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Re:There's a 30-year old dead rabbit in Seven Sisters tube station on Friday April 12, 2024 @08:00AM (#40011561)

There are some around my neighborhood in San Jose, CA.

Re:Ask HN: Did students lose interest in electronics as a hobby in the... on Sunday May 28, 2023 @06:35PM (#36108440)

Schools were one reason. My high school canceled electronics classes in favor of programming, which was seen as a job for the future. I'm sure money and safety also figured into that decision.

MIT develops technology to digitally program water droplets

Posted by tmoretti on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @10:32PM
from the dezeen.com dept.

https://www.dezeen.com/2018/05/02/mit-develops-technology-digitally-programmable-water-droplets/

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Beyond the Maquiladora: A Look at Mexico’s Startup Scene

Posted by tmoretti on Friday March 27, 2015 @01:47AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/26/beyond-the-maquiladora-a-look-at-mexicos-startup-scene/

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MDrawBots Will Draw on Your Wall, Floor and Eggs

Posted by tmoretti on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @10:32PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/25/mdrawbots-will-draw-on-your-wall-floor-and-eggs/

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Why Uber's deal with big insurance companies matters

Posted by tmoretti on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @07:21PM
from the vox.com dept.

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/24/8285963/why-ubers-deal-with-big-insurance-companies-matters

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Genetics and That Striped Dress

Posted by tmoretti on Friday March 20, 2015 @07:57PM
from the blog.23andme.com dept.

http://blog.23andme.com/23andme-research/genetics-and-that-striped-dress/

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Elon Musk Wants to Make Your Tesla Drive Itself. Is That Legal?

Posted by tmoretti on Thursday March 19, 2015 @10:41PM
from the wired.com dept.

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/elon-wants-make-tesla-drive-legal/

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Apple granted patent to use wireless strength map data for vehicle navigation

Posted by tmoretti on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @07:15PM
from the gigaom.com dept.

https://gigaom.com/2015/03/03/apple-granted-patent-to-use-wireless-strength-map-data-for-vehicle-navigation/

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Judges question Apple ebook verdict and Amazon’s role

Posted by tmoretti on Tuesday December 16, 2014 @01:03AM
from the gigaom.com dept.

https://gigaom.com/2014/12/15/judges-question-apple-ebook-verdict-and-amazons-role/

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Name a Crater on Mercury Competition

Posted by tmoretti on Monday December 15, 2014 @10:30PM
from the namecraters.carnegiescience.edu dept.

http://namecraters.carnegiescience.edu/welcome

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This is what North America would look like on Jupiter

Posted by tmoretti on Thursday October 30, 2014 @08:34AM
from the vox.com dept.

http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/10/29/7086133/solar-system-scale-comparison-jupiter-mars-moon-sun

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Wikipedia’s new apps are even better for the developing world

Posted by tmoretti on Friday August 01, 2014 @06:09PM
from the gigaom.com dept.

http://gigaom.com/2014/08/01/wikipedias-new-apps-are-good-for-you-but-theyre-even-better-for-the-developing-world/

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How Can Precision Actually Be a Bias?

Posted by tmoretti on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @01:22AM
from the io9.com dept.

http://io9.com/how-can-precision-actually-be-a-bias-1608804313

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Apple donates $500,000 to Silicon Valley anti-poverty group

Posted by tmoretti on Monday May 05, 2014 @06:42PM
from the tech.fortune.cnn.com dept.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/05/05/apple-donates-antipoverty/

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Vox is publishing some of its stories and the interviews behind them in parallel

Posted by tmoretti on Monday April 28, 2014 @07:02PM
from the niemanlab.org dept.

http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/vox-is-publishing-some-of-its-stories-and-the-interviews-behind-them-in-parallel/

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Coffee With an Anarchist: Memes and Motives Behind Blocking Google Buses

Posted by tmoretti on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @07:55PM
from the recode.net dept.

http://recode.net/2014/04/22/coffee-with-an-anarchist-memes-and-motives-behind-blocking-google-buses/

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E-Sports Reveal How Our Brains Age

Posted by tmoretti on Saturday April 12, 2014 @12:17AM
from the motherboard.vice.com dept.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/e-sports-reveal-how-our-brains-age

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Behind the sales numbers of mobile hit Badland

Posted by tmoretti on Saturday March 22, 2014 @01:36AM
from the gamasutra.com dept.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/213615/Behind_the_sales_numbers_of_mobile_hit_Badland.php

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Telecom Giants Drag Their Feet on Broadband for the Whole Country

Posted by tmoretti on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @06:49PM
from the mag.newsweek.com dept.

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/21/telecom-giants-drag-feet-broadband-whole-country.html

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Beats Music API

Posted by tmoretti on Friday March 07, 2014 @06:16PM
from the developer.beatsmusic.com dept.

https://developer.beatsmusic.com/

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Greenpeace praises Apple for reducing use of conflict minerals

Posted by tmoretti on Saturday February 15, 2014 @07:07PM
from the latimes.com dept.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-greenpeace-praises-apple-conflict-minerals-20140213,0,4440837.story

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Google wins Hangar One lease

Posted by tmoretti on Monday February 10, 2014 @11:46PM
from the mv-voice.com dept.

http://mv-voice.com/news/2014/02/10/google-wins-hangar-one-lease

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If Snowden Returned to US, Whistleblower Evidence Would Likely Be Inadmissible

Posted by tmoretti on Monday December 23, 2013 @08:46PM
from the pressfreedomfoundation.org dept.

https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/12/if-snowden-returned-us-trial-all-whistleblower-evidence-would-likely-be-inadmissible

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Android is Eating the World

Posted by tmoretti on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @12:03PM
from the techpinions.com dept.

http://techpinions.com/android-is-eating-the-world/25276

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How viruses could help create a better electric car battery

Posted by tmoretti on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @04:41PM
from the gigaom.com dept.

http://gigaom.com/2013/11/13/how-viruses-could-help-create-a-better-electric-car-battery/

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Get ready for a whole new way of war

Posted by tmoretti on Friday November 08, 2013 @06:04PM
from the post-gazette.com dept.

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2013/11/03/A-WHOLE-NEW-WAY-OF-WAR/stories/201311030028

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The world's 10 most aggressive snoops, according to Apple

Posted by tmoretti on Thursday November 07, 2013 @08:00AM
from the tech.fortune.cnn.com dept.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/07/apple-nsa-snoops-police/

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Carl Malamud’s Lawsuit-Fighting Kickstarter to Put Public Standards Online

Posted by tmoretti on Friday October 11, 2013 @12:05AM
from the nextcity.org dept.

http://nextcity.org/sharedcity/entry/carl-malamuds-lawsuit-fighting-kickstarter-campaign-to-put-public-standards

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NASA Space Telescopes Find Patchy Clouds on Exotic World

Posted by tmoretti on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @02:50AM
from the nasa.gov dept.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/news/spitzer20130930.html#.Ukpwu2ScWft

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