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1. In the week Uber blew up, Netflix re-states 'No brilliant jerks' policy
(English/TheRegister)

... jerks” because the benefit of their moments of excellence are outweighed by the cost of their other behaviours.… Read all  ...

2. Giant Flying Turkeys Once Roamed Australia Because of Course They Did
(Italiano/gizmodo)

... giant brush-turkey called Progura gallinacea. The big bird was roughly the size of a kangaroo and weighed about eight… Read more... Read all  ...

3. Cloudera down more than 15% following disappointing first earnings report post-IPO (Caitlin Huston/MarketWatch)
(English/Techmeme)

Caitlin Huston / MarketWatch: Cloudera down more than 15% following disappointing first earnings report post-IPO  —  Shares of Cloudera Inc. sank 15% Friday, as Wall Street analysts weighed ...

4. Sony Exec's Slam On Old Games Misses The Appeal Of The Classics
(Italiano/gizmodo)

How much effort should today’s console makers put into keeping the classics in print and playable on modern hardware? There’s a lot of room for debate, but one PlayStation exec just weighed in with what ...

5. ROASTED PORK LOIN WITH CRUSHED GREEN PEPPERCORNS AND GREEN APPLE BOURBON
(English/instructables)

...  INGREDIENTS (4 Servings) 1/2 boneless pork loin (2 t 3 lbs; this one weighed 34 ounces)... By: THE GOURMET GRANDPA Continue Reading » Read all  ...

6. Icon on Fire
(English/WTF)

... 50 student images displayed, the payload of the HTML and assets was a whopping 452KB. That was the HTML and assets… except for one file. The favicon.ico weighed in at 307kb. Apparently, at some point ...

7. Home & Office : Cooks Mug
(English/ThinkGeek)

Weighed. Measured. Wanting this. The Cook's Mug is an all-in-one measuring cup that includes both fluid measures and dry weights, including specific measurements for cooking staples such as rice, sugar, ...

8. 'Tech Hunters' uncovers the retro gadgets that defined their time
(English/engadget)

The first mobile phones weighed roughly the same as a small child. Early black-and-white TVs had a tuning knob that you turned to change channel. Looking back on them now, it's almost laughable how ...

9. "Anonymous sources" now more credible than the White House
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... known” unless Trump had, contra Tillerson, discussed military operations. On Tuesday morning, Trump himself weighed in. “As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) ...

10. Samsung and Intel file amicus briefs against Qualcomm, supporting FTC's antitrust action (Ian King/Bloomberg)
(English/Techmeme)

... South Korean firm is one of biggest users of Qualcomm chips  —  Samsung Electronics Co. and Intel Corp. weighed in with their own gripes … Read all  ...

11. When Computers Fly
(English/WTF)

... had been that their street wasn’t very busy. He had run the cable across the street, and weighed it down with rocks, thinking that would be safe. Since that put some tension on the cable, he didn’t ...

12. Three signs your product's development is broken
(English/Betanews)

... meeting arbitrary progress points passed down from above. What’s the end result? You’ve developed a product weighed down by unnecessary features that may fit into corporate’s strategic plan but don’t fit ...

13. AI will make and break the job market
(English/Betanews)

There’s a heated debate going on whether artificial intelligence will cause people to lose jobs or create new jobs instead. Well, IT consultancy firm Infosys has weighed in on the debate, releasing the ...

14. Shedding Light on How Much Energy the Internet and ICTs Consume
(English/CircleID)

... argued that all the skyscraper's environmentally friendly add-ons — the waterless urinals, the daylight dimming controls, the rainwater harvesting — were outweighed by the fact that the building ...

15. There Is No Cuban Home Internet Plan - And That's Good News
(English/CircleID)

... is a clip from that speech. In 1997, the Cuban government decided that the political risk posed by the Internet outweighed its potential benefit and decided to suppress it. At the same time, China opted ...

16. Recomendo newsletter: Free books, the Exploratorium, and more
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... One time when I did this, the guy sitting in the seat (he was probably 6’5” and weighed 300 pounds) leaned over and said conspiratorially, “No one will sit here. It’s always the last seat they take.“ — ...

17. George Hotz wants Comma AI to be the Android of autonomous driving
(English/engadget)

... He also weighed in on California's regulat... Read all  ...

18. How the Slow Adoption of the Cloud Has Impacted 3 Industries
(English/CircleID)

... of industries that are feeling a little more weighed down than their cloud-bound compatriots: 1. Finance & Banking At first, you might think the folks at the teller stand are in fact using a ...

19. Sony boss points the finger at No Man's Sky marketing strategy
(English/Neowin)

President of Sony Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida has weighed in on the saga involving No Man's Sky while Sony continues to resist issuing refunds to disappointed gamers. Read more... Read all  ...

20. UDRP Complaints: Getting it Right the First Time; Second Chance With New Facts
(English/CircleID)

... begin using them in bad faith. Federal courts have weighed in on this issue in a couple of notable decisions. While trademark registrations represent the kinds of new facts that support refiling, changed ...

21. NASA satellite snaps the first methane leak detected from space
(English/gizmag)

Methane's concentration in the atmosphere might be outweighed and outlasted by the more bountiful CO2, but this greenhouse gas is perfectly capable of doing some damage while it's up there. ...

22. Coded Smorgasbord: A Spiritual Journey
(English/WTF)

... last portion, which we hope is a filename. Now, with that filename, the collective sin on our souls must be weighed, and our eternal reward- or punishment- will be delivered. Brandon knows what the afterlife ...

23. Schumer confirms expected indictment of Iranian hackers for N.Y. dam breach
(English/Security)

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer weighed in on the cyberattack against the Bowman Avenue Dam in upstate New York, calling the attack a "shot across the bow." Read all  ...

24. 70 percent of UK tech businesses oppose a Brexit
(English/Betanews)

As the UK considers leaving the EU, tech businesses have weighed in on whether or not they are in favor of such a move in a new survey conducted by techUK. 70 percent of its members are in favor of the ...

25. UN Commissioner: Human Rights at Stake in FBI, Apple Struggle
(English/Security)

UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra'Ad Al-Hussein weighed in on the Apple-FBI dispute, asking U.S. authorities to proceed with great caution. The legal fight centers on a court's order that Apple help the FBI ...