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Comic for May 17, 2012
Comic for May 17, 2012
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Roulette beater spills physics behind victory…
Roulette beater spills physics behind victory – physics-math – 10 May 2012 – New Scientist World-famous mathematician breaks his decades-long silence over how he turned the odds of roulette against the house
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South Korea Still Paying The Price For Embracing…
South Korea Still Paying The Price For Embracing Internet Explorer A Decade Ago | Techdirt The problems of monopolies arising through network effects, and the negative effects of the lock-in that results, are familiar enough. But it's rare to come across an entire nation suffering the cons…
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Hard work on the right things
Hard work on the right things I don't think winners beat the competition because they work harder. And it's not even clear that they win because they have more creativity. The secret, I think, is in understanding what matters.It's not obvious, and it changes. It changes by culture, by buyer, by product and even by ...
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Shell Apps and Silver Bullets
Shell Apps and Silver Bullets Benjamin Sandofsky, a Software Engineer in San Francisco, California.
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How Hewlett-Packard lost its way –
How Hewlett-Packard lost its way – Fortune Tech Léo Apotheker's disastrous tenure as HP's CEO revealed a dysfunctional company struggling for direction after a decade of missteps and scandals. Can his replacement, Meg Whitman, fix the tech giant? …
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Pirate island attracts more than 100 startup…
Pirate island attracts more than 100 startup tenants • The Register Over 100 international tech companies have registered their interest in the floating geek city, Blueseed, which will be launched next year in international waters outside of Silicon Valley. The visa-f…
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A High Frequency Trader's Apology, Pt…
A High Frequency Trader's Apology, Pt 2 A High Frequency Trader's Apology, Pt 2. Posted: Wed, 25 Apr 2012. economics · trading · high frequency trading · Tweet. In a previous post I discussed the mechanics of HFT. If you haven't rea…
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JP Rangaswami: Information is food | Video…
JP Rangaswami: Information is food | Video on TED.com TED Talks How do we consume data? At TED@SXSWi, technologist JP Rangaswami muses on our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food.
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Film Crit Hulk Reviews Mark Ruffalo'…
Film Crit Hulk Reviews Mark Ruffalo's Performance as Hulk We enjoy the writings of Film Crit Hulk, who composes all-caps essays on such topics as why you love movies (“BECAUSE KUROSAWA”), the critical reaction to “Girls,” and the rigorous weirdness of David…