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Bookmarks [2013/11/25]

25 Nov 2013 | categories: [ bookmarks ]

  • The Math Trick Behind MP3s, JPEGs, and Homer Simpson’s Face - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus

    The Fourier transform has even been used to identify a counterfeit Jackson Pollock painting by deciphering the chemicals in the paint.

  • Sleep: When Brain Cells Shrink & Neuro Trash Is Flushed Away - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus

    Maybe the fresh, new feeling we have when we awake really is a kind of cleanliness, as the byproducts of the previous day’s cogitations have been washed away.

  • It’s Nice That : Bookshelf: Jason Silva

    As we prepare body and soul for the gluttony and giving nearly upon us, Jason Silva presents us with an intellectual antidote; an incredible and excitable selection of books that thinks a little bigger than exactly how many brussels sprouts we will be expected to eat in the coming weeks. Web-wide courted themes of The Singualrity, group consciousness and technology’s expectation of us, the synthesis of the human condition and (why not?) immortality – all are to be found in the permanent pages of this wonderfully accessible selection of books on Silva’s Bookshelf.

  • Cal lecturer’s email to students goes viral: “Why I am not canceling class tomorrow” | CAA

    you will think something in response along the lines of `I know all that, but these things are for someone else to figure out, not me.’

    That is a mistake.

  • The Most Surprising Things About America, According To An Indian International Student | Business Insider India

    The most surprising things about America

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