A Brief, Personal Letter from America
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The Sound So Loud That It Circled the Earth Four Times
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On August 27, 1883, the Earth let out a noise louder than any it has made since…
What programming language should I learn first?
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Most people’s journey toward learning to program starts with a single late-night Google search.
Usually it’s something like “Learn ______”
But how do they decide which language to search for?…
197. RALPH WALDO EMERSON: Envoys of Beauty
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Verbal Alchemy
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For the last time, Google is not our competition in libraries…
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There’s a very famous Neil Gaiman quote among librarians and lovers of libraries: “Google will bring you back, you know, a hundred thousand answers. A librarian will bring you back the right one.”…
The Lost Civilization of Dial-Up Bulletin Board Systems
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I have a vivid, recurring dream. I climb the stairs in my parents’ house to see my old bedroom. In the back corner, I hear a faint humming.
It’s my old computer, still running my 1990s-era bulletin board system (BBS, for short), “The Cave.” I thought I had shut it down ages ago, but it’s been chugging away this whole time without me realizing it—people continued calling my BBS to play games, post messages, and upload files. To my astonishment, it never shut down after all…
Sogno di Volare (Christopher Tin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Angel City Chorale, Prima Vocal Ensemble, Lucis)
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Can you stop Jeremy Corbyn from joining ISIS? [Twine game]
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The Zip Line Across Time Zones
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Pornhub Bypasses Ad Blockers With WebSockets
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Pornhub has found an innovative way to deliver ads to users of ad blocking software, exploiting limitations in Chrome’s content blocking API…
Hilarious hashtag on how Trump interprets classic literature | Mashable
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Another debate, another Twitterstorm.
And this one has spawned possibly THE best hashtag of the election season — #TrumpBookReport…
How Entropy Powers The Earth (Big Picture Ep. 4)
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Life Goals
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Chaise Lounger
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We laughed at it when it arrived, we sat on it, fucked on it, and then oh my gosh, we fell in love with it. Guys this silly, ludicrous, expensive lump of foam… is truly wonderful. Look at this thing, it’s BONKERS. Buy it from one of our Friends (With Benefits) USA Liberator Chaise Loungers…
