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Current Event paddystacksKickstarter CEO Perry Chen steps down
Kickstarter CEO Perry Chen issued an open letter on the site’s blog today, noting that he will be stepping down from his role. The executive served as one of three co-founders for the service, launching the site in 2009, with Yancey Strickler and Charles Adler.
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6 days ago
Analysis paddystacks
Cornerstone Content: 10 Content Experts Give Top Tips
A content strategy focused on cornerstone content can help you rank in SERPs and organize your content. Get the most out of your content with these tips.
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6 days ago
Analysis paddystacks
How the Guardian Went Digital
Remaking itself from a little leftie newspaper to a powerhouse of internet journalism required experimentation, transparency, and embracing uncertainty.
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1 month ago
Analysis paddystacks
Longevity scientists launch academy to raise profile of life-extending research
Among the goals of the group, called the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research, are to share findings and lobby governments in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere to increase funding and create pathways to approve age-slowing therapies.
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1 month ago
Analysis paddystacks
“Reverse Innovation” Could Save Lives. Why Aren’t We Embracing It?
Cheap and simple medical devices could improve performance and lower health-care costs, but first they have to overcome deeply rooted biases.
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1 month ago
Analysis paddystacks
How One Crash 10 Years Ago Helped Keep 90 Million Flights Safe
Investigators never figured out precisely why the pilot abruptly sent the Colgan Air turboprop into a fatal dive 10 years ago as it neared Buffalo, N.Y. But they did learn enough from the Feb. 12, 2009, crash, which killed 50 people, to make it one of the most important milestones in the history of aviation safety, leading to changes in everything from pilot training to managing fatigue.
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1 month ago
Analysis paddystacks
The best thing you can do for your health: sleep well
‘A consistent seven to nine-hour sleep each night is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health’
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1 month ago
Current Event paddystacks
Shut detention camps, Turkey tells China
The statement follows the reported death in a camp of a prominent musician from the Uighur minority.
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1 month ago
Expression paddystacks
Why You Should Stop Fearing Failure
The founder of Girls Who Code shares one of her biggest life lessons: Go ahead and try.
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1 month ago
Analysis paddystacks
Misbehaving: being clever and wicked is a form of creativity
We confirmed the contention that the dark side of creativity exists, and is one that it’s important to acknowledge and understand. People can get hurt in surprising and original ways by practitioners of this dark craft. And, just as important, an entire set of misbehaviours with the potential to help us learn more about human creativity may be going unnoticed and ignored.
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1 month ago
Analysis paddystacks
Deep Learning ‘Godfather’ Bengio Worries About China's Use of AI
Yoshua Bengio, a Canadian computer scientist who helped pioneer the techniques underpinning much of the current excitement around artificial intelligence, is worried about China’s use of AI for surveillance and political control.
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1 month ago
Expression paddystacks
Why I created a robot to write news stories
Guardian Australia has just published its first automated article but reporters fear not – you’re still needed for a while yet.
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1 month ago
Related Link paddystacks
BuzzFeed laid off its Director of Quizzes because lots of people are willing to make quizzes for free
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1 month ago
Expression paddystacks
In France, Comic Books Are Serious Business
At the Angoulême International Comics Festival, there was a sense that the best days for comic books may be yet to come — in the French-speaking world, at least.
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1 month ago
Comment paddystacks
Circles was where they excelled at. FB just copied it straight up like they do with almost everything else.
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
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Meet the man behind a third of what's on Wikipedia
Steven Pruitt has made nearly 3 million edits on Wikipedia and written 35,000 original articles -- all for free
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2 months ago
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Right to Repair is already hurtling into action in 2019
2018 saw 19 states introduce fair repair legislation and Europe debut ecodesign regulations abroad. Now just three weeks into the new year, Right to Repair laws are being proposed across the country. Here's what you can expect from Right to Repair in 2019.