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#WeAreOrlando #SomosOrlando

Nunca te olvidaremos. We will never forget you.

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Orlando, our city, in our hearts and prayers

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Is it too late for Mitt Romney or John Kerry to run as an independent?

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Indeterminate chess rules

In the course of writing up our paper on “immoral promises,” we searched for and read the essay “Wicked Promises” by J.E.J. Altham, and in the process of obtaining Altham’s essay, we stumbled upon a short paper by Ian Hacking … Continue reading →

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Mi Antonia (mi abuela querida)

On this Mother’s Day, we wish to remember “Abuela Cuca,” our beloved maternal grandmother …

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Facebook Postscript

This semester, we reenacted many pivotal scenes from the film “The Social Network” — and we read Ben Mezrich’s book “Accidental Billionaires” on which the film is based — in order to explore in-depth many legal and ethical issues in … Continue reading →

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Greater Mexico

Today’s history lesson (via imgur) consists of an old map of the Californias (circa 1838). We tend to forget that the entire southwestern USA used to be Mexican territory before the Mexican-American War of 1848, an unjust and illegal war … Continue reading →

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The geometry of national flags

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Infectious virus cards: collect them all …

… the cards, that is (not the viruses!). You are probably familiar with traditional baseball cards and regular playing cards, but have you ever seen animated cards for infectious viruses? If not, check out the full set of animated virus … Continue reading →

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“Robots in American Law”

That is the title of this paper by Ryan Calo. Here is an excerpt from the abstract of the paper: “This article closely examines a half century of case law involving robots … Most of the cases involving robots have never … Continue reading →

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