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> For example, imagine that a college wants to focus less on book smarts and more on wisdom and practical intelligence. Why?

I despise this attitude that people go to the doctor to figure out what is making them sick. Most of time, when people visit general practice doctors, they already know what's wron…

Developing for iOS is less expensive.

The name makes me think of pancakes.

I wouldn't try to buy anything with a credit card while using Tor. Many online businesses, especially ones with high fraud risk like hosting companies, will reject your payment if …

"MythBusters" is an unscientific television show run by stunt men. Imagine someone holding a candle underneath a gas tank for five seconds, not exploding, and concluding with chees…

In an age where everyone carries a computer in their pocket, the metric system's only advantage (that it makes converting units easier) is irrelevant.

Great list! Thanks!

Does anybody have a recommendation of a good way to learn the same material for someone who's motivated but unemployed and dead broke?

This is not up to date.

This website must not have an editor. When I think back to 2005 and 2006, I don't remember the writer being in high school figuring out what to study in college. He should have pic…

I don't think they're "doing pretty much everything right" but, then again, I'm not getting paid to say so.

What about Bluetooth?

I bet someone in marketing at Canonical shit their pants watching the WWDC yesterday.

My wife bookmarks like a dozen tumblr pages, Reddit posts, fanfic stories, random websites a day on her iPhone and then reads them in bed on her iPad at the end of the day. She's n…

How do you get around the lack of bookmarks in the 1password browser for ios?

> This is not an issue of partisanship. That's exactly what it is.

CEOs of multibillion dollar corporations do not spend millions acquring other companies so that they can make friends or support a vision. Anybody who thinks Zuckerberg wants to ma…

From the guy who destroyed Star Wars Galaxies having worked for Sony after it bought and ruined Verant. Of course he's going to think the sale is a good idea.

MF Global.

Hipster.

The reason why the customer service at most ISPs sucks is because arbitrary rules are imposed on them by local governments. For example, if the average call can't be over 9 minutes…

Pass a law exempting businesses and individuals from paying payroll taxes on new hires for the length of time the person was unemployed before they hired them.

http://bitcointicker.co

What selloff?