February 2011
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Jeopardy! genius Ken Jennings on what it's like to... →
youmightfindyourself:
When I was selected as one of the two human players to be pitted against IBM’s “Watson” supercomputer in a special man-vs. machine Jeopardy! exhibition match, I felt honored, even heroic. I envisioned myself as the Great Carbon-Based Hope against a new generation of thinking machines—which, if Hollywood is to be believed, will inevitably run amok, build unstoppable robot...
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“There are thousands of projects we’ve helped that may not have existed...”
– Kickstarter Crowd-funding Hits $1M A Week : Tech News and Analysis « (via fred-wilson)
What’s magical? Magical is when technology enables people to fullfil their dreams and reach their personal goals. To me, Kickstarter is one of the most exciting stories of the social web and I’m still bummed...
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I might be early discovering this, I might be...
zombieirish:
FIX MOMS COMPUTER ONCE. ALL FUTURE PROBLEMS YOUR FAULT.
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Lady Gaga - Poker face
googleokee:
Quem sabe faz ao vivo. Confira a capela.
googleoke: google translate + karaoke
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“The battle of devices has now become a war of ecosystems, where ecosystems...”
– Nokia CEO Stephen Elop rallies troops in brutally honest ‘burning platform’ memo? (update: it’s real!) — Engadget (via alexandergordon)
This is important. First smart words to come out of Nokia in years.
(via evangotlib)
“This means we’re going to have to decide how we either build,...
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“[My generation] has spent a decade being berated for not making the right sorts...”
– This quote about my generation comes from “Generation Why?” by Zadie Smith.
The quote really rings true to me. Everything my generation has done in existing media (books, painting, photography, movies) has been at best “novel” and rarely transformational. Our Fellini or Fitzgerald has not emerged...
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Watchbrought to you in terrifying 2d!
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AOL buys Huffington Post, hope they'll get more...
cnnmoneytech:
Just after midnight it was announced AOL would be purchasing the Huffington Post for a deal totaling $315 million. I just want to know if the plan is to have all the HuffPost stories link back to AOL in order to meet Tim Armstrong’s reported goal of raising traffic 27% by April?? -Matt
via The New York Times
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Watchkateoplis:
New footage of an uncontacted Amazon Indian tribe living in the Brazilian rainforest from BBC’s fantastic new series, Human Planet.
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Watch "The Social Network - How Did They Ever Make...
-saturdaynightlive:
Part One - Commencement
Part Two - Boston
Part Three - Los Angeles
Part Four - The Lot
Fascinating. Check it out.
“In addition, we are providing the member with 25 years of free Flickr Pro...”
– Flickr Accidentally Wipes Out Account: Five Years And 4,000 Photos Down The Drain
RISOS
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Facebook now supports GIFs.
degrassiblowsmymind:
this is awesome.
click here for details.
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“We are very uncomfortable with a model where you can just throw anything into...”
– Thomas Hesse of Sony Music, on the company’s concerns regarding online music locker services.
Sigh.
(via whitneymcn)
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“The dashboard isn’t an empty text box staring at me. Judging me. Its a vibrant...”
– BRYCE DOT VC: Why I Heart Tumblr
