Are benefit costs increasingly driving the cyclicality of employment? Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Blog: Marginal Revolution: Are benefit costs increasingly driving the cyclicality of employment?
2012.11.25 – 19:54
Reasoning Is Sharper in a Foreign Language
2012.11.25 – 18:31
Reasoning Is Sharper in a Foreign Language “Cognitive biases are rooted in emotional reactions, and thinking in a foreign language helps us disconnect from these emotions and make decisions in a more economically rational way.”
Growing food in the desert
2012.11.25 – 12:07
Growing food in the desert “using the sun to desalinate seawater for irrigation and to heat and cool greenhouses as required, and thence cheaply grow high-quality, pesticide-free vegetables year-round in commercial quantities.”
Clarity and Freedom | Brian Bailey
2012.11.25 – 12:07
Clarity and Freedom | Brian Bailey “In my experience, it’s how the best people lead and how most of us want to be led; clarity as to the goal and freedom in how to achieve it.”
On Being a Junior Developer | Matt Sencenbaugh’s Blog
2012.11.25 – 11:28
On Being a Junior Developer | Matt Sencenbaugh’s Blog “the list I wish someone had written for me as a developer starting out in the tech industry”
The Architecture of Evil
2012.11.25 – 11:28
The Architecture of Evil “But even as we condemn him, we must ask — especially we engineers and technicians — is Speer so different from us? How many of us would be willing to compartmentalize our emotions, suppress our consciences, almost to sell our souls, for the opportunity to work on the grand projects that […]
Catlike DIY
2012.11.24 – 22:52
Catlike DIY “Cats are not famed for their ability to use a power drill, but Jeeves is willing to give it a go.”
YouTube: Toto La Momposina “El Pescador”
2012.11.24 – 12:58
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Giving Thanks for a God Who Is Appreciative
2012.11.23 – 09:36
Giving Thanks for a God Who Is Appreciative “There is no way I can fit the Lord God into a box and say for sure, ‘This is God.’ Having said that, in His infinite Mercy and Compassion for us, our Creator has sought to describe Himself in the scripture so that the inherently imperfect human […]
YouTube: Stephen Fry on American vs British Comedy
2012.11.22 – 13:30
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Random Shopper
2012.11.22 – 13:21
Random Shopper A bot that randomly buys things at Amazon: “What it bought, I won’t know until it comes in the mail.”
Blog: The Feature: They Cracked This 250-Year-Old Code, and Found a Secret Society Inside
2012.11.20 – 16:50
They Cracked This 250-Year-Old Code, and Found a Secret Society Inside (author unknown), The Feature
How to Get Startup Ideas
2012.11.20 – 10:51
How to Get Startup Ideas “…you can either build something a large number of people want a small amount, or something a small number of people want a large amount. Choose the latter.”
Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: Sources Of Conservative Renewal
2012.11.20 – 10:21
Sources Of Conservative Renewal Rod Dreher, The American Conservative » Rod Dreher
Keeping America’s Edge
2012.11.20 – 09:58
Keeping America’s Edge I somehow missed this great 2010 essay about America’s current dilemmas: “First is the inherent conflict between the creative destruction involved in free-market capitalism and the innate human propensity to avoid risk and change. Second is ever-increasing international competition. And third is the growing disparity in behavioral norms and social conditions between […]
Blog: Science: Big News From Mars? Rover Scientists Mum For Now
2012.11.20 – 08:56
Big News From Mars? Rover Scientists Mum For Now (author unknown), Science
The Up-Goer Five Text Editor
2012.11.19 – 13:43
The Up-Goer Five Text Editor Write using only the 1,000 most-used words.