Pizza delivery. Event planning. Bill splitting. We see many of these at Pioneer. I call them “incombustible ideas”. Founders relentlessly try to ignite them, but they just don’t light up.

We can all get a bit hungry if it has been hours since we last ate. But spare a thought for how hungry Angus Barbieri must have been after he went 382 days without eating. That’s not a typo. In 1965, 27-year-old Angus really did fast for one year and 17 days.…

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The three antennas on the Dutch-Chinese radio telescope, which is currently located behind the moon, have been unfolded. This was ...

The study says wind farm operators are likely to benefit from the uptick in wind speeds since faster wind means more efficient wind turbines.

In the Chinese city of Yiwu, situated nearly 250 km from Shanghai, the long halls of the ‘International Trade City’ stretch along the…

EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google's collection of data, the European Commission told Reuters on Saturday, suggesting the world's most popular internet search engine remains in its sights despite record fines in recent years.

Practical Examples in Data Oriented Design Niklas Frykholm, BitSquid Co-Founder of BitSquid New high-peformance game engine from scratch Show some practical examples of data-oriented design

proposal to reform the electoral college by reorganizing the US into states of equal sizes

Oooooh one of my favorite topics. A quick thread. If your counterparty is X then Y is the shibboleth that most quickly gets you past the initial noscript stage. https://t.co/mXD0JvNamX

🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more. - httpie/cli

0:00 Intro
0:53 The FACOM 128B
1:53 History of relay computers
5:16 Trip to Mt Fuji and Fujitsu's Numazu plant
6:12 Detailed look at the FACOM 128B
10:33 Simple example: 3+3, deciphering the lights
12:49 Calculating square root of 2
13:44 Crossbar mechanical…

I was an average student in school. Though I was surrounded by high achievers, and never questioned the importance of being extraordinary, I somehow never expected myself to rise to their levels. The most common remark I found in my annual report cards read…

Researchers have identified a metal that conducts electricity without conducting heat - an incredibly useful property that defies our current understanding of how conductors work.

People who suddenly start speaking with a foreign accent are rare, making it hard to investigate. A recent study by doctors and linguists offers insight into its triggers and what we're really hearing.

The minimal javanoscript library to create flowcharts ✨ - alyssaxuu/flowy

Kali Linux 2019.4 was released last week and with it comes an 'Undercover' mode that can be used to quickly make the Kali desktop look like Windows 10.

The right-wing members of the National Labor Relations Board want to make it legal for corporations to spy on workers.