pinboard September 26, 2016

• The secret life of a startup employee: it’s like being a firefighter led by an arsonist | Anonymous | Opinion | The Guardian

  If you’re lucky, new ventures can be fun, and do great things. But most are rudderless, stuffed with clueless children – and founded by capricious narcissists

• Can Crispr-Cas9 Boost Intelligence? – Scientific American Blog Network
• GitHub – miekg/dns: DNS library in Go

  Alternative (more granular) approach to a DNS library

• The Glass Frog Doesn’t Care if You Can See Its Guts | WIRED
• Ziya🤘🏻 on Twitter: "In Tikrit, there’s a monument of the shoe that Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi hurled at George W Bush during a press conference. https://t.co/xftNSod8z0"
• France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels | World news | The Guardian
• Of course machine learning can help you sort cucumbers
• Aron Strandberg on Twitter: "The world’s most populous countries, 1950-2060. Watch #India overtake #China, and #Nigeria passing USA to become #3 https://t.co/ZqlBG7yYHj"
• Twitter
  RT @Jamie_Woodward_: 14,000 years ago this elegant reindeer was expertly carved into a small piece of Dordogne limestone. You can see it…
• Where Ice Once Crushed Ships, Open Water Beckons – The New York Times
• High Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history | Books | The Guardian
• Google | Project Shield | Free DDoS protection
  Project Shield is a free service that uses Google technology to protect news sites and free expression from DDoS attacks on the web.
• Twitter
  RT @DavidUberti: The Los Angeles Times calls out Trump’s "lies" on A1.
• Watch Leonard Nimoy’s ‘Star Trek Memories’ | Mental Floss
• Why voters pick Bugs Bunny over Daffy Duck.
• Am I Introverted, or Just Rude? – NYTimes.com
• Vala Afshar on Twitter: "Hydraulic Press vs. Sticky Notes https://t.co/rgCkyE0Z5Z"
• Rating Chili Peppers On A Scale Of 1 To Oh Dear God I’m On Fire | FiveThirtyEight
• Vala Afshar on Twitter: "Filming a burger commercial with a robotic arm 🍔 (realtime process is 1 second long) —@machinepix https://t.co/y1JLfRwPwf"
• Twitter
  RT @TheRoot: Tommie Smith and John Carlos will join the U.S. Olympic team for a visit to the White House:
• Tommie Smith and John Carlos to Join U.S. Olympic team at the White House
  RT @TheRoot: Tommie Smith and John Carlos will join the U.S. Olympic team for a visit to the White House:
• What it feels like to be the last generation to remember life before the internet — Quartz
• David Aronchick on Twitter: "Whoa – price of NEW solar is now CHEAPER than the cost of fuel burned in a nat gas plant to make electricity. https://t.co/GHicJURzvR"
• New Record Low Solar Price in Abu Dhabi – Costs Plunging Faster Than Expected | Ramez Naam
• Zach Heltzel on Twitter: "I would say I hope I look like Bruce Springsteen when I’m 67 but I don’t even come close to looking like him now. https://t.co/6sttrSMqBQ"
• Jollof Rice (Ghana Style) | My African Food Map
• Twitter
  RT @chriswithpants: How to fill out security questions.
• Am I Introverted, or Just Rude? – The New York Times
• Slave tourism: African-Americans travel to Ghana to see an ugly past — Latitude News

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