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691.
by leot 16y ago
I wonder if there are any psychoactive substances that induce megalomania ...
692.
by leot 16y ago
Well, did read it to the end. "Lip service" means that those things got mentioned, but not elaborated upon or strongly stressed.
693.
by leot 16y ago
Worse still, an opportunity is "spent" with each rejection.
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by leot 16y ago
I wrote the following to the article's author: While your article attacks the advice that one should study in a consistent, distraction-free environment, it only pays lip service to the importance of motivation and focus. Yet most educators
695.
by leot 16y ago
"brain scans" depict no such thing. "10% activation in the brain" is probably a meaningless statement -- the brain is always doing "something" (except when it's dead), and in any case, there's lots of different ways it might be getting "act
696.
by leot 16y ago
I was surprised to see that "barbecues" works.
697.
by leot 16y ago
Microsoft need not necessarily be an advocate of "do not track" if their only interest is in damaging Google's brand.
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by leot 16y ago
Interesting -- the fact that the US is physically large may thus have contributed to religiosity: people could more easily choose to raise their children "free" from the nefarious influences of people who were different. (c.f. "group polar
699.
by leot 16y ago
Works best if you put in an actual familiar address, rather than just, say, your hometown.
700.
by leot 16y ago
Why the tail is helpful (not explained in the video): http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080317171030.ht...
701.
by leot 16y ago
Well, maybe. Part of the fun for me was the discovery that it was other people with whom I was playing.
702.
by leot 16y ago
You're making it sound like the work won't pay. It will, just less. Care to quantify "kingdom come"? This argument is effectively: "I will work my arse off if the tax rate is 5%, but not if the tax rate is, say, 45%. It's only worth it if
703.
by leot 16y ago
Geoengineering schemes are entirely novel new forcings, while the impact of atmospheric CO2 can be studied historically. This weakens your contention, but I still think you're pointing out an interesting bit of hypocrisy in the public debat
704.
by leot 16y ago
I'd be very interested in hearing about what you turn up. I've been playing around with this idea as part of a prolonged debate I've had with a friend of mine over the purported benefits of inequality. His claim was essentially that it take
705.
by leot 16y ago
My version: I've always operated under the assumption that unequal wealth distribution ('fair' is a loaded word) has an economic cost, since equalities in wealth (+ economic freedom) encourage economy-expanding activities like entrepreneurs
706.
by leot 16y ago
... are you suggesting that Americans are inherently more stupid than Europeans?
707.
by leot 16y ago
The reasoning seems to go: 1) The stimulus was supposed to mitigate the effects of the recession, and 2) The recession was still very bad, therefore ======================= 3) The stimulus had no positive effect/was not worth the cost. Now,
708.
by leot 16y ago
The major difference financially between the stock market and real estate seems to stem from the fact that real estate is costly to manage, and doesn't scale, and thus investment banks and major market players are unable to participate in
709.
by leot 16y ago
People don't like others who raise the bar. How much don't they like others? Under what circumstances? Why? are all people like this? Is there a way to model this behavior? The same thing can be said about co-workers that work harder.
710.
by leot 16y ago
Perhaps it will be related to this? http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v6/n7/full/nmeth0709-487... EDIT: original PNAS article http://www.pnas.org/content/106/19/7816
711.
by leot 16y ago
The tax situation on work you do for yourself (saving money) is also as favorable as it gets. There's a sense in which dollars saved are like tax-free income.
712.
by leot 16y ago
The problem is that the (current) notion of a "feature" lends itself to poor design. If it's a "feature", then there needs to be an entry on the drop-down menu, or an icon, or a name for the particular new thing that you can do. What Apple
713.
by leot 16y ago
Most importantly, the analysts using the satellite images can look look at historical earnings reports to see whether the tool has any utility before they use it to make a prediction. In fact, I'm almost positive they did (in part because t
714.
by leot 16y ago
Implicit in the study seems to be the assumption that the development of ADHD would occur irrespective of developmental context. It could be that always being the least mature person in one's class helps cause ADHD-like behaviors (e.g., you
715.
by leot 16y ago
Well, I suppose that came out sounding a bit communist, and OT. Fwiw, the point was that, if there's gridlock, then there's no hope of seeing any of the needed job-and-value-creating investment in public infrastructure development.
716.
by leot 16y ago
All the unemployed could, and probably should, be put to work building/restoring public infrastructure. None are now because that would be "socialism". It is a fun/depressing exercise to imagine how you would improve the US if you had 14.5
717.
by leot 16y ago
The most important thing to do when learning a language is to practice the activity you intend to use the language for; it would be difficult to become a good speaker without spending a lot of time generating speech.
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by leot 16y ago
If/when we achieve negligible senescence, and the social order becomes frozen, it might become pretty important to find oneself at the top of the heap.
719.
by leot 16y ago
Yes, though sticking to their maxim would make for some dreadfully awkward meetings at Davos.
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by leot 16y ago
... any guesses on how long it will be until this can be successfully (UX-wise) paired with head-mounted displays? My bet is that we'll get this no sooner than 2012, but no later than 2014.

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