Monthly Archives: December 2015

The Four Aspects of Henduism

The Four Aspects of Henduism from Ken Arneson

Best of BP 2015: Baseball`s Seven Wonders: Rickey Henderson`s OBP by Sam Miller

Best of BP 2015: Baseball`s Seven Wonders: Rickey Henderson`s OBP by Sam Miller from: December 31, 2015 at 08:56AM

Tweet by Nick_Houser

Most Interesting A's fan goes to @kenarneson, which I imagine he'd win every year. #Nicks2015FauxAwards — Nick Houser (@Nick_Houser) December 31, 2015 via https://twitter.com/Nick_Houser

Tweet by drhagen

An xkcd once wondered why the 11th of most months is mentioned less than the other days. I think I figured it out. https://t.co/gsB9Hn6dQK — David Hagen (@drhagen) December 29, 2015 via https://twitter.com/drhagen

Why Physicists Are Saying Consciousness Is A State Of Matter, Like a Solid, A Liquid Or A Gas

Why Physicists Are Saying Consciousness Is A State Of Matter, Like a Solid, A Liquid Or A Gas “Tegmark points out that any information stored in a special network known as a Hopfield neural net automatically has this error-correcting facility. However, he calculates that a Hopfield net about the size of the human brain with […]

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New film suggests Swedes have gone too far in quest for independence https://t.co/7IY15HkaYJ #theswedishtheoryoflove pic.twitter.com/wmZKaqPFS9 — The Local Sweden (@TheLocalSweden) December 29, 2015 via https://twitter.com/TheLocalSweden

How Bad Are Things?

How Bad Are Things? “I don’t think we have any idea how many people do or don’t have it pretty good. Nobody who hasn’t read polls would intuitively guess that 40-something percent of Americans are young-Earth creationists. How should they know how many people have it pretty good or not?”

My Amazing Funeral Procession

My Amazing Funeral Procession from Ken Arneson

The marriages of power couples reinforce economic inequality

The marriages of power couples reinforce economic inequality from: December 27, 2015 at 09:23AM

Very good results (and an alternative)

Very good results (and an alternative) from: December 27, 2015 at 09:17AM

Tweet by Shakabrodie

Every time @HOFEck43 won the race. #31Gifts https://t.co/51X3fVWlht — Benjamin Christensen (@Shakabrodie) December 26, 2015 via https://twitter.com/Shakabrodie

Dean Baker on the One Percent

Dean Baker on the One Percent from: December 26, 2015 at 12:49AM

Volkswagen, Johnson & Johnson, and Corporate Responsibility

Volkswagen, Johnson & Johnson, and Corporate Responsibility Implied but not said: salespeople making promises about products they don’t understand can be dangerous, as can engineers who don’t push back on stupid promises.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Stunning Hollyhock House as You’ve Never Seen It

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Stunning Hollyhock House as You’ve Never Seen It December 23, 2015 at 04:44PM

In Conversation: Charlie Kaufman

In Conversation: Charlie Kaufman “That’s the thing I love about anything, whether it’s Monty Python or Mr. Show or Kids in the Hall — anything where it feels like it doesn’t go where you think it’s going to go. That freedom, that sort of anarchy of form, is the thing that really appeals to me.”

Principle of charity – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Principle of charity – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tweet by anildash

Does anybody remember a great somewhat recent quote about how we become uncharitably, absurdly literal when we disagree with someone? — Anil Dash (@anildash) December 22, 2015 via https://twitter.com/anildash

George Saunders Explains How to Tell a Good Story

George Saunders Explains How to Tell a Good Story “For George Saunders, the process of crafting a good story means not condescending to your reader. It means creating sentences that clue them into something unnoticed about the character, and allowing them to figure it out. “A bad story is one where you know what the […]

Genius at Play: A Brilliant Mathematician on Tinkering, Thinkering, and the Art of Being a Professional Nonunderstander

Genius at Play: A Brilliant Mathematician on Tinkering, Thinkering, and the Art of Being a Professional Nonunderstander from: December 22, 2015 at 08:49AM

Steady Rollin’ Man: a revolutionary critique of Robert Johnson

Steady Rollin’ Man: a revolutionary critique of Robert Johnson