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A Million Lines of Code?

Warning: Geek post. Healthcare.gov come under fire at the end of last year for a less-than-effective website design. They didn’t help their case after claiming that 5 million lines of code needed to be rewritten and the entire website contained over 500 million lines of code. But, to the average layman, what exactly does that mean? Informationisbeautiful.net helps us put this into context. It’s worth a look.

Six Podcasts You Should Check Out

As a world-renowned podcaster, many people like to approach me on the streets and ask me “Armand, what podcasts do you listen to???” (Note: No one has ever asked me this question.) So I thought it was about time I let the world know.

I’ll preface this list by saying that I almost exclusively listened to these podcasts over the past few years during my 6am commute to work and my drive back home. Why is that important? Because at six in the morning, I want my podcasts to keep me awake and prevent me from murdering innocent people on my way to work. What this means is that science, technology, and education in general, can all take a backseat (like they normally do in our culture.) I just want to be entertained and nod vigorously to any of Russell Crow’s queries.

So enough preamble, here’s the list:

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