Stories by sogen

The “Harbinger Customers” Who Buy Unpopular Products and Back Losing Politicians

On the Future of MetaFilter (2014)

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How Breakfast Became a Thing

Beijing Orders State Offices to Replace Foreign PCS and Software

Why Is There So Much Hate for the Word “Moist”? (2015)

MIT researchers use shadows to create a video of what happens off camera

Elderly men sneak out of nursing home to attend heavy metal festival

Snowbrawl [video]

When expert view is aired on TV, public opinion shifts as much as 4% – Cialdini

The Rise and Fall of a Teenager's Meme Empire

“A single customer that rated 17,000 movies”. Netflix Prize Forum (2006)

Janko – Puzzles, puzzles and other brain teasers

Nonfiction books of past 25 years

Please Like My Vacation Photo. I Hired a Professional

Turn Your Charts into Xkcd-Style Charts with These Tools

Yahoo Music (2001-2018)

How Useful Is Tufte for Making Maps?

Facebook bug accesses iPhone's camera while user scrolls through News Feed

OpenAI has published the text-generating AI it said was too dangerous to share

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