follow them around. What we will actually rent is the parking space.