Jacob Bokor Julia Bokor take note.
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Thursday, May 07, 2015
Best and worst graduate degrees for jobs in 2015
I just unlocked 3 months of PaperKarma for free!
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Wednesday, May 06, 2015
How The Iconic 'Doctor Who' Theme Was Created
Who knew.
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Ex-CIA Official in New Book: GOP Distorted Agency’s Benghazi Findings
Without a conspiracy, what would the chattering classes chatter about?
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WATCH: Where are all the aliens? The Fermi Paradox explained in 6 minutes
Thoughts worth a thunk.
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From the hood to Harvard
The bigotry in the comments is astounding.
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The Unexpected Pleasure of Doing Things Alone
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Tuesday, May 05, 2015
Rep. Seth Moulton appears to be determined to do the right thing, even if it means not getting...
An honest Congressman? Hw will not last long.
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F-35 Contractors, Under Fire, Spent Record Amounts in 2014
" the four main contractors on the project have made sure campaign funds flow to lawmakers who are instrumental in keeping government payments coming for the jet. " So Congress takes our tax money and sends it to the defense contractors who send it right back to Congress. Why such a complex route? Why not pass a bill that allows the congressmen just to take the tax money and kill the program. It would save a lot of money overall.
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Monday, May 04, 2015
The cult of healthy eating has more in common with religion than science
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Untitled — Amy Schumer birth control sketch
Wonderful!
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Sunday, May 03, 2015
Wearing a suit changes the way your brain works, research finds
It is not the suit. It is the tie - it restricts blood flow to the brain and makes you act stupid.
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How Doing Nothing Became the Ultimate Family Vacation
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Evidence Shows That Saudi Arabia May Be Using Internationally Banned Weapons
Well Gee Golly Gosh. OMG. Weapons are being used for what they were designed to be used for. How shocking. I am shocked, shocked. This can't be. Do these people not know that the right to bear arms is restricted to US patriots.
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Calling for a True Conservative Strategy - Breitbart
Why on earth would any sane person call for a true conservative strategy?
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Watch Korean American Woman Turn The Stereotype Table On White Man (VIDEO)
Wonderful. Sad.
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America dumbs down: a rising tide of anti-intellectual thinking
"Smart money versus dumb voters is hardly a fair fight. But it does offer compelling evidence that the survival of the fittest remains an unshakable truth even in American life. A sad sort of proof of evolution.:
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Science Confirms: The More Coffee You Drink, The Longer You Will Live
Actually, it is the other way around. The longer you live, the more coffee you will drink.
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Dear white Facebook friends: I need you to respect what Black America is feeling right now
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Saturday, May 02, 2015
Few Conservatives Take Police Abuses Seriously
Good thinking.
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U.S. House Repeals Estate Tax for 0.2% and Leaves a $269 Billion Tab for the 99.8%
I am not sure if corrupt, crazy, or stupid is the best adjective.
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Lake Michigan is so clear right now, you can see its shipwrecks from a plane
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This is How Much Diamond is Extracted from Massive Diamond Mines
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
Science says you should do your most important work first thing in the morning
… and therefore post to Facebook late at night :-)
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The Political One Percent of the One Percent in 2014: Mega Donors Fuel Rising Cost of Elections
Be afraid. Very afraid.
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Florida has its 'Keep the government out of Obamacare' moment
It is simple physics. If you shove your head up your ass far enough, it comes out of your mouth!
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Dante and David apply for the same job but only one gets an interview. Here's the rest of their day.
Sad. And there are no simple solutions. And neither political party in the USA will even admit that there is a widespread problem. And both racism (or equivalently groupism) and its denial are common in all political systems worldwide. The chattering classes will cite many anecdotes to deny the problem - but the plural of anecdote is not data. And there is no reason not to start a sentence with "and".
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Chief Justice Roberts Accidentally Reveals Everything That’s Wrong With Citizens United In Four...
