8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School (9)
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Lately, I’ve been simultaneously using less and less of what I learned in school while discovering more and more skills that are vital to success which were never even offered in school! If I were to be 100% honest, probably the most valuable skill I learned in college was how to talk to girls (certainly a vital skill for happiness and success, but not what I was there to learn). The economics classes? Nope, mostly ...
Supercomputer Huygens beats Go professional: no one is safe (8)
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Filed under: Gaming You know how Go nerds are always going on about how magical they are since supercomputer AI hasn't yet cracked the ancient board game, and rarely beats even an average Go player? No? Maybe those are just our nerdy friends. Well, those folks can wipe the smug grins off their faces as they're faced with the sobering reality of defeat: Dutch supercomputer "Huygens" has defeated a human Go professional in an official ...
7 Glittering Greenhouses and Glass Houses [w/Pics] (9)
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amazing glass houses and greenhouses Most of us see our homes as our own personal sanctuaries. Home is a place where you can let loose, be yourself, and walk around in your underwear whenever you please. But for people who live in glass houses, home is more like a fish tank. While some of these glass houses seem impractical for everyday living, others serve a very real purpose. Greenhouses are constructed of glass to harness ...
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Philip Johnson glass house New Canaan Connecticut is modernist Architectural Porn. Along with the Maison de Verre (if you like the outside, seek some interior pictures) it goes to prove how 'old' the modern really is.
Teens Totally Not Into Olympics (4)
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While a huge chunk of the world is getting carried away with Olympic fever, American teens are remarkably uninterested in the whole thing. Is this a one-time glitch or has the Olympics lost these viewers for life?
