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The Corbyn Effect | The Disorder Of ThingsBlair and company argue that the Tories crave a Corbyn win, but the trap has been set a move beyond that: Cameron and Osborne can rest confident that the terror of electoral wipe-out will have a neo-Blairite Labour party galloping towards their position anyway. Always fighting the last war, and on a …

Links van 11 april 2015 tot 16 april 2015

Study finds, surprisingly, that women are favored for jobs in STEM – The Washington Post“At one point we turned to each other while we were coding email responses from faculty across the U.S. and said we hoped that the large preference for women applicants over identically qualified men applicants would slow down because it seemed …

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A Country Known Only by Name | Articles | Inference: The International Review of ScienceThere is no need to introduce Alexander Grothendieck to mathematicians: he is one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. De Franstalige nota van Elke Sleurs (N-VA): ‘Schandalig gebruik van de taal van Molière’ – België – Knack.be"Cette loi est …

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The little-known Soviet mission to rescue a dead space station | Ars TechnicaThe following story happened in 1985 but subsequently vanished into obscurity. Over the years, many details have been twisted, others created. Even the original storytellers got some things just plain wrong. After extensive research, writer Nickolai Belakovski is able to present, for the …

Links van 21 juni 2014 tot 22 juni 2014

Tono Tono – YouTubeAfasie is raar. The Early History Of Smalltalk Online advertising effectiveness: For large brands, online ads may be worthless.The Internet has given us an ocean of data. Turns out, most of it is pretty useless. ANCIENT GREEK GEOMETRYVoor alle leraars wiskunde, en alles leraars geschiedenis. Ask Chris #172: ‘The Problem’To put it …

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Giving Away Our Recommendation Engine for Free | Mortar Blog | Data Science at ScaleWhat’s better than a recommendation engine that’s free? A recommendation engine that is both awesome and free. Today, we’re announcing General Availability for the Mortar Recommendation Engine. Designed by Mortar’s engineers and top data science advisors, it produces personalized recommendations at …

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www.gootechnologies.comWhether you're a designer who likes creative freedom, or a hardcore coder pushing the limits of the web, Goo gives you the tools to create amazing web visuals in your own way and without limitations. Goo Create and Goo Engine are specially designed to make your creation process as simple and smooth as possible without …