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Tech’s obsession with ‘hustle porn’ is discriminatory and counterproductive

Feb25
by on February 25, 2019 at 1:57 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Future of Work


Entrepreneurship and the tech industry is built on the idea of “hustling” to get things done. It’s confidently preached by tech giants like Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, who last year tweeted that people would have to work more than 40 hours a week, if they really want to change the world. What’s the correct number of hours a week to change the world? — Margreth Mpossi (@margrethmpossi) November 26, 2018 Varies per person, but about 80 sustained, peaking above 100 at times. Pain level increases exponentially above 80. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 26, 2018 Similarly to…

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Tech’s obsession with ‘hustle porn’ is discriminatory and counterproductive

Feb25
by on February 25, 2019 at 1:57 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Future of Work


Entrepreneurship and the tech industry is built on the idea of “hustling” to get things done. It’s confidently preached by tech giants like Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, who last year tweeted that people would have to work more than 40 hours a week, if they really want to change the world. What’s the correct number of hours a week to change the world? — Margreth Mpossi (@margrethmpossi) November 26, 2018 Varies per person, but about 80 sustained, peaking above 100 at times. Pain level increases exponentially above 80. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 26, 2018 Similarly to…

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Learn every piece of a full digital marketing plan for about $4 per course

Feb25
by on February 25, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


Digital marketing covers so many frontiers that it’s easy for even seasoned pros to occasionally lose focus and miss something. That’s why the truckload of training found in the Marketing, SEO and Affiliate Marketing Super Bundle ($37, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals) works for all levels of sales experience — because even the experts can use a refresher now and again.

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Thisairbnbdoesntexist’s AI generates Airbnbs a hip computer would want to stay in

Feb25
by on February 25, 2019 at 1:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Insider


Hello, welcome to yet another episode of the “thisdoesntexist” AI experiment. A clever developer has harness the power of AI to make a site that generates non-existent Airbnb’s that look almost like the real thing. This new site produces fictional Airbnb ads with photos, details of the property, and even a host; each time you click refresh, you’ll get a new fake listing. It’s made by Christopher Schmidt, a software engineer, who was inspired by a similar project called thispersondoesntexist. To make this happen, he trained an AI to generate a living room, a kitchen, a bedroom, and a dining room, and…

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Why probing this new artificial DNA molecule could help us discover aliens

Feb25
by on February 25, 2019 at 11:38 am
Posted In: Around the Web


It has been more than 65 years since James Watson and Francis Crick, working with Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins discovered that DNA – the basic chemical information code of all life forms – has a double helical structure that played an important role in its function. Since then, astrobiologists have tried to conjure up the myriad forms and shapes in which life could be found on other planets. And a significant part of that imagination requires figuring out the permutations and combinations in which DNA could be assembled in such extraterrestrial organisms, as opposed to those found in living…

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