The Last Frontier, by Ted Conover
Homesteaders on the margins of America
Dry Stone Walls – Principles of structurally sound construction
Inside the “largest launch of a produce item in American history”
The Cosmic Crisp could change the apple industry.
Quantum Supremacy Is Coming: Here’s What You Should Know | Quanta Magazine
Researchers are getting close to building a quantum computer that can perform tasks a classical computer can’t. Here’s what the milestone will mean.
The weird magic of eiderdown
The long read: In Iceland, the harvesting of these precious feathers has created a peculiar bond between human and duck. What can this unique relationship teach us?
Wolves of Karelia
A short story by Arna Bontemps Hemenway
Tech Due Diligence Calculator by Point Nine Capital
The Attention Diet
Distractions have become so pervasive in the digital age that we've come to accept them as normal. Here's how we can escape their grip and free our minds a little.
Where the Bodies Are Buried
In 1910, East Texas saw one of America’s deadliest post-Reconstruction racial purges. One survivor’s descendants have waged an uphill battle for generations to unearth that violent past.
10 Quirky Families That Still Rule the World
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You’d never confuse them for the Rockefellers. But you also wouldn’t have curling without ’em.
Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
The bicycle, as we know it today, was not invented until the late 1800s. Here are some theories about why
Rails 6 Features: What's New and Why It Matters
Rails 6 is finally here, featuring major improvements and clever new features that should make development easier and faster than ever. Check out what these new features mean for you!
For Leaders, Decency Is Just as Important as Intelligence
Business leaders make countless decisions that affect employees, customers, shareholders, communities, and even society as a whole. Traditionally, there have been two important traits that leaders need to have: intellect (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EQ). Today, however, they…
Is the World’s Best Butter Worth 50 Dollars a Pound?
Alex Halberstadt scores a bag of the creamiest, most coveted stuff on earth and ponders a question: can you put a price tag on outstanding dairy?
To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public
The tech giant doesn’t have to be dismantled. Sharing its crown jewel might reshape the internet.
Seeing France’s Wild Mountains Through a Clouded, Classic Windshield - The
The Citroën 2CV seemed like the perfect car for a road trip through the Cévennes region. And in its own slow, cranky way, it was.
The Pet Cemetery
A tour of a graveyard for beloved animals.
Searching for Keith | Hakai Magazine
A detective’s quest reveals how one idealistic fisheries observer may have collided with criminals and desperate migrants—and paid for it with his life.
A framework for First Principles Thinking
Improve your thinking, become smarter and pioneer the future
The Future of Television | I, Cringely
I’ll be surprised if broadcast television in the U.S. survives another decade.
GRU Globetrotters 2: The Spies Who Loved Switzerland
Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия)In the first part of this “GRU Globetrotters” series, Bellingcat and its investigative partner The Insider teamed up with BBC Newsnight to trace the London movements and potential role of Russian GRU officer Denis Sergeev during the time…
Create Transformed, N-Dimensional Polygons with Covariance Matrix - DataScienceCentral.com
The covariance matrix has many interesting properties, and it can be found in mixture models, component analysis, Kalman filters, and more. Developing an intuition for how the covariance matrix operates is useful in understanding its practical implications. This article will…
10 Simple Hacks to Speed up Your Data Analysis in Python
This article lists some curated tips for working with Python and Jupyter Notebooks, covering topics such as easily profiling data, formatting code and output, debugging, and more. Hopefully you can find something useful within.
Top 5 Tips Developers Should Know For Python Codes Optimization / Habr
Six Degrees of Separation at Burning Man - Issue 74: Networks - Nautilus
What our experiment in the desert taught us about social networks and human cooperation.
Think You Know the Definition of a Black Hole? Think Again - Facts So Roman
When I was 12, I made the mistake of watching the Paul W. S. Anderson horror film, Event Horizon. It gave me nightmares for weeks: The movie’s title refers to an experimental spaceship that could create artificial black holes through which to travel, making interstellar trips…
North Austin nabs first Texas location of cult Middle Eastern chain
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“Essentials of Garbage Collectors” full course is now available
Course overview Memory leaks and dangling pointers are the main issues of the manual memory management. You delete a parent node in a linked list, forgetting to delete all its children first -- and your
Don’t Mess With the Food of Lyon
Adam Sachs eats around town with hometown hero Daniel Boulud in the gutsy gastronomic capital
About Us - AnySilicon
“The Google of the Semiconductor Industry” Founded in 2011, AnySilicon is the best way to explore, find and contact semiconductor service providers and IP vendors online. Our vision is to be the first place ASIC engineers and decision makers go to search for semiconductor…
Ricky Jay’s Magical Secrets
From 1993: The magician’s deft illusions flout reality, and he rejects the notion that magic is a suitable entertainment for children.
The Varied, Still-Evolving History of San Vicente’s Basket Tacos
How did the most beloved street snack from one small Mexican village become the regional phenomenon they are today?
The best tourist secret attraction is the grocery store.
The local market as museum.
Welcome to Pinboard—Social bookmarking for introverts!
The economics of copying
Art has always had a strange relationship with copying.
Introduction to Genetic Algorithms
Is it possible to disrupt a cow?
Technology can displace the cow and save the climate. But we will need to think beyond the bun
Capturing The Undersung Blues People Of The Rural South
Tim Duffy started Music Maker Relief Foundation to support blues musicians lost to time and poverty. He's also photographed their portraits for a new book, compilation album and museum exhibition.
The Complete Guide to Mastering Chinese Dumplings at Home
The recipes, tools, and tips you need for the endlessly adaptable one-bite marvel
Fixing the past: The art of collecting pinball machines
From the archives: Pinball is a dying art, but as it dies it has spawned a new art in its place.
The Durian King
How a clever Malaysian farmer has made a fortune off the durian, the pungent tropical fruit that attracts equal parts adoration and revulsion.
Chefchaouen: a Moroccan Mountain Town Known as the "Blue Pearl"
In a stunning series of photos, Tiago & Tania explore the beauty of Chefchaouen, a whimsical Moroccan mountain town known as the "Blue Pearl."
The Legend of Moe’s Books
It remains a landmark in Berkeley, one of America’s very best bookstores and worth an epic detour to visit.
A Quick And Easy Survival Guide For Dealing With Jerks
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Because some people never outgrow being bullies.
That Time a Guy Cornered the Liquid Soap Market by Sneakily Buying Nearly Every Hand Soap Pump Available in the World
Robert R. Taylor is a name you’ve probably never heard before. But this serial entrepreneur made his mark on the world of business by coming up with several products you are almost certainly very familiar with. Today we’re going to talk about, on the surface, the most boring of…
A Casino Card Shark’s First Time Getting Caught
As a struggling grad student, I happened upon a lucrative side hustle with an elite team of card-counters—and found the community I'd been looking for.
The High Priest of Heavy Metal
First he found God. Then he found death metal. But Father Robert Culat believes there’s no reason the two can’t co-exist.
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How Retailers Use Personalized Prices to Test What You’re Willing to Pay
Orbitz, the travel website, offers slightly different prices to customers who are shopping through its app or a computer, and even between two different users on the same platform. Some of this may be due to experimentation and testing, but it’s also a sign that web retailers…
Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain made effortless | LitePaper
LitePaper transforms the complex world of crypto, bitcoin and web3 into beautiful bundles of learning.