Monday, March 31, 2014

Exponential water tank

A great lesson. What climate change?

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How You, Me and Everyone Got the Top 1 Percent All Wrong

Who pays the piper...

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xkcd: Shouldn't Be Hard



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Argument preview: No April Fools – Even after thirty years, the reach of the federal bank fraud...

Why I am happy thatI am not a lawyer: "this case is so technical and full of nuance that only the most dedicated legal technicians are likely to be awake at the end of sixty minutes of argument."

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Sunday, March 30, 2014

A Mudslide, Foretold



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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Ask Ars: How much pee in a pool would kill you? | Ars Technica

Things I never wondered about...

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Why Talking To Babies Is An Investment Worth Making. Don't Believe Me? Watch And Learn.

Words of wisdom from the best weekly magazine.

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Orthodoxy and The Challenge of Biblical Criticism - TheTorah.com

If this topic interests you this essay is worth a deep read. If not -- move on.

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The mystery of chronic pain



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The strangeness of scale at Twitter

Interesting...

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

9 Out Of 10 Americans Are Completely Wrong About This Mind-Blowing Fact

I know I am preaching to the 1%, and I may have posted thus before, but think about it...

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Study finds pee in pool water yields toxic byproduct

Consider this while making plans for the summer.

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7 Photos that Every Photographer Takes

I've done all of these - should I stop now?

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Been there, done that...

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Language Log » When adding is subtracting

Worth reposting for the wonderful phrase: “This paper fills a much needed gap in the literature.” :-)

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Argument recap: One hearing, two dramas : SCOTUSblog

If corporations are people, then do they have a right to life? Is Chapter 7 bankruptcy a crime that should be punished?

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Monday, March 24, 2014

This Is Roughly 200 Years Of American History In One Mesmerizing GIF

And we are whining about Crimea?

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Malaysian airliner’s path ultimately tracked by satellite pings’ Doppler shift

In case you were wondering what new data resulted in reducing the possible location of the MH370 ...

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Probe into call to jet captain from mystery woman who used fake ID

Maybe his girlfriend dumped him.

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Sunday, March 23, 2014

Stressed Out Women Become More Prosocial - Stressed Men Hunker Down

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus. It is amazing the we can interbreed at all.

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Forget The 47 Percent On Each Side, Swing Voters Hold More Sway Over Candidates

It pays to stay in the middle to have any influence - but in "safe" blue or red seats with contested primaries the middle moves a long way off center - so we see the crazies appealing to what they think is the middle - and possibly getting the nomination and a shoo-in general election. This next election cycle could be very bad.

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Who is "Neurotypical"?

Food for thought.

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Mississippi Woman Faces Execution For Crime Her Son Admitted To

\u003CIRONY>We have the world's best justice system, just as we have the world's best medical system\u003C/IRONY>

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Ava Turns 1 - March 2014 - Clive

A few snapshots from Ava's party today

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Saturday, March 22, 2014

xkcd: Answers



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America's worst prison closed 51 years ago today. Except it didn't.

Our whole prison system needs a close look.

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

The Overprotected Kid



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Fox 32 barely admits pay-for-play news - Robert Feder

Since politicians are for sale, why not news channels?

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

A “Startlingly Simple Theory” About the Missing Airliner is Sweeping the Internet. It’s Wrong.

H.L. Menken: "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. " .

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New research challenges old wisdom on saturated fat

Bring on the gribenes!

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Nerdalize

Now this is an interesting idea!

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Monday, March 17, 2014

Gears of war: When mechanical analog computers ruled the waves | Ars Technica

Very cool. I need to watch this for a long time.

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The Stress Of Being A Computer Programmer Is Literally Driving Many Of Them Crazy

'Syndromes' Drive Coders Crazy -- been there, did that -- 50 years ago :-)

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6 Coincidences You Won't Believe Actually Happened: Update

For all the conspiracy freaks out there ...

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Manuals

Too true

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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Friday, March 14, 2014

Every goddamn day: 03/14/14: "Abe Lincoln would not have done it."

