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Friday, June 7, 2013

Are Coders Worth It?



THE SHOVEL IN THE GOLD RUSH


In today's world, web developers have it all: money, perks, freedom, respect. But is there value in what we do?
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THE SUNKIST OF DEATH


For the next four to six months, Navenna Shine plans to live in a "controlled environment," with eight cameras pointed at her at all times to ensure that she isn't cheating.
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WELCOME TO THE TV BUSINESS


There were a few dirty text messages, a little groping, some masturbation, and a quick parking-lot blow job. The scandal that shook ESPN in the fall of 2009 was the functional equivalent of an active high schooler's Friday night.
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THE NEXT DIET FAD


Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark, better known as Lewis and Clark, led one of the most famous expeditions in American history. But what did they eat?
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FREE AT LAST


Michael Morton spent almost 25 years wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his wife, until DNA recovered from a blue bandana set him free. A year and a half later, that same piece of evidence finally brought him face-to-face with the real killer.
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NOT NOW


With fantastic games on offer across just about every platform, with libraries that grow more accomplished with each passing day, you might think it's always a good time to buy new video game hardware, should you still be without one of the major systems. Mostly, you would be correct. But not this month.
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IT'S LIKE THE PATH SCANDAL, BUT BIGGER


The NSA and FBI are tapping into the servers of nine U.S. Internet firms, extracting audio, video, photos, e-mails, documents and connection logs that enable analysts to track a person’s movements and contacts over time.
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NOT AS PAINFUL AS IT SOUNDS


In animals that reproduce by internal fertilization, as humans do, you'd think a penis would be an organ you couldn't really do without, evolutionarily speaking. Surprisingly, though, most birds do exactly that.
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LEAVE HIM THERE!


Soon, Justin Bieber – and his manager, Scooter Braun – will head to space on a suborbital flight with Virgin Galactic, according to Virgin founder Richard Branson.
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MILLENIALS


If a deal is ever announced, we’re unlikely to know Mayer’s logic until 20 years hence, when her autobiography is climbing the charts of Google-Glass-based vooks. But say you could be a fly on the wall of Yahoo’s boardroom. Here’s what Mayer’s personal checklist for whether or not to acquire a company might look like.
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UNMASKED


Gawker has learned the leader of that campaign was raided by the FBI in April in connection to a hacking and identity theft investigation sparked by Anonymous' Steubenville campaign. Now, he is revealing his identity, in anticipation of being targeted in the investigation.
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