Show Notes for April 7, 2016

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  • Security
    • VPN-over-DNS
      • Free Android application delivered with a free account to connect to our VPN server farm
  • Laptops
  • The state of Yahoo
    • “It’s like a dilapidated house in Silicon Valley — you walk in and are overwhelmed by the work that needs to be done and how bad it has gotten,” said one potential buyer. “But then it’s in a good neighborhood, the market is nuts and there’s not many like it anymore, so you have to hope you can fix it.”
  • Alaska acquisition of Virgin America
    • Total price tag of $4 billion
    • As of this writing, Alaska market cap is about $9.5 billion
  • "Les chloramines sont des composés chimiques caractérisés par le groupement -N-Cl, d'où leur nom signifiant amine chloré."
  • ETH research: 3D Integrated Water Cooling of a Composite Multilayer Stack of Chips
  • Nootropics
    • Nootropics "(pronunciation: /noʊ.əˈtrɒpᵻks/ noh-ə-trop-iks)—also called smart drugs and cognitive enhancers—are drugs, supplements, or other substances that improve cognitive function, particularly executive functions, memory, creativity, or motivation, in healthy individuals. The use of cognition-enhancing drugs by healthy individuals in the absence of a medical indication is one of the most debated topics among neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and physicians which spans a number of issues, including the ethics and fairness of their use, concerns over adverse effects, and the diversion of prescription drugs for nonmedical uses, among others. Nonetheless, the international sales of cognition-enhancing supplements exceeded US$1 billion in 2015 and the global demand for these compounds is still growing rapidly."
    • Nootrobox | Nootropics - Nutrients for Your Brain
  • HTTP/2

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