Saturday, January 30, 2016

Microsoft patents a slider, earning EFF’s “Stupid Patent of the Month” award

In the “good old days” (1960s for me) IBM had a monthly publication called the “Technology Disclosure Bulletin” (if my memory works) in which were published basic obvious programming techniques. The purpose was to avoid patent law issues by making sure that the methods were in the public domain and therefore unpatentable.
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Glass of red wine equals 1 hour at gym, new study says

This explains why a bottle of wine makes me sleepy🍷
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Friday, January 29, 2016

Lawand Education

Watch all the way through 😱
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

You'll never make your bed again with these smart sheets

Advances in bedding are few and far bewtween -- and sorely needed!
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Language Log » Geolexicography

I have no idea if this means anything - but it is interesting🤔
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NPR

About time.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Review: Another Word for Beauty (Goodman Theatre)

“ excessive exposition, tedious overwriting, and heavy-handed declamation. Its meritorious compassion is not, unfortunately, contagious.” That was pretty much my conclusion.
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Wag! Uber for dog walking

Karen Moss Lisa Moss I can see you using this...
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Rubio, Cruz on Reagan and Hostages

A "Must Read" and depressing overview of the USA and its involvement in the Middle East area is "Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present" by Michael Oren - the Israeli ex-Ambassador (or is that the ex-Israeli Ambassador?) to the USA, and a historian by profession. Power, Faith and Fantasy sums it up!
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"Null hypothesis" = "A specific random number generator" - Statistical Modeling, Causal...

A subtitle could be "Why experimental results are often not repeatable"
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Why was most of the Earth’s coal made all at once?

I have often wondered about this. We still don't really know.
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What Your College Major Says About Your Personality

Probably the usual not significant results, but nevertheless useful material to use to hassle your friends and loved ones.
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Ted Cruz Embraces Preacher Who Said Jews Will Die if They Reject Christ

If you think the Trumpeter is bad, look who is next in line.
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This Timelapse Shows How Quickly Snow Piled Up on the East Coast

For our South African and Australian friends and family who have never lived through this kind of thing.
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All cameras are great, but that doesn't make choosing one any easier

It was much easier back in the day when the interval between Nikon and Leica generations was measured in decades, not months.
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2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted

The law of unintended consequences is most powerful 😊
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Missing 11th of the month

People avoid the 11th because of bad connotations - 9/11, 11/11?
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Scott Adams Blog

hy is it that comedians, comics, humorists, call them what you will, are the only people who cut through the bullshit of the current political discussions? I would vote for a ticket of Scott Adams and Jon Stewart!
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Farheen

My personal preferences are the translations with commentary by Fox or Friedman. The book "How to Read the Bible" by Kugel is informative. Go on Amazon and search for Torah - you will get dozens of references - each of which will be liked by someone 😊
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More details, names released in gun shop shooting

So, there was no good guy with a gun in the gun shop?
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Scientists propose a 'mirror universe' where time moves backwards

Nice proposal. Now offer an experiment or observation that could support or disprove it. If not, it's religion or mathematics, not science.
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Coming to Terms with Donald

"So if Trump does win this thing, he’ll owe it all to the terribleness of Ted Cruz."
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Donald Trump Retweets Creator of Pic Showing Bernie Sanders Sent to Gas Chamber

Why do they seem surprised? Bernie exemplifies what the Trumpeter calls "New York values"
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Occupy Democrats

I have never seen her visibly sober. Why is this different?
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Friday, January 22, 2016

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Ted Cruz's Daddy: Public Education Is A Communist Plot (VIDEOS) - American News X

"There’s an old saw that goes “The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.” That seems to be the case with nuts as well. For instance, meet Rafael Cruz. (aka “the tree”) And I’m sure you already know Ted Cruz. (aka “the nut”)"
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

The Most Mystifying Lines of Sarah Palin’s Endorsement Speech

Looking forward to many years of warfare. I am sure the rest of the world is quaking - but with laughter, not fear.
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Justice Ginsburg Leads Supreme Court Majority To Deliver Blow To Big Business

This is a huge win for the legal profession to profit by getting a huge amount of money by retaining a percentage percentage of a class settlement that gives each class member a trivial amount. Shame on them. "Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito, said the court's ruling Wednesday "hands it to the plaintiff". It does not. It hands it to the plaintiff's lawyers.
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Sarah Palin: It’s Obama’s Fault My Drunk Son Punched His Girlfriend, For America

The unmitigated gall of this woman. I used a long word so she would not understand what I am saying.
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New largest prime number found

Thank heavens. I did not know it was lost!
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Sarah Palin’s son was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend and possessing a gun while intoxicated

Conservative family values at work. Was her endorsement of the Trumpeter a ruse to kill this story.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Monday, January 18, 2016

Don't Mourn the Y Chromosome

The end of mankind? Perhaps womankind will be all that we have left. Xkind may be better off.
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Which of your friends do you look like?

