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Type Selection: Combining Type With Helvetica
yesterday by lantern
Interesting article on typeface combination.
fonts
typography
type
article
design
grabs
yesterday by lantern
PingTimeout.fr: Hotspot JVM Options - The complete reference
yesterday by parzonka
So I downloaded the source of OpenJDK and extracted the relevant information. Please find here the complete list of every "product" JVM option.
These options are available as of Hotspot JVM 1.7.0_04.
java
hotspot
jvm
options
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article
2012
These options are available as of Hotspot JVM 1.7.0_04.
yesterday by parzonka
GREY MATTERS: Black Widow Spins Webs Around THE AVENGERS | Press Play
yesterday by shadowkeeper
Answer: It works so easily that The Avengers is well on its way to becoming one of the most popular films in human history. Maybe a mess of male critics can’t see a triumphant Black Widow in the malange of superheroes crowding the film. But in this election year defined by demeaning treatment of women, it’s encouraging to know that a whole lot of America can.
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film
avengers
yesterday by shadowkeeper
How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform, Matt Taibbi
yesterday by ingenu
"While death and taxes may be only relative certainties in today's economy – failing megabanks neither die nor pay taxes anymore – one thing that was always absolutely certain from the start was that Wall Street was going to sue the living hell out of Washington before the ink was even dry on Dodd-Frank. It took a little while, but the banks very quickly found a tried-and-true method of tying up the reforms in court."
"That's how the swaps market works. It operates completely in the dark. If you're some Podunk town in Texas or Alabama and you need swaps financing, you've got to ask Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley what it costs. There's no exchange where you can compare prices. And modern investment bankers are ethically a notch below your average drug dealer. They will extract from their customer – a town, an airline, a chain of retail stores – whatever they think he'll pay. And that extra cost will be passed on to you by the overcharged customer, in the form of higher taxes, bigger home-heating bills, higher sewer rates or pricier airline tickets. Wall Street will be taking a bite out of you every time you write a check."
NB "municipal-bond offerings, one of the most dependably corrupt businesses in the American economy."
recession
nation
politics
law
economics
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"That's how the swaps market works. It operates completely in the dark. If you're some Podunk town in Texas or Alabama and you need swaps financing, you've got to ask Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley what it costs. There's no exchange where you can compare prices. And modern investment bankers are ethically a notch below your average drug dealer. They will extract from their customer – a town, an airline, a chain of retail stores – whatever they think he'll pay. And that extra cost will be passed on to you by the overcharged customer, in the form of higher taxes, bigger home-heating bills, higher sewer rates or pricier airline tickets. Wall Street will be taking a bite out of you every time you write a check."
NB "municipal-bond offerings, one of the most dependably corrupt businesses in the American economy."
yesterday by ingenu
Amazon Killed The Book Reviewer Star | TechCrunch
yesterday by parzonka
The result, implies this new research, is that Amazon has democratized the book reviewing process, with consumer reviewers less beholden to special interests and more representative of the book-reading masses.
amazon
review
books
2012
article
yesterday by parzonka
The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death | World news | The Guardian
yesterday by magnusvk
Conclusive proof that Texas executed an innocent man.
article
guardian
deathpenalty
crime
justice
capitalpunishment
texas
murder
yesterday by magnusvk
A Review of Citation Analysis Methodologies for Collection Management
yesterday by Ratcatcher
excellent article; should cite...
article
citationindexes
bibliometrics
in:crl
yesterday by Ratcatcher
Consumers Find Ways to Spend Less and Find Happiness - NYTimes.com
yesterday by mkeely
“If Money Doesn’t Make You Happy Then You Probably Aren’t Spending It Right.”
health
psychology
minimalism
article
travel
happiness
yesterday by mkeely