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do we really need self-driving cars?

Self-driving cars won't solve congestion in major cities. They will be the congestion in major cities.
do we really need self-driving cars?

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the most asinine advice ever given for a working world stuck in the past

Marissa Meyer appears to have learned nothing from her tenure at Yahoo and it clearly shows in her latest interview.
the most asinine advice ever given for a working world stuck in the past

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how to get the best of both (programming) worlds with a little c#

A little coding fun with hash maps and delegates for trivial parallelization...
how to get the best of both (programming) worlds with a little c#

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why weird things is moving to medium

The start of a new experiment for a new era of blogging.
why weird things is moving to medium

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when every myth you're trying to debunk isn't actually wrong…

George Dvorsky decided to try some myth-busting about the future of AI and the nature of the technology. The end result needs a lot of myth-busting of its own...
when every myth you're trying to debunk isn't actually wrong…

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how the quest for a better credit score could end up gamifying your life

The quest for a better, more accurate credit score is getting way out of control, especially in China.
how the quest for a better credit score could end up gamifying your life

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why reinventing the wheel is a worthwhile pursuit

Reinventing the wheel is a common refrain for doing something unnecessary. But what if you really can make a better wheel like Goodyear is trying to do?
why reinventing the wheel is a worthwhile pursuit

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why autonomous killer robots are inevitable and why we should be pretty worried about them

Let's not surgarcoat this. We will build autonomous killer robots because we have every incentive to. So let's make sure we get them right.
why autonomous killer robots are inevitable and why we should be pretty worried about them

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why we can't, and shouldn't, police abusive speech on web

The bad news is that we can't wipe offensive speech and trolls off the web. The good news is that trolls tend to turn on each other quickly.
why we can't, and shouldn't, police abusive speech on web

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why science says not to feed the trolls

After analyzing millions of comments researchers can say for sure that the best way to deal with trolls is with deafening silence.
why science says not to feed the trolls

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why amazon is probably not the worst place for techies, and why it doesn't matter

Amazon is not a nice or fun place to work, even if you're one of its supposedly vaunted techies. But it's not like we expect any better from a company that big.
why amazon is probably not the worst place for techies, and why it doesn't matter

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when open source is the only fair way to go

If your code can result in people being sent to jail for decades, if not death row, that code should be open source and subject to review. The courts don't seem to understand that yet.
when open source is the only fair way to go

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why rating people on the web is one of the worst ideas in tech

Of all the terrible ideas conceived in the social media age, a Yelp for people has to be, by far, one of the absolute worst and poorly thought out.
why rating people on the web is one of the worst ideas in tech

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why simulation is not emulation

Tracking what's happening inside a biological system on a computer is not the same thing as recreating that system.
why simulation is not emulation

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the city of berkley wants you to fear your smartphone

The City of Berkley took on science and the science lost because it was represented by a trade group that argued about free speech rights instead.
the city of berkley wants you to fear your smartphone

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