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Ise Ise Baby : Coherent Ising Machines and the New Frontier of Non-Von Neumann Computing
The approach is one of the most promising candidates among “non-Von Neumann” computer architectures.
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Making Sense of the World : the Entangled Perspectives of Camilla Pang and Julia Ravanis
Two of the best science books I’ve come across in a good while: Explaining Humans by Camilla Pang, and Skönheten i Kaos by Julia Ravanis. Reading them back to back created an impression of perfect symmetry.
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Stockholm We Have a Problem : Public Sector IT Failures and the Case for Open Source
Sweden has become a unicorn factory and programming is one of the most common occupations, but successful IT-projects are rare outside of the private sector.
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The Price of Change : Paying Citizens to Make Better Choices
What would happen if instead of encouraging people with subtle queues, you’d simply pay them cash?
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The Subtle Art of Giving a F*ck : Kim Scott on Radical Candor
A good boss have to offer very direct feedback. For that not to be brutal, you must invest in the relationship beyond what’s often thought of as professional.
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At the Crossroads of Intellectual Property and Software Engineering
The ins- and outs of open hardware; the power and perils of building your products on top of FOSS-stacks; the dos and don’ts with design patenting, and so much more.
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Culture Encoded : Ellen Ullman’s Life in the Machine
Close to the Machine : Technophilia and its discontents by Ellen Ullman chronicles the dawn of the Internet from the point of view of a freelance programmer. I loved it intensely.
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Girly Stuff : Lessons from Katrine Marçal’s Mother of Invention
The system has always worked hard to hide the fact that women are just as brilliantly ingenious innovators as men are.
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Brevity is Good For Business : Why Knowing When to Shut Up Can Boost Productivity
Animals can teach us something about cutting to the chase.
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Creative Doesn’t Mean Nice : Striking the Balance in Company Culture
Culture can be a company’s most valuable asset, but creative a good one is hard.
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Ghost in the Machine : A Brief History of AI in Therapy
Machine based therapy would be the ultimate proof of generalised artificial intelligence. I’d like to think it’s not too much to expect.
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Use the Force
Knowing your opponent’s most ardent desire is the key to beating them at their own game.
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Steady On Target
It’s all very well to come up with an award winning strategy, the tough bit is to stick to it when the goings get rough.
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Defining Done
Endings are tricky business; how do you know when you’re done?
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Managing Mozart
Great leadership requires constant fluid shifting between different modes of operation.