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power dynamics — he thinks it's possible to tell who has a higher social status or holds the power in any situation based on who uses the word "I" more often. You'd think it would be the person who thinks he's more important, but it turns out it's actually the person who feels more insecure. When we're fixated on how we're coming across, our language reflects our self-consciousness.
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
More on intelligence
Cognitive training
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/can-you-make-yourself-smarter.html
Dan Hurley
Or just good exercise
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/how-exercise-could-lead-to-a-better-brain.html
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/can-you-make-yourself-smarter.html
Dan Hurley
Or just good exercise
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/how-exercise-could-lead-to-a-better-brain.html
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Capitalism Without Failure
Capitalism Without Failure
Recent history of US Economics: 1. Rampant fraud and reckless mismanagement in the financial sector, 2. Bailouts of the worst actors in the financial sector, 3. Overwhelming debt and liability imposed on taxpayers, 4. Hair-of-the-dog monetary policy aimed at recapitalizing insolvent banks, 5. Promotion of business leaders and policy-makers who are chronically compromised, 6. Conglomeration of Systemically Dangerous Institutions into a more empowered menace.
Recent history of US Economics: 1. Rampant fraud and reckless mismanagement in the financial sector, 2. Bailouts of the worst actors in the financial sector, 3. Overwhelming debt and liability imposed on taxpayers, 4. Hair-of-the-dog monetary policy aimed at recapitalizing insolvent banks, 5. Promotion of business leaders and policy-makers who are chronically compromised, 6. Conglomeration of Systemically Dangerous Institutions into a more empowered menace.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus - life - 06 February 2012 - New Scientist
Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus - life - 06 February 2012 - New Scientist
in pursuit of an elusive mental state known as "flow" - that feeling of effortless concentration that characterises outstanding performance in all kinds of skills.
in pursuit of an elusive mental state known as "flow" - that feeling of effortless concentration that characterises outstanding performance in all kinds of skills.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Are Your Passwords Putting You In Danger? | Time Management Ninja
Are Your Passwords Putting You In Danger? | Time Management Ninja
You may need better passwords if you…
- Use the Same Password for Multiple Accounts – Do you have 1 password that you use across all your accounts? If someone gets your password, can they get into all of your accounts?
- Use Simple Words or Your Kids’ Names - Is your password, “PlayGolf2011?” Or, “SamMaryKatie?” These passwords make your account much easier to crack.
- Never Change Them – How long has your online banking password been the same? Change it at least once a year. Every six months is better.
- Store Them in Unsafe Places – Do you “hide” your passwords in easy to find places? In a Word doc called, “passwords?” Under your keyboard at work? Or taped to your laptop?
Thursday, January 19, 2012
So You Think You Have a Power Law — Well Isn't That Special?
So You Think You Have a Power Law — Well Isn't That Special?
Regular readers who care about such things — I think there are about three of you — will recall that I have long had a thing about just how unsound many of the claims for the presence of power law distributions in real data are, especially those made by theoretical physicists, who, with some honorable exceptions, learn nothing about data analysis. (I certainly didn't.) I have even whined about how I should really be working on a paper about how to do all this right, rather than merely snarking in a weblog. As evidence that the age of wonders is not passed — and, more relevantly, that I have productive collaborators — this paper is now loosed upon the world
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The paper is deliberately aimed at physicists, so we assume some things that they know (like some of the mechanisms, e.g. critical fluctuations, which can lead to power laws), and devote extra detail to things they don't but which e.g. statisticians do know (such as how to find the cumulative distribution function of a standard Gaussian).
Regular readers who care about such things — I think there are about three of you — will recall that I have long had a thing about just how unsound many of the claims for the presence of power law distributions in real data are, especially those made by theoretical physicists, who, with some honorable exceptions, learn nothing about data analysis. (I certainly didn't.) I have even whined about how I should really be working on a paper about how to do all this right, rather than merely snarking in a weblog. As evidence that the age of wonders is not passed — and, more relevantly, that I have productive collaborators — this paper is now loosed upon the world
...
The paper is deliberately aimed at physicists, so we assume some things that they know (like some of the mechanisms, e.g. critical fluctuations, which can lead to power laws), and devote extra detail to things they don't but which e.g. statisticians do know (such as how to find the cumulative distribution function of a standard Gaussian).
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Infinite Rooms � Modeled Behavior
Infinite Rooms � Modeled Behavior
one of the principle tricks your brain exploits is monocular parallax. That is, not two different images in two eyes, but different images as the head moves. This makes head tracking a must for true 3D.
the holodeck...
one of the principle tricks your brain exploits is monocular parallax. That is, not two different images in two eyes, but different images as the head moves. This makes head tracking a must for true 3D.
the holodeck...
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