August 2014 Archive
1741.
Chip-based credit cards are a decade old; why doesn’t the US rely on them yet? (arstechnica.com)
1742.
Show HN: Stacker – The Easiest way to Publish and Reply on Social Media (getstacker.com)
1743.
Show HN: Kevlar.io – Secrets that when accessed are deleted permanently (kevlar.io)
1744.
How to Get Girls into Engineering? Let Them Build Toys (online.wsj.com)
1745.
Principles of Antifragile Software (docs.google.com)
1746.
Hatch, a combination of Tinder/OkCupid and Linkedin (letshat.ch)
1747.
Consumer Reports' Tesla Model S has more than its share of problems (consumerreports.org)
1748.
IBM Sees Broader Role for Watson in Aiding Research (blogs.wsj.com)
1749.
The global road death toll (roadskillmap.com)
1750.
How to defeat the purpose of IEEE floating point (2008) (yosefk.com)
1751.
Show HN: LCON – Ludicrously Compact Object Notation (github.com)
1752.
Comcast training materials require a "sell" phase, even in support calls (arstechnica.com)
1753.
Pluralsight raises $135M to expand online learning for professionals (venturebeat.com)
1754.
Balancing Bike-Share Stations Has Become a Scientific Endeavor (citylab.com)
1755.
A Spacecraft for All: The Journey of the ISEE-3 (spacecraftforall.com)
1756.
The Evolution of Emotion (aeon.co)
1757.
Fenix – Quick and Easy Local Web Server for Static File Testing (fenixwebserver.com)
1758.
The Free and the Antifree (nplusonemag.com)
1759.
An Intro to Videogame Design History (thegamedesignforum.com)
1760.
Touch+: Make any surface multitouch (ractiv.com)
1761.
Long Island Weather Observer Sets U.S. Record With 84-Year Streak (nytimes.com)
1762.
The most important thing [for a startup founder] (joshanthony.org)
1763.
An Algorithm Identified West Africa’s Ebola Outbreak Before It Was Announced (publichealthwatch.wordpress.com)
1764.
View of #Ferguson Thrust Michael Brown Shooting to National Attention (nytimes.com)
1765.
On the science and ethics of Ebola treatments (scientiasalon.wordpress.com)
1766.
In the Ruins (gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au)
1767.
The Bridge From Nowhere (nautil.us)
1768.
Theorem (YC S14) aims to be the Priceline for fashion (techcrunch.com)
1769.
CodeWorld: A web-based programming environment using a variant of Haskell (codeworld.info)
1770.
The man who grew eyes (mosaicscience.com)