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The programming community has been opening up over the past few years about mental health issues, so, I want to take this opportunity to open up about my own.

What it’s like to have a bipolar breakdown (via @swolebeau)

He’s the lighthouse keeper, the sheep farmer, the firefighter, the air-traffic controller… We try to keep up with Billy Muir, the pensioner who almost single-handedly keeps the tiny island economy of North Ronaldsay afloat

(via @bankersumbrella)

#work & careers #work-life balance #scotland #older people #society

He's no ordinary con man. He's way above average — and the American political system is his easiest mark ever

and why he’s going to win *facepalm*

Thousands of unsettling videos have been uploaded to YouTube over the past year. Nobody knows what they mean or who’s behind them.

Some VERY weird channels out there.

Will future exascale supercomputers be able to withstand the steady onslaught of routine faults?

As they get bigger, errors get a LOT more common. What next?

Think women can’t do pullups? Think again.Commandant Gen. Robert Neller is reviewing an approach to learning that pullups that has obliterated the myth that women are too frail physically to pull their chin over the bar.Col.

how to do them even if you think you can’t

Online abuse can be cruel – but for some tech companies it is an existential threat. Can giants such as Facebook use behavioural psychology and persuasive design to tame the trolls?

Teaching humans not to be dicks.

#internet #social networking #cyberbullying #technology #twitter

Brian’s Beguiling Badger Break-out

The Honey Badger doesn’t give a shit

Today marks the 30th anniversary of everyone's favorite high school hooky expert who showed us how to slow down and look around.

Hot damn I love this movie.

New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter.

In short - be open, be human, listen.

#silicon valley (calif)

I would like to tell you about the biggest lie in book publishing: It’s the word “bestseller.”

Oh, and a photo of your foot.

When you hear the word "drone," you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems expert Raffaello D'Andrea develops flying machines, and his latest projects are pushing the boundaries of autonomous flight -- from a flying wing that can hover and recover from disturbance to an eight-propeller craft that's ambivalent to orientation ... to a swarm of tiny coordinated micro-quadcopters. Prepare to be dazzled by a dreamy, swirling array of flying machines as they dance like fireflies above the TED stage.

Funky drone tricks

In January, British actor Eddie Redmayne made headlines around the world as he became the latest in a growing band of smartphone refuseniks. “It was a reaction against being glued permanently to my iPhone during waking hours,” he explained, turning

Simpler. Easier. Less life noise.

Long before dating sites, a pair of economists delved into the question of matchmaking, and hit upon a formula with appl…

Oh, and won the inventors a Nobel prize.

On Feb. 20, 1992, more American homes tuned into The Simpsons than they did The Cosby Show or the Winter Olympics from Albertville, France. A foul-mouthed cartoon on a fourth-place network bested the Huxtables and the world's best amateur athletes. Fox over NBC and CBS—its first-ever victory in prime time. New over old.

"The attacks are completely non-intrusive: we did not modify the targets or open their chassis."

Whaaaat the eff?

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