The perils of automated face recognition🤓
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

U.S. Dropped 23,144 Bombs on Muslim-Majority Countries in 2015 | We Are Change

His proves that our President is Muslim, in the eyes of the crazies.
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Grouchy's Grumbles

Why are these nitwits not in a Federal Prison?
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What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners #2

Old - but I just came across it, courtesy the WSJ. 🌞
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Media Matters for America

Is it any wonder that Fox News addicts are ill-informed?
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When Beauty Strikes

Our regular visits to the Museum of Contemporary Art often result in the reaction "Interesting" or "hmm" - rarely "beautiful" unfortunately. Ava loves it!
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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Ted Cruz’s Princeton Roommate Just Won’t Let Up With Hilarious Stories (IMAGES)

In case you thought this Canadian was a better option than the Trumpeter...
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Data on people who went to ER for wall-punching

Late teens are the danger years! The spike in the early 40s reflect the mid-life crisis. I live statistics🤓
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The Jerusalem Post

As I said last week...
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Florida dumps hospital standards after gifts to GOP - CNN.com

In other news, I did not win the Powerball lottery.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Language Log » Delay no more

Subtleties no in play in the USA.
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Why exactly procrastinators procrastinate

It has worked for me. I am putting off getting old. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day to be old - or maybe not.
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Michael Ruhlman

This I must make...
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Think Progress

The right thing to do is call in air strike, just like we do in the Middle East.
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Rauner: Can't trust Illinois Supreme Court justices 'to be rational'

Why is it that the Conservatives who are so into the "rule of law" are opposed to it when it does not agree with their agenda? Illinois government is indeed corrupt - but all he is doing is trying to replace Democratic corruption with Republican corruption. As long as essentially unlimited money is allowed into politics, Government will be corrupt. It's the law.
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Lake County State's Attorney: DHS Alumni and Community for Carrie Benito - Sign the Petition!

My grandchildren attest that she is a wonderful teacher who was joking around with the child whose mother displays such bad judgement. Please sign the petition.
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Monday, January 11, 2016

Think Progress

"Players lose an average of 47 cents on the dollar each time they buy a ticket."
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Scott Adams Blog

Scott Adams for President!🇺🇸
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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Backreaction: Free will is dead, let’s bury it.

Whether you read this or not is York choice🤔
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Saturday, January 09, 2016

You probably shower way too often

“Over-washing causes ‘defatting’ of the skin – getting rid of the natural body oils we produce to protect the skin cells,” he said. “This can cause actual damage making them more permeable to bacteria or viruses, precipitating itchy skin, dryness, flakiness and worsening conditions like eczema.”
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Scott Adams Blog

Scott Adams for President. Pass it on.
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Media Matters for America

He is almost right. Judaism had Church and State forcibly separated first by the exile to Babylon and reinforced by subsequent Greek and Roman occupations. Christianity separated Church and State during the Enlightenment and the Reformation. The confusion of Church with State continues mildly in the UK (in the C of E with the monarch as head of the Church) and the USA (in the political Right, but not in the formal Constitution), but it is not deeply embedded in dogma. Islam has yet to undergo equivalent upheavals. The destruction of the Ottoman Caliphate was a start, but not an end. There is no indication that the ultimate transition when it comes will be less bloody than the earlier separations.
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IBM and Under Armour partner for next-gen fitness app

This is a headline I thought I would never see!
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Scott Adams Blog

Scott Adams (the creator of Dilbert) may be the best political analyst of all time. It is scary.
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Don't Cry for Me, Louisiana: The First Showdown

"He considers this to be one of his greatest accomplishments: Firing tens of thousands of public servants from their jobs." Another Republican Governor does his thing.
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Thursday, January 07, 2016

Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Researchers uncover JavaScript-based ransomware-as-service

You were wowed by Software as a Service. Now comes Crime as a Service. Next up - Uber for theft. Do you want to steal something, but are afraid of getting caught? Just load up UberTheft and a local shoplifter will get you what you need for pennies on the dollar!
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Samsung fridge lets you check what's inside while you're at the grocery

Very cool - if you want to get a new fridge every couple of years.
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Causes of Death

Not to be morbid, but...
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Margarita Grill

Dinner — at Margarita Grill in White House, TN
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Saturday, January 02, 2016

Islamist terrorists use Donald Trump clip on recruiting video

Of course the Trumpeter will deny it. Or maybe he will demand royalties.
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