• Numbers everyone should know
  l2 cache reference - 0.5 ns, main memory - 100 ns, compress 1k bytes - 10,000 ns, disk seek - 10,000,000 ns
• Thailand needs clothes but New Zealand doesn’t? | Good Intentions Are Not Enough
• The Stoner Arms Dealers | Rolling Stone Politics
  amazing story. two guys from miami start bidding on arms contracts. arms dealers literally have no scruples, defense purchasing is a mess. among other gems, the US DOD was ok with supplying second-rate, knockoff equipment to the afghan/iraqi armies, not their own
• The Technium: Computational X
  The best signpost to the future I know is to follow whatever happens after the word "computational." For instance, to see where photography is going, follow the emerging field of computational photography.
• Behind the Paywall: How New York Times Articles End | VF Daily | Vanity Fair
  common endings to NYT articles - "The apartment is really that small, and people really do live there, but somehow it just works for them." "The neighborhood's recent gentrification has not always been a smooth cultural and economic transition for longtime residents." hilarious
• Adolescent Brains: Cause or Consequence? » Sociological Images
  argument is that teenagers' brains are wired differently because they are so highly regulated by society (more restrictions than incarcerated felons, not sure how author justifies that but he does). "teenager" is an artificial distinction
• Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular: a cognitive teardown of the user experience
  good use of timing, engaging, cartoony interface, sense of mystery, other features

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