Tag: NYTimes
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A Blazers Fan Map
From the NYTimes map from Monday Click on it, it is Interactive And specifically for the current Blazers – Spurs series
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Track Those Who Track You
This is a reprint from the NYTimes Is your Web browsing history your business – or everyone else’s? A start-up based in Palo Alto, Calif., Disconnect, which helps you track who is tracking you online, this week released its latest tool to help safeguard your browsing history. Its new browser extension works on Chrome and…
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NYTimes: It’s My Birthday Too, Yeah
I was explaining to my class the other day that given our class sizes it is better than 50-50 that two students have the same birthday. But hard to explain. So I give them this article. Article below By STEVEN STROGATZ Me, Myself and Math, a six-part series by Steven Strogatz, looks at us…
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For One Monopoly Token, the Days Are Numbered
From the NYTimes By VIJAI SINGH Courtesy of Hasbro The original version of Monopoly has eight game pieces. The game’s manufacturer plans to replace one of them. Despite the onslaught of high-tech games played on smartphones, tablets and giant flat-screen televisions, some old-fashioned board games played at a more methodical pace endure. Of those, perhaps…
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Is This Robot Disarmingly Friendly or Skynet?
The NYTimes ran the article A Robot With a Reassuring Touch two days ago. What do you think? A reminder, I copy SOME of the article so it remains available for class, but make sure to read the actual article to see links to other articles, multimedia, and all sorts of extras. Evan McGlinn for…