Real-Time Wikipedia Edits By Location →
Absolutely mesmerizing.
Five Ways Congress Should Improve the Copyright System →
Sensible ideas for copyright reform including proportionality, reforming the DMCA, and resolving orphaned works.
Learn Fun and Play Fun →
In which a computer learns how to play Super Mario Brothers (and every other platformer…). Skip to about 6:10 to see the actual gameplay.
I love it when Outlook.com ads “serendipitously” show up on “random” pages.
This Is What One Half Second of High Speed Trading Looks Like →
Oh, yeah, and that’s just for a single stock. Who ever thought this was a good idea?
On Key Software Decision, Top Patent Court Grinds to a Stalemate →
Ten judges, seven opinions, 135 pages, zero legal precedent.
What a mess…
How a Boat-Plane Hybrid Shattered the Sound Barrier of Sailing →
When Paul Larsen decided to sail faster than physics would allow, he had only one choice: reinvent the boat.
Much like wings on hydrofoils the America’s Cup teams “sail”, this isn’t really a “boat”. Regardless, Larsen’s SailRocket destroyed the world record with a 65.37-knot run.
Dear Spotify,
It’s a decent recommendation, but only because I have owned the album since the 90s, not because Sanctus Real sounds anything like DC Talk or because it’s a new release…
If you’re charging 10 percent more or 20 percent more than what it costs to deliver the service, that’s an acceptable profit margin. Charging 400 percent more than what it costs has no rational basis in it at all.
— Gerard Anderson, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Hospital Finance and Management
It’s perfectly rational if you can get away with it because you’re a hospital…
What does that sound like? Lebanon. But it’s Lebanon on steroids. The Syria I have just drawn for you—I call it the Sinkhole.
— What Should Obama Do About Syria?
A nuanced look at the Syrian civil war, the parties involved, and why all the decisions about U.S. involvement are bad ones.
