Japan’s extreme audiophiles install private utility poles and transformers for ‘pure’ electricity.

Don’t mean to pile on — but genuinely curious if something can explain this sentiment in more detail. Those PHP+AJAX noscripts would still work, right?Or is it more about shifting consumer expectations? https://t.co/n4xVastMOd

Located in a humble office space near Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport, Haddington Dynamics doesn’t fit most people’s idea of…

Teachers and other public education employees—such as community-college faculty, school psychologists and janitors—are quitting their jobs at the fastest rate on record, government data show.

Starting in the late 1930s, New York City set out to photograph every property. With those recently digitized photographs in hand, we went back to see how the city has changed — and how it hasn’t.

A new generation of environmentalists is learning to stop worrying and love atomic power.

What do Monopoly (Fortnite Edition), LEGO Harry Potter and a Fire TV Stick have in common? They're all amongst the bestselling Christmas gifts this year. 🎁 There's still time to find your perfect...

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The Wright brothers are timeless examples of how private entrepreneurs can outperform heavily financed government backed organizations.

We can admit our knowledge gaps without devaluing our expertise.

When big multinational shipping companies opt for shipbreaking on South Asian beaches in order to maximize profits, one can be outraged, but will not be surprised. But what should we make of the news that Greenpeace’s iconic Rainbow Warrior II ended up on…

A new data analysis by ProPublica and the Urban Institute shows more than half of older U.S. workers are pushed out of longtime jobs before they choose to retire, suffering financial damage that is often irreversible.

This is what I get for opening my big mouth in Twitter threads with people far my senior. Let’s just hope I don’t get in trouble, here…!

C++14: bringing in those expressions that you wish you had, Lazily evaluated, compossible generators, maps, filters, ranges and more... - SaadAttieh/lazyCode

At its core was an algorithm so powerful that you could give it the rules of humanity’s richest and most studied games and, later that day, it would become the best player there has ever been.

No, castoreum is not a cheap substitute for strawberries; it’s luxe, artisanal secretions from a beaver's rear end.