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🌟 Introducing Dash 🌟
Create Reactive Web Apps in pure Python
plotly
Jun 21
I burned my first startup to the ground. Here are some hard lessons learned.
It’s been nearly 12 months since my first startup went up in flames. I’m going to tell you how it all happened, in hopes that my mistakes …
Omer Goldberg
Jun 21
The Process Is Dead. Long Live the Process.
What the arrival of Markelle Fultz means for the long-suffering Sixers
John Gonzalez
Jun 21
I was wrong about Trump voters
After the November election, one prevailing narrative suggested that the primary reason people voted for Donald Trump had to do with poor…
Michael Baharaeen
Jun 20
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What Makes a Cult?
Cults, defined. And a few warning signs.
Kathleen Toohill
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How to Cult
Jun 20
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The Risk of Nuclear War Is Growing
Shortly after midnight on September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov saved the world. He had just arrived on duty at Serpukhov-15, a secret…
Brett S. Morris
Jun 20
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The Fall of Tiger Woods
Not too long ago he was mentioned in the same breath as Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. He’s not anymore.
Brad Callas
Jun 5
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In My Shoes
I walk a lot. This isn’t a particularly interesting or revealing admission, I know. When I was younger, I never paid much attention to…
Stephen M. Tomic
Jun 6
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How to Get Promoted
It’s not enough simply to be good at your job
Heather Hund
Jun 22
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Religious Liberty
The right to religious belief and expression is of first importance to a free society
Erick Erickson
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When Liberalism Stops Being Liberal
Jun 22
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Identity Politics
Left, right, and the making of Trump’s America
Varad Mehta
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When Liberalism Stops Being Liberal
Jun 22
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Free Speech in a Global Context
Dangerously illiberal trends in liberal societies
Nicholas Grossman
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When Liberalism Stops Being Liberal
Jun 22
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The Kids are Socialists Because Capitalism is Dickslapping the Planet
Capitalism doesn’t have a plan, you know. It only goes in one direction and it doesn’t care what you want.
Holly Wood
Jun 21
Everything I Know About Storytelling I Learned From The BBC’s “Planet Earth II”
My guru, my iguana.
Ben Dolnick
Jun 20
Why Amazon Bought Whole Foods
Its not about food. It’s about the future of commerce.
American Jebus
Jun 19
Uber’s path forward
With everything happening recently, I wanted to share my thoughts on how we got here, and a path forward. Like many of you, recent events…
G.
Jun 20
subculture to counterculture to culture
Mainstream culture has problems — political, social, communicative.
Freddie deBoer
Jun 20
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We Cannot Amuse Ourselves to Death
And that is far more worrying than the idea that we could.
Zander Nethercutt
Jun 19
Designing Windows Mixed Reality
Guidance for immersive and holographic head-mounted displays
Jonathan Wiedemann
Jun 20
How Tech Created A New Industrial Model
With a connected device for every acre of inhabitable land, we are starting to remake design, manufacturing, sales. Really, everything.
Quentin Hardy
Jun 21
How new technologies can create huge numbers of meaningful jobs
Pelu Tran, Co-founder and President, Augmendix
World Economic Forum
Jun 20
Smart Home Protocols Explained
Thread, Zigbee, Z-Wave, KNX and More
DEKRA Product Safety
Jun 20
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How to Tap Into Your Creativity
Creativity cannot be forced.
Ravi Shankar Rajan
Jun 20
Me Write Pretty One Day
Why Purple Prose Kills the Clarity of Your Content
ProWritingAid
Jun 19
10 Hard Truths About Making Things.
Get it done / Don’t make it perfect
Jon Westenberg
Jun 11
How many words should there be in a novel ?
It is one of the questions that come up time and time again when writing — How many words should there be in a novel ? People want to now…
Steven Thompson Author
Jun 19
Captivating Creativity in that one precious Minute of the Day
Training yourself to stretch your moment of waking up to spark Creativity
Christel Janssen
Jun 19
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Scaling A Startup? Pick An Idol
You know, for someone who has never run a company, I have a ton of opinions about how to do it better than anyone else. I’m all about that…
Frank Caron
Jun 21
How to Create a Side Project that Customers Actually Want
“Don’t find customers for your product. Find products for your customers.” — Seth Godin
Liam Sarsfield
Jun 20
Should I learn to code if I want to be a tech entrepreneur?
One common question I get asked is: “Should I learn to code if I want to be a tech entrepreneur?”
Poornima Vijayashanker
Jun 21
How to Create a Successful App: The Art of Finding a Problem Worth Solving
Most successful products share one thing in common: they are efficient painkillers. In order for your app to capture a share of the market…
Josiah Humphrey
Jun 20
Should Startups Care About Profitability?
There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. One of them is…
Mark Suster
Jun 17
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How Gaming Can Save us from our Apathy
My first year of college I made friends with a roommate trio in an adjacent dorm. They began to withdraw socially and academically after…
Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis
Jun 12
When Befriending A Celebrity Goes Horribly Wrong
An interview with the creators of the series “Texting With Gosling”
Bri Castellini
Jun 21
This 1950s book scandalized and captivated America—and eventually destroyed its author’s life
When Grace Metalious wrote ‘Peyton Place’ she had no idea how big it would be
Nina Renata Aron
Jun 19
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The Biography of a Beastly Number
Why thirteen is the number of our nightmares
Mitch Horowitz
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In the Dark
Jun 21
Roxane Gay decided to write about being overweight
It took her to some painful places
The Lily News
Jun 21
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5 ways to stay sane on the Internet
ANALYSIS | Of course, it’s not exactly the most serene place
Kelly Williams Brown
Jun 16
4 Steps to End Negative Habitual Thinking
I’ve been going through a spiritual awakening. I am remembering my own power and realizing how liberating it is to know that I can manifest…
Emmaly Beck
Jun 7
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How You Trigger Success By Adopting Gratitude
Applied lessons from therapy
Ryan Engelstad
Jun 16
8 Surprisingly Easy Ways to Beat Down Your Goals Like a Champion
Ready or Not, It’s Time to Conquer Your Fears
Blake Powell
Jun 13
The Way I Journal: Kendra Wright
Blogger Kendra Wright doesn’t want life to whizz by
Jacob Gibb
Jun 16
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Wheelchair users dragged away from McConnell’s office for protesting health care bill
Dozens of disability rights activists were arrested.
E.A. Crunden
Jun 22
An Open Letter to Congress from healthcare providers-in-training at NYU School of Medicine
To sign this letter, fill out this form.
Hannah Weber
Jun 22
How Can I Make My Voice Heard?
A question I’ve heard often from Oregonians in my 46 town halls so far this year cuts to the very core of our American democracy.
Ron Wyden
Jun 22
Why I’m Meeting with President Trump
Since last fall’s presidential election, much has been made about the ever widening disconnect between “tech” and the rest of the country…
Steve Case
Jun 21
America’s Endgame in Syria
Is the U.S. fighting Assad or not?
Nicholas Grossman
Jun 20