May 2012
24 posts
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“The findings paint a very poor picture of the search giant’s social...”
– Google’s “reason” is basically that everyone is sharing privately, and they are all people you don’t know…
Exclusive: New Google Study Reveals Minimal Social Activity, Weak User Engagement | Fast Company
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Inside Amazon's Idea Machine: How Bezos Decodes... →
nice article about Bezos
Sometimes I worry there may be friends of mine living a ‘paleo lifestyle’ without telling me about it in rich, satisfying detail— Maciej Ceglowski (@baconmeteor) May 15, 2012
hahaha
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Stamford Station Can Do Better Than Parking →
yes!
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“Absexual Disorder: Feeling aroused by moving away from sexuality or behaving as...”
– From the new DSM-5, not published yet.
Psychiatry’s “Bible” Gets an Overhaul: Scientific American
Montreal to try new type of intersection for... →
kinda neat.
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Timeline: How Obama Compares to Bush on Torture,... →
depressing, but hey, he supports gay marriage!
Head of Time Warner Cable Is Unfamiliar With... →
It’s amazing what a little bit of not-yelling-about-it can do for sneaking things under the radar. This guy is about as aware of technology that will disrupt him as a random person in his demographic. Something to be said for having people that actually care about things.
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“So to encourage people not to engage in piracy, they’re going to force everyone...”
– Daring Fireball Linked List: DVDs and Blu-Rays Will Soon Carry Two Unskippable Government Warnings
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“In the Heavy [traffic exposure] neighborhood, the children frequently expressed...”
– Kids Who Get Driven Everywhere Don’t Know Where They’re Going - Commute - The Atlantic Cities
“At the bottom of my ‘More’ menu is an item called ‘Even More’. That makes me cry”
– episode 65, 95th minute (via siracusasaidso)
Streamlining U.S. currency – Marco.org →
acceptable!
Poor, Extremely Profitable AT&T →
parislemon:
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson:
“You lie awake at night worrying about what is that which will disrupt your business model. Apple iMessage is a classic example. If you’re using iMessage, you’re not using one of our messaging services, right? That’s disruptive to our messaging revenue stream.”
Here’s an idea, instead of laying awake at night waiting for someone to disrupt your...
An interview with Paul Krugman →
good interview
April 2012
29 posts
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“As for big regional shopping malls, almost no new malls are being built any more...”
– America’s foolish detour into shopping malls
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“So it’s nice to have that here,” he continued. “It’s nice that HBO is in...”
– Looking forward to this show.
Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom: Sneak Peek at the New HBO Show | Hollywood | Vanity Fair
Honda develops technology to detect the potential... →
kinda neat, more helpful pseudo-driving car stuff.
“Light consists of waves, and it is well known that waves can interfere and...”
– Scientists predict paradoxical laser effect
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Why the Streets of Copenhagen and Amsterdam Look... →
interesting about cycling organization’s role in change.
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The Consumer: Confusion on Pricing at Hospitals... →
this is what happens when no one wants to think about healthcare pricing, or socialize it…
Eating meat speeds reproduction in early humans. -... →
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Low-Density Suburbs Are Not Free-Market Capitalism →
Why Obama's JOBS Act Couldn't Suck Worse →
“The performance of computers has shown remarkable and steady growth, doubling...”
– The Computing Trend that Will Change Everything - Technology Review
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“…some of my colleagues insisted that I replace the incendiary...”
– One of those things I think buddhism would say was discovered 2500 years ago.
Consciousness Does Not Reside Here: Scientific American