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Facebook and World Peace: Really?
If Facebook were a country, it would be the 3rd most populous country on earth behind China and India – but now Facebook thinks it can play Switzerland and lead a push for world peace. I’m not so sure that’s a good idea. Facebook and the Persuasive (no, not pervasive, persuasive) Technology Lab at Stanford […]
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Teach both evolution and creationism say 54% of Britons
More than half of British adults think that intelligent design and creationism should be taught alongside evolution in schoolscience lessons – a proportion higher than in the US. An Ipsos Mori survey questioned 11,768 adults from 10 countries on how the theory of evolution should be taught in school science lessons. About 54% of the […]
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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain this to you
Recently, someone did the unthinkable: they published their own version of Dive Into Python and got it listed on Amazon.com. This apparently caused a small firestorm within Apress, the exact details of which I am not privy to, but which (I am told) became a somewhat larger firestorm after the Apress executives realized they had […]
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Man Phenomenon
Many people are very experienced on such occasions as too large nose, protruding ears, an ugly mole, too tall or small stature … There are many complexes, which serve as fertile ground for all kinds of disorders and even depression. Now imagine how may feel young, handsome, 26-year-old boy who was born without arms or […]
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Enhanced Google Music Search
Google has a small music search engine that shows information about artists, albums and songs. You can use the music: operator in Google’s search box to access the service. Unfortunately, the information is outdated, the links to reviews are broken and there’s not much to see. After many years of decay, Google decided to improve […]
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Bicycle Exhaust that Plants Flowers
The Bloom device is meant to be a subversive and inspirational tool for our concrete jungles. Similar to the tuft of a dandelion as the wind carries the seedling, we propose a way of dispersing seedlings with bubbles and bicycling. Seeds are co-mingled with a bubble mixture and upon pedaling to your destination , you […]
