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Monthly Archives: June 2012
How To Scare My Wife
Tell her I really liked this blog post. I want to start this new year with an admonition, for all those who are still working at a day job, and thinking that at some point they may want to run … Continue reading
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Coming To Your Local Grocer: Better Tomatoes
Plant geneticists say they have discovered an answer to a near-universal question: Why are tomatoes usually so tasteless? Yes, they are often picked green and shipped long distances. Often they are refrigerated, which destroys their flavor and texture. But now researchers have … Continue reading
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Fevers Are Magic
One aspect of fever I harp on year after year and where I am continually ignored is the importance of not treating a fever. It is estimated that the fever response is 400 million years old. How do they know that? … Continue reading
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Hearing Footsteps
The Economist pooh pooh’d Microsoft’s latest splash in tablet computing: One reason why the iPad has been so successful is that it blends beautiful hardware with an amazing range of software. Microsoft has attractive assets, in particular Skype (an internet … Continue reading
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Suckered Again by Great Writing
I am a fan of neither the NBA nor of movies, really. But when I read Roger Ebert I want to watch movies: Tom Russell was a 10-year-old Adelaide schoolboy when he made “Last Ride,” his feature film debut. I … Continue reading
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Claims About Nature vs Nurture
Critics of intelligence research often hail the importance of practice rather than inborn talent, but a three-day test of the Minnesota twins’ motor skills showed that how much you benefit from practice is itself partly an inborn talent. More here.
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5-Hour Energy Debunked, Sorta
According to the label, its ingredients are: Niacin 30 mg — 150% of the RDA Vitamin B6 40 mg — 2000% of the RDA Folic acid 400 mg — 100% of the RDA Vitamin B12 500 mcg — 8333% of … Continue reading
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Now THAT’s Genius
In the five years since the iPhone launched, Apple created a total of 35,852 retail jobs. Some of those jobs came from new store openings. The total store count went from 172 to 361, more than doubling. But the growth … Continue reading
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Links
1. Reddit on money. 2. Big data in the NBA: The technology was originally developed to track missiles. Now, SportVU systems hang from the catwalks of 10 NBA arenas, tiny webcams that silently track each player as they shoot, pass, and run … Continue reading
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Expect Risk Management To Fail
Twitter went down today and here’s an insightful comment on HN: I think this is another good example of how we as an industry are still unable to adequately assess risk properly. I’m fairly certain that the higher-ups in Twitter … Continue reading
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