digital nomad
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45 books
first published
1 Apr 2004
added 19 Feb 2022
those who use telecommunications technologies to earn a living and, more generally, conduct their life in a nomadic manner
Reflections on Trusting Trust
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8 books
first published
1 Apr 2004
added 24 Feb 2022
a lecture by Ken Thompson that discusses the risks in trusting the software and tools one uses, and demonstrates a compiler backdoor.
Bob Geldof
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54 books
first published
26 Mar 2004
added 12 Feb 2017
Therac-25
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10 books
first published
15 Feb 2004
Radiotherapy machine involved in six accidents
Elon Musk
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566 books
first published
15 Jan 2004
businessman
Max Levchin
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53 books
first published
15 Jan 2004
added 2 Nov 2021
American businessman
Peter Thiel
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367 books
first published
15 Jan 2004
an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir
Cory Doctorow
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134 books
first published
6 Jan 2004
added 18 Jan 2026
Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author
post-oil
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16 books
first published
2 Jan 2004
added 15 Oct 2020
post-war consensus
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29 books
first published
2 Jan 2004
added 22 Nov 2021
period in British political history, 1945 to 1970s
eat what you kill
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23 books
first published
2004
added 17 Jun 2021
a phrase often used in finance and law firms to describe a compensation system where employees earn from their own efforts
meritocracy
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50 books
first published
2004
added 25 Jun 2022
type of organisation
Atul Gawande
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101 books
first published
2004
American surgeon
horn antenna
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11 books
first published
2004
a type of antenna that consists of a flaring metal waveguide to direct radio waves
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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14 books
first published
2004
added 20 Jun 2021
Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual (1922-1975)
Olbers’ paradox
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7 books
first published
2004
the argument that the darkness of the night sky conflicts with the assumption of an infinite, static universe
Picturephone
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11 books
first published
2004
Videotelephony system
Robert Durst
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7 books
first published
2004
added 18 Oct 2020
American real-estate heir and convicted murderer (1943–2022)
Jeff Hawkins
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39 books
first published
2004
added 11 Feb 2022
single board computer
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6 books
first published
2004
added 25 Oct 2025
complete computer built on a single circuit board
peak-end rule
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10 books
first published
2004
added 2 Jul 2022
psychological heuristic
Emanuel Derman
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37 books
first published
24 Dec 2003
South African economist
transit-oriented development
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38 books
first published
15 Dec 2003
urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business, and leisure space within walking distance of public transport
Donald Shoup
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32 books
first published
15 Dec 2003
added 7 May 2023
American economist known for his work in economy of parking
congestion pricing
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61 books
first published
15 Dec 2003
added 7 May 2023
system of surcharging users of public goods that are subject to congestion
Japanese asset price bubble
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20 books
first published
12 Nov 2003
added 23 Oct 2022
economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated, collapsing in early 1992
skinny streets
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7 books
first published
28 Oct 2003
added 13 Jan 2017
narrow streets designed to limit vehicle speed and prioritize pedestrian safety.
Zawinski's Law
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1 books
first published
22 Sep 2003
added 23 May 2024
Valgrind
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8 books
first published
22 Sep 2003
level 1 cache
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13 books
first published
22 Sep 2003
added 20 Nov 2021
fastest level of hardware cache used in modern central processing units
Jeffrey Epstein
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51 books
first published
31 Jul 2003
added 18 Oct 2020
an American financier and convicted sex offender. He gained infamy for his involvement in criminal activities related to sexual exploitation.
one-state solution
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22 books
first published
31 Jul 2003
added 19 May 2017
proposed resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict involving a single state with both Israelis and Palestinians as citizens
microplastics / micro fibres
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56 books
first published
5 May 2003
added 11 Aug 2023
tiny particles of plastic or fibres that pollute water and soil
James Surowiecki
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133 books
first published
5 May 2003
added 6 Sep 2025
American journalist
Ferguson, Missouri
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95 books
first published
14 Apr 2003
city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
Martin Cooper
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10 books
first published
15 Mar 2003
added 20 Dec 2023
father of the handheld cell phone
William Shockley: the traitorous eight
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31 books
first published
4 Mar 2003
William Shockley was a Nobel-prize winning physicist whose management style led eight of his employees to leave and form Fairchild Semiconductor, effectively founding Silicon Valley.
Passenger Name Record
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8 books
first published
15 Jan 2003
added 14 Jan 2024
record used for exchanging information about passengers in travel
WeWork
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88 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
added 17 Jun 2021
an American company offering shared workspaces and office services, known for its rapid growth and subsequent controversies.
algorithmic bias
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86 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
added 5 Dec 2020
systematic and repeatable errors in a computer system that create unfair outcomes, such as privileging one arbitrary group of users over others
search engine result page
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17 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
the page displayed by a web search engine in response to a query, typically containing a list of links to web pages deemed relevant to the search terms.
text mining
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43 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
process of analysing text to extract information from it
Bob Litterman
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14 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
added 6 Aug 2023
an American economist, notable for his work in risk management, particularly the development of the Black-Litterman asset allocation model
automated trading system
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33 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
a method of trading that uses algorithms and pre-set rules for entering and exiting trades, without human intervention.
post-materialism
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29 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
added 15 Oct 2020
theory within sociology
PageRank
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89 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
algorithm for calculating the authority of a web page based on link structure.
two-sided market
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45 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
market having two distinct user groups that provide each other with network benefits
payment for order flow
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18 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
added 8 Nov 2021
compensation that a broker receives
full text search
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43 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
techniques for searching a single computer-stored document or a collection in a full text database
Netflix Prize
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71 books
first published
2 Jan 2003
competition from 2006-2009 to improve Netflix's personalization algorithm
energy security
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173 books
first published
2003
national security considerations of energy availability