The Evolution Of Hacker News
Sat, 18 May 2013 13:08:14 -0700
The idea of a VC having its own news aggregator was a bit outlandish in 2007. But Y Combinator was in an unusual position in those days anyway. Startup incubators had been a highly visible part of the dot-com crash, and Silicon Valley was still skeptical of the concept nearly a decade later. So YC set out to be something different -- a community of hackers building companies on their own terms.
Study: 'Fossil' Words Are Older Than We Thought
Tue, 07 May 2013 16:08:57 -0700
The origin of some of the words we use today go back much further than scientists once thought, suggesting an Ice Age-era proto-language that spawned many of the world's contemporary linguistic groups, according to a new study by a group of U.K.-based scientists. The study, published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , says so-called "ultraconserved ...
BRIEFLY: May 18
Sat, 18 May 2013 08:19:04 -0700
Read about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
Samsung PN64F8500
Wed, 01 May 2013 12:21:16 -0700
Editor's Rating: User Rating: Good: The Samsung PNF8500 series exhibits outstanding picture quality with a class-leading bright-room image, exceedingly deep black levels, very good shadow detail, highly accurate colors and superb off-angle and uniformity characteristics; mind-boggling feature list with touch-pad remote, IR blaster with cable box control, four pairs of 3D glasses, motion and ...
Samsung PN60F8500
Wed, 01 May 2013 12:20:58 -0700
Editor's Rating: User Rating: Good: The Samsung PNF8500 series exhibits outstanding picture quality with a class-leading bright-room image, exceedingly deep black levels, very good shadow detail, highly accurate colors and superb off-angle and uniformity characteristics; mind-boggling feature list with touch-pad remote, IR blaster with cable box control, four pairs of 3D glasses, motion and ...