December 2011
11 posts
The Power of Being Provocative →
brycedotvc:
Back in 2010 Peter Thiel announced a controversial program called the “20 Under 20”. The plan was to make grants to 20 kids 20 years old or younger to stop out of school. The aim of the program was to not only to spot young and restless talent early on, but highlight what Peter believed was a…
The making of Galactic
mindsnacks:
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Very cool.
Elevator Algorithms
Reposted from Lisa Zhang
In Philadelphia, I spent a lot of time waiting for elevators. I inevitably paid a lot of attention to the control algorithms used by different elevators in different buildings. All elevator algorithms solve the same type of optimization problem: given that a building has n floors and m elevators, how could we most efficiently move people up/down the floors?...
Morgan Hartley: The Wonderful Art of Doing Nothing →
morganhartley:
I’ve kind of just been floating around the world since I left college, working small jobs and doing a lot of writing. I haven’t been that busy. A lot of constructive thoughts and ideas have come out of this space, and most of them will be recorded on the digitals walls of this blog before I…
Beatles - Evol Laer (Chloe Hurley Remix)
