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NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Factory Audits Becomes a... →
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“It has been shown that in democracy trivial issues get disproportionate...”
– Comment on Reddit See also Parkinson’s Law of Triviality
Researchers discover way to control neurons using... →
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Romney: I have friends who own NASCAR teams →
Mitt Romney went to the Daytona 500 NASCAR race Sunday for what should have been a chance to show he’s one of the guys. Instead, in casual conversation with an Associated Press reporter at the Florida track, he reminded people once again that he is not exactly a regular Joe.
Asked by the AP reporter if he follows NASCAR, Romney responded, “Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans. But I...
“The endless growth of suburbia is based on cheap oil. Supermarkets are based on...”
– Anarchism and the Peak Oil Argument, Terry S (via rooftopsedge)
For a Growing Number of College Students,... →
Wikipedia doesn’t have a stellar reputation for scholarly accuracy, but its staggering collection of 20 million articles in 283 languages has nonetheless made it the go-to reference for the world’s students—it’s even the most plagiarized source on college campuses. Now, a growing number of professors are bucking the anti-Wikipedia trend and assigning a new kind of homework: editing the site’s...
Next-gen WiFi hotspots to feature no-password... →
Testing has begun on a new class of WiFi hotspots that will log mobile users in automatically with their SIM cards, potentially alleviating cellular network congestion and helping users stay within the limits of their data plans.
The Wireless Broadband Alliance announced today that it has completed trials with a long list network operators, mobile device makers, and network equipment...
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Need a Job? New Study Says Learn Linux. →
No one disputes that that tech jobs are fueling the economy in the U.S. and around the world. The U.S. President said in his recent State of the Union address that there are twice as many openings in the science and technology sector as there are people to fill them. But where exactly are these jobs? And, who exactly is landing them?
Today, we have new data that helps us understand where are...
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WatchMichael Pawlyn: Using nature’s genius in architecture
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Open Source Tackles Healthcare In Places Microsoft... →
At one hospital in Kano, Nigeria, 50 babies are born each day. And it’s not exactly prepared to handle them all. “We’re talking about one midwife taking three deliveries at a time,” says Evelyn Castle.
Nonetheless, Castle aims to create digital records of those births and the hundreds of others happening across northern Nigeria each day — even as she and another American expatriate, Adam...
Rice University And OpenStax Announce First... →
Rice University, which has been pushing alternative distribution mechanisms for scholarly publications for years, has announced a new initiative, by which they hope to publish free, high-quality textbooks in core subjects like physics and biology via a non-profit publisher called OpenStax College. It’s the polar opposite of Apple’s iBooks textbooks, which, while they too help drag this dusty...
The Architecture of Open Source Applications →
NY TIMES: "People who constantly reach into a... →
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Co-op Capitalism? →
From Plunkett Foundation:
Noreena Hertz, who for more than two decades has made accurate predictions about economic trends, has named ‘Co-op Capitalism’ as the next economic era. In a paper published by Co-operatives UK today, Prof Hertz states that ‘the model of capitalism that was dominant for the past 30 years has clearly failed. It’s time to embrace a new model of capitalism, Co-op...
“Without the election of George W. Bush, I don’t think we would have danced quite...”
– Tim O’Reilly (via azspot)
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A friend of mine is writing a paper on Bitcoin as...
Here is my rant of a response to his questions — I thought it might be interesting enough to share:
Are you familiar with the back-story on Bitcoin? I’ve posted a few things on a tumblr account, http://alexanderpf.com/tagged/bitcoin you may also want to listen to this “PlanetMoney” story: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/08/24/138673630/what-is-bitcoin There are lots of...
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies →
The IEET’s mission is to be a center for voices arguing for a responsible, constructive, ethical approach to the most powerful emerging technologies. We believe that technological progress can be a catalyst for positive human development so long as we ensure that technologies are safe and equitably distributed. We call this a “technoprogressive” orientation.
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While Hacking Alabama.gov’s site, Anonymous ran... →
“A Colorado woman ordered to decrypt her laptop so prosecutors may use the files...”
– Defendant Ordered to Decrypt Laptop May Have Forgotten Password | Threat Level | Wired.com (via diegueno, section9)
