Andrew and Chris talk about Lego Mindstorm replacements, iPads disabling cyborgs, Python dictionaries, Google formats, data storage, Powerpoint, SSH, and old stuff, along with juicy feedback.
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Sriracha hot sauce purveyor turns up the heat – Los Angeles TimesBrickPi: LEGO Bricks with a Raspberry Pi Brain by Dexter Industries — KickstarterHeart Patient Risk From iPad2 Found by 14-Year-Old – BloombergWe Support “The Unlocking Technology Act of 2013” | FixtheDMCAWhy Isn’t Gatsby in the Public Domain? | Electronic Frontier FoundationThe Performance Impact of Using dict() Instead of {} in CPython 2.7 | Doug HellmannA proposal for an always-releasable Debian [LWN.net]Using Python to see how the Times writes about men and womenWhat can Python and the New York Times tell us about gender? | The VergeThe WebM Open Media Project Blog: VP9 Codec Nears CompletionOfficial Gmail Blog: Bringing it all together: 15 GB now shared between Drive, Gmail, and Google+ PhotosMost data isn’t “big,” and businesses are wasting money pretending it is – QuartzExecutable Archaeology: The Case Of The Stupid Thing Eating All My RAMAmazon Staff Meetings: “No Powerpoint” | Moving People to ActionFirefox, Heal Thyself | Future ReleasesSecurity and Obscurity: Does Changing Your SSH Port Lower Your Risk? | Daniel MiesslerLinguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’ – The Washington PostUltraconserved words point to deep language ancestry across Eurasia
Mystery Solved? A New Theory About Why Egypt Stopped Building Pyramids – Rebecca J. Rosen – The AtlanticJennifer Government | by Max BarryWebObjects – Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPixelation – IndexSins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion getting its first DLC next month | News | PC GamerCoding Horror: International Backup Awareness DayMusic
Bump Foot – Releases – foot132instrumentals | tryadJamendo – transient – fvzzbvster by transientThis episode of Control Structure has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #88: CS #26 — Tree Rats!
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