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Washington tried to stop unwanted phone calls. What went wrong?

My name is Moira Donegan.

What you eat can affect the microbes in your gut — and your long-term health.

The Cold, Hard Facts of Freezing to Death

Meltdown reminded me of a speculative execution bug I wrestled with in 2005, so I wrote about it:

In this extract from his new book, Johann Hari, who took antidepressants for 14 years, calls for a new approach

The following is a true story. Or maybe it’s just based on a true story. Perhaps it’s not true at all.

Not far from Sand Hill Road exists a private world of wild sex parties and “cuddle puddles.” As one male investor put it, “You could say it’s disgusting but not illegal—it just perpetuates a culture that keeps women down.”

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Website of Helen Tran, entrepreneur and product designer of 14 years

Michael O. Church's answer: Before I get into why this "Agile" stuff is horrible, let's describe where Agile/Scrum can work. It can work for a time-sensitive and critical project of short duration (6 weeks max) that cross-cuts the business and has no clear manager, because it involves people from...

anecdotes from working over a minecraft economy

When the logic of capitalism means universities are run as businesses, much is lost. Reclaiming literature is crucial to understanding the times we live in

She’s not an ideological combatant like Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning. She’s much more like you or me.

(Sequel here: Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future.)

You know who else was productive?

A Name & Branding Agency

Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression.

How filler words and tiny pauses keep conversations from going off the rails

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We should call this what it is: the automation of selling out.

An Outline investigation found that contributors to prominent publications have taken payments in exchange for positive coverage.

*With Comments and Corrections by Hannah W Duane (her teenage daughter)

Our computer's clock is built using several 555 timers. The first is configured as an astable oscillator. See https://eater.net/bbcpu8-clock-module for more. Part 2: https://youtu.be/81BgFhm2vz8 Part 3: https://youtu.be/WCwJNnx36Rk Part 4: https://youtu.be/SmQ5K7UQPMM Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beneater You can get all the components used in this video from any online electronic components distributor for a few dollars. Complete parts list (everything in this video): 1x 555 timer IC 1x 1MΩ potentiometer 2x 1kΩ resistors 1x 100kΩ resistor 1x 330Ω resistor 1x 2µF capacitor 1x 0.1µF capacitor 1x 0.01µF capacitor 1x LED Solderless breadboard 22 gauge wire USB charger and cable or some other 5v power source