Clive's Blog

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Bugs have already developed resistance to GMO corn, study shows

Evolution in action...

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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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How Darren Aronofsky and 'Noah' Got The Ark Wrong

Interesting.

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Justice Kennedy Thinks Hobby Lobby Is An Abortion Case — That’s Bad News For Birth Control

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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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Life lessons: Children learn aggressive ways of thinking and behaving from violent video games

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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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Vladimir Putin, Russian Neocon

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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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Why Doctors Still Use Pen and Paper

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Snow falls again in Chicago, more on the way: 'It's not over yet'

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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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Why Russia Is Laughing At Sanctions

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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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Which Companies Buy Elections? A Scary State-By-State Map.

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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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Friday, March 21, 2014

Paul Ryan Claims Most Minimum Wage Workers Are Young And Just Starting Out

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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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Map: Every Country in the World Involved in a Territorial Dispute

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

The Overprotected Kid

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Don't Help Your Kids With Their Homework

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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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A Startlingly Simple Theory About the Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet | Autopia | Wired.com

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Dilbert comic strip for 03/19/2014 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.

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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

Reading Megillah in Tehran: How Iranian Jews Celebrate Purim

Interesting.

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Dropping the Political F-Bomb

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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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What's The Dumbest Thing You Could Say To A Congresswoman Who Lost Her Legs In Battle? Um, THIS.

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Martin 1, Burr 0

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

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Dilbert comic strip for 03/14/2014 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.

What did he say?

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The Tradition Of Engagement Rings Is Barely A Tradition At All. Guess Who Started It.

Now they tell me ...

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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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20 Jokes That Only Intellectuals Will Understand. Number 5 Took Me A Minute.

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What Is a “Pro Camera?”

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This lost generation of young men is threatening global stability

This is disquieting.

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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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Every goddamn day: 03/09/14: Television's dying and I'm not feeling so hot myself

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LISTEN: Right-Wing Leader Says Jews Are The Cause Of All The World’s Problems

In case you did not know...

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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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Rumors: Leica T type 701 mirrorless camera to be announced on April 24th

Hmmm....

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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

Rapatronic Camera: An Atomic Blast Shot at 1/100,000,000th of a Second

Awesome - literally.

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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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Important announcement from the CEO of the Visual Science Lab: All serious cameras are now better th

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All Those Hours Editing on Your Computer Aren’t Actually Ruining Your Eyesight

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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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