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Damn Interesting

damninteresting.com/

A collection of fascinating true stories from history, science, and psychology. In text and podcast form.

• blog, tag
• psychology, tag
• history, tag
• science, tag
• economics, tag
• interesting, tag
• conversation, tag
• longform, tag
• ·6 years ago

Paul Ford: What is Code? | Bloomberg

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• software, tag
• code, tag
• technology, tag
• programming, tag
• longform, tag
• explanation, tag
• ·8 years ago

The Great Smartphone War: Apple vs. Samsung | Vanity Fair

vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/06/apple-samsung-smartphone-patent-war

Kurt Eichenwald explores the Korean company’s record of patent infringement and explains why Apple might win the battles but still lose the war.

• apple, tag
• samsung, tag
• patent, tag
• design, tag
• law, tag
• longform, tag
• smartphone, tag
• innovation, tag
• ·9 years ago

All Dressed Up For Mars and Nowhere to Go — Matter — Medium

medium.com/matter/all-dressed-up-for-mars-and-nowhere-to-go-7e76df527ca0

Valentin Vitaljevich Lebedev was a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days,[1] was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

• space, tag
• mars, tag
• science, tag
• mars_one, tag
• longform, tag
• ·9 years ago