Archive - October 8th, 2014

Meet the New Underclass: People With Ph.D.s in Science

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Meet the New Underclass: People With Ph.D.s in Science:

Once upon a time, newly-minted science Ph.D.s would get research jobs at a senior scientist’s laboratory, to train and hone the ideas they would explore at their own labs. But now the supply of post-doctoral students is outpacing demand, creating a new, hyper-educated underclass.

Haha, this Russian cover of Kiesza’s Hideaway is awesome.

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Haha, this Russian cover of Kiesza’s Hideaway is awesome.

“Things are getting worse on the internet, not better, at the very moment when the internet in all of…”

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“”Things are getting worse on the internet, not better, at the very moment when the internet in all of its forms is becoming part and parcel of everyday life. If there was a pretext that “the internet” was a separate light-green universe where different rules were held from “IRL,” I think we’re over that now.””

Unauthorized Access.

iPad Hacker and “Troll” Weev Is Now a Straight-Up White Supremacist

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iPad Hacker and “Troll” Weev Is Now a Straight-Up White Supremacist:

Four years ago, Andrew “Weev” Aurenheimer poked an easy hole in Apple’s iPad security, exposed the information of 114,000 users, and embarrassed both that company and AT&T. He spent a year in prison before his sentence was tossed out, becoming a hacker hero in the process—and also, apparently, a neo-Nazi.

PS: The line from Trolololol lolz racism and actual racism is non-existent. Surprise!