The phrase that legalizes bribery in the USA: "Politicians are expected to be appropriately responsive to the preferences of their supporters." Chief Justice Roberts. The key word is appropriately.
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Now I understand why people mock Fox news so much.....
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Why Koch-Bought Governors Are Doing The Worst Job: A Look At Three Conservative Hellscapes
Rauner is trying to do the same thing to Illinois, it seems.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Amazon Echo - Official site - Request an invitation
I received mine today! Very cool for a Version 1 device.
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Baltimore Residents Urged To Stay Indoors Until Social Progress Naturally Takes Its Course Over Next Century
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Infants Already Glued to Multiple Screens
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xkcd: Typical Morning Routine
Good Moroning.
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Fashion Is Trending, in Google Searches
Big Data at work. Until now I had never heard of jogger pants!
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An Atomic Bomb went off on Earth 12000 years ago?
Hmmm.....
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Protester Schools TV Anchor About Media Coverage Of Baltimore Riots
"My question to you is, when we were out here protesting all last week for six days straight peacefully, there were no news cameras, there were no helicopters, there was no riot gear, and nobody heard us." Good question.
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"One camera, one life" is a short documentary about the Leitz family efforts to rescue Jews...
I must take my old 50mm Elmar 3.5 for a walk tomorrow.
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New Homing Bullets Can Hit Moving Targets
Not fair. At high school the only sport I ever excelled at was rifle shooting. The process involved lying down and moving as little as possible! My kind of sport :-) We used WW I surplus rifles, manual load, one shot at a time. 10 shots rapid fire (I forget the exact time, 5 or 10 seconds, and 10 shots at leisure. I never could get all 20 in the bull's eye - but I was pretty close! This takes all the fun out of the sport - as do any automatic weapons.
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Anti-Gay Republican Outed As Gay Blames Gay Agenda Smear Campaign
Congress gets more bizarre daily!
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Monday, April 27, 2015
SNL's Cecily Strong hits hard at White House Correspondents' Dinner (VIDEO)
Good writing - poor delivery. Teleprompters or memorization required. Looking down to read - looks terrible.
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Why Massachusetts Led the Way on Same-Sex Marriage
"Ms. Marshall grew up in South Africa"
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Sunday, April 26, 2015
1 In 4 Americans Thinks The Sun Goes Around The Earth, Survey Says
And here we have a wonderful example of the core problem with Democracy. We need a better way - but I have not found it - yet. Watch this space, but do not be optimistic. 🖖
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Obama's Anger Translator at the 2015 Correspondents' Dinner
Hee Hee
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Man Creates Outrageous Story To Prove Right-Wing Will Believe Anything - And They Bought It
Just us any discipline that uses the word "Science" (Political Science, Social Science, Computer Science) in its title is not a Science, the Right Wing movements are not right 🖖
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The United States Does Not Know Who It’s Killing
Almost all "anti-terrorist" activities undertaken by the USA since (and indeed before) 9/11 have resulted in more terrorist activity, not less. It may feel satisfying to kill a terrorist or two - but every civilian killed as "collateral damage" breeds a whole clan of new terrorists. The Iraq adventure bred ISIS and its allies. And so it goes. When will we ever learn?
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Saturday, April 25, 2015
Minnesota Republicans Pass Bill Banning Cities From Raising The Minimum Wage. Seriously.
Sick!
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Thursday, April 23, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Freeze Warning takes effect over the entire Chicago area from 2AM CDT tonight until 8AM CDT...
It must be spring...
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More Kansas Schools To Close Early For Lack Of Funding
Well, if you cut science from the curriculum you don't need the extra days.
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How to Never Miss A Post From Your Favorite Facebook Pages
It is an ongoing fight to get Facebook to show what you want to see.
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Why Almost Everything Dean Ornish Says about Nutrition Is Wrong
"The point is, it’s possible to cherry-pick observational studies to support almost any nutritional argument."
