30 September 09 - 11:57Alan Grayson on the GOP Health Care Plan
Don't get sick!
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Don't get sick!
29 September 09 - 13:31How the iPod became an instrument of war | Science | guardian.co.uk
Jin jin jin
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28 September 09 - 07:28Report from Harvard Medical School's Aging & Healthy Lifespan Conference | h Magazine
Cynthia Kenyon, a professor at UCSF, spoke. She was able to tweak genes in the tiny worm, C-elegans, causing it to live many times it’s normal lifespan.
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24 September 09 - 01:48Rick Sanchez Simulates Being Trapped In Sinking Car (VIDEO)
I can't wait until we get Climbing For Dollars
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23 September 09 - 09:24The Benefits of Distraction and Overstimulation -- New York Magazine
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22 September 09 - 01:55The fashion industry's old business model is out of style -- latimes.com
'"Now retail is going through experiential growth mode," Cohen continued. "You are going to hear about wine and cheese parties, football Sundays, women's Tupperware parties for panties. It will be about creating a social atmosphere and an educational experience" in stores, he said.'
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21 September 09 - 08:52Stunning Views of Glaciers From Space
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19 September 09 - 16:40Why capitalism fails
Today's Minsky Moment
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14 September 09 - 19:57What Obama Should Have Told The Kids Today
Good article. Just ignore the comments.
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13 September 09 - 06:21The unspoken truth about managing geeks
This should be required reading for just about everyone.
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12 September 09 - 21:06City building games are not ambitious enough
I just got done playing yet another City Builder (Cities XL demo). Beautiful to look at, but like every other game in this genre I've played over the last 20 years, is missing the ability to design cities for one particular purpose (every city needs to be largely self contained - you can't have a pure commercial or industrial city), has very predictable effects for everything (very little randomness), and no ability to use alternate social, logistic, political or economic systems (you get a free market leaning social democracy - basically the US as your system). Perhaps we need real human-level AI before this genre can get truly excellent.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
09 September 09 - 23:09Tweaking Your Neurons | h Magazine
Tweaking Your Neurons. This article got me thinking about something humans could really use: intake and level counters, like any modern reporting UI. You should be able to see exactly how many calories, fat, vitamins, and minerals you're taking in, in real/near-real time. You should also be be able to see the exactly levels of chemicals in your brain. We should also have a way of gauging an "optimal" profile for these things so that we can add (or subtract someday) these things on demand. "My meter says I've too little Dopamine. Better add more!" We could hook this feedback system into some sort of automated delivery system to keep ourselves optimal all the time.
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07 September 09 - 10:36Lobster wars rock remote Maine island
On a July morning, it reached the boiling point when a longtime lobsterman and his daughter drew guns on two fellow islanders. The lobsterman fired, shooting a man he had known for decades in the neck, police reported
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02 September 09 - 22:16Cyborg Exoskeletons May Soon Become as Common as Bicycles | h Magazine
Let's throw an alien out of an airlock next.
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02 September 09 - 22:06Future of the Screen
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02 September 09 - 20:58What if Democrats
behaved more like Republicans?
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02 September 09 - 14:55The growing gap between the rich and super rich
In The Know: Are America's Rich Falling Behind The Super-Rich?
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