Useful Stuff I Read

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Artists and scientists throughout history have remarked on the bliss that accompanies a sudden creative insight. Einstein described his realization of the general theory of relativity as the happiest moment of his life.

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The results are in, and as befits any good crowd-sourcer, I wanted to share them. Yesterday I asked TechCrunch readers for some advice.

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Schema is going to be part of the whole “search” picture, long term. It just will. Unless they decide to pull the plug last minute, that is.

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The Additions to Daniel comprise three chapters not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel. The text of these chapters is found in the Koine Greek Septuagint, the earliest Old Greek translation.

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Three years ago, the people living in the Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining Ojibway Nation in Ontario would crowd in each other’s homes and outside the band office to access what little internet the community had.

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What you're looking at is a map of nearly every device that was connected to the internet on August 2. Or, at least, a map of ones that responded to a ping request from John Matherly, an internet cartographer. Because now, you can ping every computer on the internet fairly easily.

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The narrative of Bel and the Dragon incorporated as chapter 14 of the extended Book of Daniel exists only in Greek in the Septuagint.

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Psychedelic connoisseurs are usually well versed in "set and setting," or the the idea that both your state of mind, beliefs, and expectations (set) as well as your social and physical environment (setting) determine whether your trip is heavenly or takes you straight to hell.

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Ossian Ward is one of Britain’s leading art critics. His new book, Ways of Looking, sounded a little patronising from the title, given that anyone with eyes should probably have that down already.

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If you're feeling anxious or depressed, let somebody know. It's vital that you do, because human beings are generally pretty good sounding boards, and talking about it with somebody you trust is often the first step towards getting professional help.

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The sudden, mysterious, and tragic disappearance of a China-bound Malaysian Airlines flight (a story that turned into a full-on Twilight Zone episode yesterday when news broke that the cellphones of some missing passengers are still ringing) has exposed a crucial security flaw in air travel.

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Dread Pirate Roberts captained a ship that many thought was unsinkable. But when the FBI seized the original Silk Road on October 1, 2013 ,and arrested the alleged kingpin—29-year-old Ross Ulbricht—the online drugs empire began to capsize.

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Business is booming in the dark corners of the internet. Since the closure of the original Silk Road in late 2013, around half a dozen dark markets have sprung up, all of which will sell you basically any drug in existence as long you have some bitcoin and a posting address.

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Here we are, more than 15 months away from the next US presidential election, and the way the media is carrying on about the candidates, you’d think it was right around the corner. Heck, even the primaries can’t run for another five months.

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This spring two Seattle companies dramatically raised the salaries of their lowest paid workers. Business soared at one of them. The other lost customers and had two key employees quit. The success in one case and the headaches in the other offer lessons for bosses and employees alike.

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We’d arrived at the point in the job interview where I’d made my decision: yes. Hire this one. Even though I didn’t say it straight out, she could tell, and we were both smiling. The tension had left the room. Now the conversation was more casual.

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