Category: links
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Roberto Saviano: My life under armed guard | World news | The Guardian
For eight years, the journalist Roberto Saviano has faced constant threat of death for exposing the secrets of the Naples mafia in his book Gomorrah. Is the price of life under armed guard too much for a writer to pay? Link
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Game Theorists Crack Poker – Scientific American
Heads Up Limit Hold ‘Em has been solved by an adaptive algorithm. An “essentially unbeatable” algorithm for Texas hold ’em points to strategies for solving real-life problems without having complete information Link
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Bernie Sanders for President? Why Not. — NYMag
“You frickin’ kidding me? He’s a Commie. Is that even legal, a Communist president?” Link
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The Heart of the Matter: David Miranda and the Preclusion of Privacy, Part 2
More than anything, if you’re the National Surveillance State right now, you crave a bloody shirt you might wave to try to blow back the tide of thoughtfulness and rationality precipitated by Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing, and by the extremely careful reporting accompanying it thus far.via The Heart of the Matter: David Miranda and the Preclusion…
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IAmThe servier engineering lead at foursquare. Ask Me Anything. : IAmA
IAmThe servier engineering lead at foursquare. Ask Me Anything. : IAmA
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Interview with Alan Taylor, Creator of Boston Globe’s The Big Picture
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TEDsphere talks interface – data visualization & visual design – information aesthetics
TEDsphere talks interface – data visualization & visual design – information aesthetics Very cool visualization of the relation between TED talks. Good fun.
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Smile you’re on ele-vision: How a camera attached to an…
Smile you’re on ele-vision: How a camera attached to an elephant’s trunk captured amazing jungle views | the Daily Mail
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Ichigo: Then, where are sweatshirts of LOOPWHEELER being made?…
Ichigo: Then, where are sweatshirts of LOOPWHEELER being made? Satoshi: They are being made here in Japan. Fabric in knitted in Wakayama prefecture. Ichigo: I see. I wonder if I could see the whole process. Satoshi: OK, let’s go. I will guide you through the production. (via LW ORIGIN)