Monthly Archives: May 2016

How well does the post-recession world scale?

How well does the post-recession world scale? from: May 31, 2016 at 11:32AM

Book Review: Age of Em

Book Review: Age of Em from: May 29, 2016 at 07:19PM

Killing Dylann Roof

Killing Dylann Roof from: May 29, 2016 at 06:44PM

Contradictory Sentences

Contradictory Sentences from: May 29, 2016 at 06:37PM

THE NEW NORMAL

THE NEW NORMAL from: May 26, 2016 at 12:09AM

Calling baloney

Calling baloney from: May 24, 2016 at 08:13AM

Roger Simon on Moral Narcissism and Libertarians

Roger Simon on Moral Narcissism and Libertarians from: May 24, 2016 at 07:50AM “I think that libertarians share with progressives a certain adolescent inability to admit the benefits of an institution they dislike. In the case of progressives, the difficulty is with admitting the benefits of free markets. In the case of libertarians, the difficulty […]

Meet the Cast of HENRY VI: Jacques Freydont

Meet the Cast of HENRY VI: Jacques Freydont from: May 23, 2016 at 12:45PM

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A great @JamesFallows post https://t.co/WsuA5jiYri pic.twitter.com/ppmZjl8BVC — Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) May 23, 2016 via https://twitter.com/DKThomp

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is pure, joyful cinema

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is pure, joyful cinema “Nimoy loved the supporting players, and his film bestows each of them with a Hall of Fame moment. Scotty: “A keyboard. How quaint.” Chekov: “Nuclear wessels.” Uhura: “But where is Alameda?” McCoy, undercover as a surgeon, asks an old lady in a hospital what’s wrong […]

P vs. NP and the Computational Complexity Zoo

P vs. NP and the Computational Complexity Zoo May 21, 2016 at 12:05AM

In a game of big words, brevity triumphs

In a game of big words, brevity triumphs from: May 20, 2016 at 07:31PM

The Developmental Roots of Conformity Bias

The Developmental Roots of Conformity Bias from: May 20, 2016 at 03:59PM

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V. important. (Basic idea: make employmt benefits portable, so temps etc get them.) Elizabeth Warren’s Next Crusade https://t.co/SR3gGSYiLq — hilzoy (@hilzoy) May 19, 2016 via https://twitter.com/hilzoy

Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time

Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time May 19, 2016 at 09:04AM

Pick & Roll Defense – Ron Adams – Basketball Fundamentals

Pick & Roll Defense – Ron Adams – Basketball Fundamentals May 18, 2016 at 10:46PM

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Most ppl have to negotiate proprietary, siloed information systems & THAT is what eats time, not texting friends for restaurant refs 6/x — Lisa Schmeiser (@lschmeiser) May 18, 2016 via https://twitter.com/lschmeiser

A guy just transcribed 30 years of for-rent ads. Here’s what it taught us about housing prices

A guy just transcribed 30 years of for-rent ads. Here’s what it taught us about housing prices “It’s a chart that almost perfectly predicts the San Francisco housing market using only three variables: 1. The number of jobs located in San Francisco County. 2. The number of places in San Francisco County for people to […]

Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco apartments

Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco apartments “In the long run, San Francisco’s CPI-adjusted average income is growing by 1.72% per year, and the number of employed people is growing by 0.326% per year, which together (if you believe the first model) will raise CPI-adjusted housing costs by 3.8% per year. Therefore, if […]

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Women of the TARDIS: A Guide To Doctor Who’s Surprisingly Feminist Series Nine https://t.co/wtS5TT3RPy by @thebillyseguire — Rogues Portal (@RoguesPortal) May 17, 2016 via https://twitter.com/RoguesPortal