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Hari pertama bulan April kemaren, Google melempar lelucon April mop menarik ke ranah maya. Siapapun yang membuka search engine Google 1 April lalu tidak disambut dengan logo 'Google' yang meski sering berganti kulit namun selalu dapat dikenali sebagai 'Google'. Alih-alih, 1 April lalu logo Google berganti eja jadi 'Topeka'. Seketuk pointer di logo [...]
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Nama Enrico Fermi kita sering dengar. Menjabat profesor fisika nuklir pertama di Italia di usia 24, Fermi memenangkan hadiah Nobel di umur 37 tahun. Setahun kemudian, Fermi dan keluarganya hijrah ke Columbia University di New York demi menghindari prasangka antisemit yang mulai marak di Italia. Istri Fermi berdarah Yahudi, meski Fermi sendiri [...]
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Tidak sampai seratus tahun lalu, segregasi rasial yang terterjemahkan dalam bentuk pemisahan fasilitas antara mereka yang berkulit putih dan gelap adalah hal jamak di Amerika Serikat. Di dalam bus, mereka yang berkulit hitam mesti duduk di tempat paling belakang dan kalau ada yang berani-berani menempati tempat duduk yang dikhususkan buat orang [...]
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In an interesting twist to my week, I found two clips on youtube of Peter, Paul and Mary singing Puff the Magic Dragon. The first one was taken when the trio was young, maybe over twenty years ago. And the second one is newer although I'm not sure when was it taken. The trio has aged, yet there is something sweet and playful in the way they sang [...]
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Facebook is, mostly, a good thing. This I agree. But then there is always that side of history, for to me that is what Facebook can become, that makes us look back and wonder what had happened. Yes, Facebook is exactly a telling of history. Personal histories. Through pictures, daily snippets of thoughts or unthougts, comments wise or otherwise. [...]
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Now that I'm starting a new job, a swarm of questions flood my mind. I don't know all the answers and don't know if I'll ever work out all the answers. Heck, I don't even know all the questions. But let's do start with the questions that I know: What is a job? Is it something that you do as a function of your passion? or your skill? or your [...]
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