Sunday, 7. May 12017
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The real rich kids of Fyre Festival – the influencers – didn't suffer from its failure.

The Fyre Festival debacle conclusively proves both that influencer marketing works – and that it shouldn’t be allowed to.

The Kitten Crisis.

With so many animals in need in the United States, it’s kind of hard for some people to believe that kittens need our help. After all, kittens are universally adored—so they must be doing okay…right?

Unfortunately: wrong.

Thursday, 4. May 12017
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My track of the week.

Titan, by The Physics House Band from the album Horizons / Rapture.

Source: f4.bcbits.com
Monday, 1. May 12017
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L.O.V.E.

It is time for love to become a radical force in politics.

In the New Zealand indigenous Māori culture, aroha (loosely translated as ‘love’) has long been a key value in dispute resolution. Religious traditions have prized the practice of love in everyday ethics. Activists have referred to love in placards and slogans – for example, in organising to oppose war, support marriage equality, or fight for human rights.

JavaScript FTW!

Stanford just abandoned Java in favor of JavaScript for its intro CS course.

Stereo Total: Patty Hearst – Princess and Terrorist.

Eine 19-jährige Millionenerbin wird von der Terroristengruppe SLA entführt. Sie schließt sich ihnen an, verliebt sich in einen der Entführer, raubt Banken aus und wird im Vietnamkriegs-Amerika der 70er Jahre zur revolutionären Ikone. Stereo Total erzählen diese authentische Geschichte als Hörspiel-Musical mit Stargästen.

Video: Ageing to the beat of their own drums – from one to 100 years old.

Source: omicron.aeon.co

Six programming paradigms that will change how you think about coding.

Yoga pants, fleece jackets and the microplastics dilemma.

No clothing brand intended for their synthetic products to be discharged into the environment in the former of tiny bits of plastic. Now that they know, they must step up and tackle the problem.

SEO Secrets: Reverse-Engineering Google’s Algorithm.

Attempting to game or cheat Google’s algorithm with this information will only backfire on you, because as an engineer, that’s what I would do (minus 30 points from Slytherin!).