Heh. My respect for Lincoln goes up tremendously. I read his biography by White and never picked up on his sense of humour!

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Martin 1, Burr 0

Interesting commentary on both the Australian and Canadian health care systems.

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Americans love the idea of “cord-cutting”—until the time comes to actually do it

This is directly on point to my previous post. Will the Internet move to the cable model (bundles of curated content, some ad-free, but at exorbitant monthly costs), or will cable bundles be replaced by ad-supported internet services, or for-fee Internet bundles with no ads? I believe the ads will win, but not so strongly that I will defend that assertion.

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WATCH: Oklahoma Fox Station ‘Accidentally’ Cuts 15 Seconds On Evolution From ‘Cosmos’

The real story of why I am posting this - not whatever Fox did (probably a normal network timing mistake) - but I was forced to watch a 2 ½ minute movie ad before the segment. YMMV - I may have been a victim of targeted advertising. An example of the "free" Internet content being paid for by our attention. The long run question is - will we pay for ad-free content, or will we be forced to watch more interstitial ads? How much is your attention (time) worth?

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Calumet Photographic, Inc. files for bankruptcy

" Chicago News Now (@chicagonewsnow): Is tech to blame for the shutdown of a Chicago photography store? http://dlvr.it/57vfpF" I have a credit with Calumet

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

The Camera Industry crisis in easy numbers.

More graphic than info, but some interesting numbers hidden here.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

xkcd: Unique Date



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FactChecking Sarah Palin at CPAC

I am thankful that this relentless liar and her warmonger running mate were not elected. I guess Fox News will call her on this and report the correct numbers. All politicians lie - but she rarely speaks (or recognizes) truth.

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Sunday, March 09, 2014

In About 15 Years, The Workplace Will Be Much Different Than It Is Right Now

Immigrants will keep the US strong as strong and healthy as we keep them coming.

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Girls aged 9 can be wed in bill approved by Iraqi cabinet

For this outcome we went to war!

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Saturday, March 08, 2014

Every Once In A While, He Says Something So True It Makes Me Want To Stand Up And Applaud For Days

Just about the best speech I have heard the President make - but why the focus on boys and young men? Minority girls and young women face at least as many barriers and issues based on lack of support and guidance. More power to him in his plan, but it needs to be extended in scope.

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Friday, March 07, 2014

Brighton Bay Dog Park

This one's for Cliffie

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xkcd: When You Assume



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Thursday, March 06, 2014

Michele Bachman Says Jews Sold Out Israeli By Supporting Obama

For a person of her ilk to use "sold out" as a term of opprobrium is ironic

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Yet another exchange hacked: Poloniex loses around $50,000 in bitcoin

This kind of crappy code is inexcusable. They were not hacked. Their system was simply built without any idea of what decades old transactional integrity means. Cut and paste is not software development. Time to hire real developers and not kiddie hackers.

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Petition of the day

A wonderful example of what is wrong with our legal system. No, I have no idea how to fix it, but it is good for laughs - until you realize how much money is wasted on bullshit issues like this. Maybe a bullshit amendment to the constitution is needed.

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Message to My Government

As I remember (and I may be wrong) South Africa tax returns in the 70s were computed by the Authorities. All you had to do was to sign and return, after claiming the few deductions that were available.

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Why is American internet so slow?

Unregulated marketplaces do not work well in the face of monopolies or duopolies.

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Wednesday, March 05, 2014

The Second Crimean War

Well said.

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Top UK official involved in national porn filter arrested for child porn

A general rule : If a politician (or political commentator) is stridently against anything, he/she/it partakes of it or benefits from it. Feel free to repost, as long as I get credited with the meme. It will be known as the Mossmeme, or totally forgotten. Whatever.

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What Did You Learn This Year?

As always, he nails it.

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Opinion analysis: Justices stick with Bankruptcy Code text, rejecting Ninth Circuit’s creative punis

When I read cases like this it almost makes me sorry that I did not take up law as a career. Almost, but not really.

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Tuesday, March 04, 2014

The O

We visited this Museum in Tasmania. Worth a visit if you happen to be in the neighborhood.

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