Stories by wisty

Multiscale Aperture Synthesis Imager

Multiscale Aperture Synthesis Imager

Hybrid Still Isn't Working

The eight-legged essay, said to have caused China's subsequent stagnation

The Experts’ Advantage

The Case Against Plea Bargaining

Facebook No Bargain Compared To Google At IPO (May 2012)

How perfectly competitive firms can (in theory) behave like monopolies

Will the government rescue us from peak energy, and is this a moral hazard?

A Textbook Example of What's Wrong with Education [2004]

Lanes (left-lane = early treatment)

Finno-Ugric language may give Finland's schools the edge

MongoDB Performance & Durability (2010)

Nintendo's Genre Innovation Strategy (2005)

Ask HN: Why are there so many Python freelancers looking for work?

SO question: Licensing a rewrite from GPL to MIT (yes, you can?)

Should Cities Drive Food Trucks Off the Streets?

Negligence no longer a defence for directors in Australia.

Chinese cows (GM) to produce human milk. To be sold in 3 years.

China bans certain "standard contractual clauses" (fine print)