Wednesday, October 22, 2014

When A Valley Becomes A Chasm

Technology's Role In Inequality, How Long Each Piece Will Survive (On Average) In A Game Of Chess, How To Look Like A Million Bucks (Without Spending A Million Bucks), Little Girl In An LED Minnie Mouse Costume Is Precious, A Brief History Of Batgirl, The Introverted Face
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
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WHEN A VALLEY BECOMES A CHASM
Technology's Role In Inequality
technologyreview.com
Median income in Silicon Valley reached $94,000 in 2013, far above the national median of around $53,000. Yet an estimated 31 percent of jobs pay $16 per hour or less. It's hard not to wonder whether Silicon Valley, rather than just exemplifying this growing inequality, is actually contributing to it, by producing digital technologies that eliminate the need for many middle-class jobs.
PAWNS NOT ALWAYS EASILY PAWNED OFF
How Long Each Piece Will Survive (On Average) In A Game Of Chess
quora.com
A problem that ought to be calculable from the vast number of recorded games.
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How To Look Like A Million Bucks (Without Spending A Million Bucks)
indochino.com
Fact: Every man looks better in a suit. Now you can get one custom-made with a simple click.
NOT BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE
Little Girl In An LED Minnie Mouse Costume Is Precious
digg.com
Not only is this adorable, but the costume itself is receptive to noise and changes color when it detects sound nearby. Looks like someone's going home with lots of candy this year.
UNDER THE COWL
A Brief History Of Batgirl
bitchmagazine.org
The ongoing struggle to make geek culture more inclusive takes a positive step forward this month as DC Comics relaunches its iconic-but-neglected Batgirl series.
LOOKS CAN KILL (YOUR CAREER)
The Introverted Face
theatlantic.com
People put serious weight on judgements of character based on facial structure alone.
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HE NOSE SOMETHING
Image: Paul Dostie points as his dog Buster sets off to search an area near Bishop, Calif. For years, Buster and Dostie have worked together to unlock mysteries, to find the bodies of fighting men who fell long ago on foreign battlefields, or of victims of unsolved crimes or disappearances. In all, Dostie said that Buster has helped find the remains of about 200 people.
Paul Dostie points as his dog Buster sets off to search an area near Bishop, Calif. For years, Buster and Dostie have worked together to unlock mysteries, to find the bodies of fighting men who fell long ago on foreign battlefields, or of victims of unsolved crimes or disappearances. In all, Dostie said that Buster has helped find the remains of about 200 people. Credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull
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