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Ms. Hari declined to disclose the details of her arrangement with Green Polka Dot Box, but said that she is not currently working with them. The company declined comment, citing confidentiality agreements.

Another company she has plugged in editorial posts is Nutiva, which sells organic "superfood" such as hemp and chia seeds. The company’s affiliate-marketing program promises a 10% cut of sales on referrals, according to its website. The company did not return calls for comment.

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The lack of women in the tech world isn’t just a pipeline problem–it’s one of rampant sexism. Enter the haven of Double Union.

At Double Union, San Francisco’s feminist hacker space, Amelia Greenhall was creating a sign for the front door. She had never used a vinyl cutter before, but she plugged the machine into her computer as if she had used it a million times, quietly designing the font and the Double Union logo, one U nested inside another. After a few minutes, she slid a piece of hot-pink vinyl paper into the feeder and watched as it etched her creation. When Greenhall, the space’s executive director, got to the door, she realized her mistake. Only about half of the letters would peel off the sheet, and she couldn’t pick off any part of the logo.

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Let’s say that you’ve been transported back in time to the Second Century A.D. You’re in Eburacum, a Roman fort located in what is now Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK. You want to get Tanais, which is a Greco-Roman colony at the mouth of the Don River in what is now Russia. How do you get there?

Google Maps isn’t going to help you. But ORBIS will. Provided that you can get a good WiFi signal, you can pull up this complex mapping and travel planning program from Stanford University.

ORBIS comes with many different options to help you select your route. You chose to go as fast as you could, by any means possible, and during the summer. Well, you didn’t hire a horse relay–you’re not made of denarri. But you did rent horses for the journey.

You’re throwing a lot of money at this problem, but it’s still going to take you a long time to get from England to Russia compared to modern standards. You’re riding horses over what is now southern France, central Italy, and Serbia. You’re also traveling by ship and riverboat. The trip will take you more than 60 days.

If you don’t have a lot of money available, then you may have to travel by foot and slower sea-going vessels. Then the trip will take almost 84 days.

ORBIS is fun! You can explore it here.

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