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That's not what 'socialism' means
Is there a dictionary for Republicans?
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Man puts 8 bullets in his Dell, tells police it’s worth the ticket
The best case against gun laws!
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Art Institute of Chicago gets its largest gift ever, including 9 Warhols
Cool.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Facebook tilts the News Feed algorithm back to your friends | The Verge
Did you know that Facebook has a secret algorithm that determines which posts you actually see. It like an email app that decided for itself what mail it delivers. If you did not see this, it is not my fault.
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Ten vital tips to looking smarter in meetings
For my working friends...
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Why Are the U.S. and Iran Sending Warships to the Yemeni Coast?
Watch this space.
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The feather, the bathroom scale, and the kangaroo - Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and...
"My best analogy is that they are trying to use a bathroom scale to weigh a feather—and the feather is resting loosely in the pouch of a kangaroo that is vigorously jumping up and down." Wonderful description of many of the Social "Science" studies.
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Your social media cheat sheet for perfectly sized images
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Monday, April 20, 2015
How Washington Derailed Amtrak
The railroads are the first part of our infrastructure to crumble. The interstate highway system is not far behind.
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Why Study Philosophy? 'To Challenge Your Own Point of View'
Thoughts worth thinking
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Your heart rate. What it means, and where on Apple Watch you’ll find it. - Apple Support
Very cool.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt steams toward Yemen waters
It's getting hotter.
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This 'Redneck' May Have Just Started A White Revolution Against Racism (VIDEO)
When I first saw this, I was not sure it was genuine. I am still not sure, but even if it is not, it seems to be bringing some much needed honesty to the national discourse.
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Watch The Hilarious Spoof Which Has Hillary-Haters Hyperventilating With Rage (VIDEO)
I don't tip at Chipotle (or Subway or MacDonalds) - shame on me. I can never be President despite the fact that I was not born in the USA :-(
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As Moore’s law turns 50, what does the future hold for the transistor?
I have had the good luck to have worked (and then retired) from the IT industry through almost all of this period. What a great ride it was!
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12 Great Photographs By Edward Steichen
Filters before filters were cool.
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What Your Facebook Use Reveals About Your Personality
So, what does posting this reveal?
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New Law to Strip Social Security Numbers From Medicare Cards
Congress actually passed a law!
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Israel issues travel warning to South Africa
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Calcium Supplements Tied to Higher Risk of Age-Related Vision Disease
Oops. Or could another factor drive both the need for Calcium supplements and eye issues? Statistical effects without a supporting physical theory are suspect.
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Sunday, April 19, 2015
Jon Stewart unloads on Fox News in exclusive: “Watching these channels all day is incredibly...
Imagine having a job that required you to watch Fox!
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Saturday, April 18, 2015
What Savants Can Teach Us
" savantism points to the limitations of Darwinism in explaining how capacities arise, are expressed, or remain persistently hidden within populations"
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Uninsured People Pay Far More For Cancer Drugs Than Medicare Patients
More for the "Free Market Madness" file.
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ESPN objects to Verizon's flexible FiOS TV plans
Because they want me to pay for it even though I never watch it! Go free market!
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The Jewish Standard
We were on the highway in Israel in 2007. This is what happens.
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Chess Grandmaster Caught Cheating Using An iPod touch In The Toilet | Redmond Pie
An iPod Touch can play Chess at the Grandmaster level? We are doomed.
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Why study statistics
In their continued efforts to present statistics as a field that doesn't suck, the American Statistical Association provides this pitch video. I approve of this message.
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Wine Snobs Are Right: Glass Shape Does Affect Flavor
It's too early in the morning to test this :-(
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
25 Mind Boggling Facts About the SR-71. #12 Made Me Wince. [VIDEO]
From the "They don't build them like they used to in my day" file
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Key Challah
This is what my failed braiding attempts looked like!
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