Stories by shawndumas

Did Twitter engineers just admit to shadow-banning conservatives? Nope

The fastest object ever launched was a manhole cover

Do Soda Taxes Work? Not Unless Retailers Raise Prices

The roles played by preferences for athletes and children of alumni [pdf]

Aeolipile

Elitzur–Vaidman bomb tester

Facebook Can’t Be Fixed

Myth: Ellis Island Name Changes (video)

The Return on Education (ROEd): Salary Trajectory by Degree

Science and Linguistics (1940)

How to Highlight Your Talents in a Job Interview Without Showing Off

Has Apple Lost Its Design Mojo?

The Majestic Monolith

Is “Big Data” racist? Why policing by data isn’t necessarily objective

Homeowners Rush to Prepay 2018 Property-Tax Bills

US Spy Satellites Catch Chinese Ships Illegally Selling Oil to North Korea

How to Win Over a Boss Who Just Doesn’t Seem to Like You

Apple Changes Business of Selling Your Browsing Data

Toilet Paper History: How America Convinced the World to Wipe (2009)

JS MythBusters, a JavaScript optimization handbook from a high level

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