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A Tour of Chernobyl as it Exists Today

The Zone. Disturbing desolation. You can find more pictures of the tour in the Chernobyl Flickr set. picm: So heres my trip to Chernobyl in pictures. The trip was booked with http://www.tourchernobyl.com . I just emailed info@tourkiev.com , and got in touch with the guy who runs the whole place, Sergei. Really, really helpful guy who talked me through the whole process and...

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To Get to the Other Side

1: “So, there’s this chicken, right, and—” 2: “To get to the other side.” 1: “What?” 2: “That’s the punchline. You can stop now.” 1: “What? That’s stupid. Let me tell it, OK?” 2: “… fine.” 1: “Ok, so the chicken starts crossing the road and BLAM, creamed by a car. The driver pulls off...

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15 Noteworthy Websites That Changed the Internet →

Slashdot and Yahoo’s portal was all that I needed back in ye olden days (pre-Google era, circa 1997).

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The Secret Origin of Windows →

An interesting insight from Microsoft’s early Windows product manager on the development and launching of the original Windows 1.0 OS back in 1985.

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The Big Mac Index →

The Big Mac index defined: The Economist uses the price of the ubiquitous McDonald’s meal to calculate the “Big Mac Index”, a guide showing how far from fair value different world currencies are. The Big Mac theory (a.k.a. purchasing-power parity, or PPP) says that exchange rates should even out the prices of Big Macs sold across the world. The implied PPP shown in the table...

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People Who Walked Around The World →

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A Russian Tourist's Picture Journal of North Korea →

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North Korea's Red Star Operating System →

From another article: North Korea’s self-developed software operating system named the “Red Star” was brought to light for the first time by a Russian satellite broadcaster yesterday. North Korea’s top IT experts began developing the Red Star in 2006, but its composition and operation mechanisms were unknown until the internet version of the Russia Today-TV featured...

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