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Blog: Dilbert.com Blog: Les Miserables – Movie Review

Les Miserables – Movie Review by (author unknown) Dilbert.com Blog

My Faith: A Confession – Justin Erik Halldór Smith

My Faith: A Confession – Justin Erik Halldór Smith “So I get sin, but I don’t get what it means to say that Christ died for my sins. I just don’t get it.”

21 Emotions For Which There Are No English Words

21 Emotions For Which There Are No English Words

What are the optimal biases to overcome?

What are the optimal biases to overcome? From Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought. RIP.

Blog: Dan Ariely: Facing the truth is a terrible way to be happy.

Facing the truth is a terrible way to be happy. by danariely Dan Ariely

Blog: Ben Casnocha: Book Notes: Religion for Atheists

Book Notes: Religion for Atheists by Ben Casnocha Ben Casnocha

Comment From Kathy Sierra: The Why-Who Cares-So What rule

Comment From Kathy Sierra: The Why-Who Cares-So What rule “When I taught programming at Sun, we called it the Why-Who Cares-So What? rule (a variation on the Five Why’s). You imagine the most skeptical coder challenging you after you describe a feature, approach, API , etc. but they don’t just stop with the first “why”. […]

Blog: Science: The Oldest Rock In The World Tells Us A Story

The Oldest Rock In The World Tells Us A Story by (author unknown) Science

Soccer Out of Context: the AL West

Soccer Out of Context: the AL West Soccer jerseys for the AL West

The Technium: Pain of the New

The Technium: Pain of the New 48fps film makes makeup seem clearly fake instead of tricking us like it does at 24 fps.

Improving Twitter search with real-time human computation

Improving Twitter search with real-time human computation Sudden events pose several challenges: 1. The queries have probably never before been seen 2. these spikes are so short-lived, there’s only a small window of opportunity to learn what they mean.

Blog: Sam Harris: Author, neuroscientist, philosopher.: FAQ on Violence

FAQ on Violence by (author unknown) Sam Harris: Author, neuroscientist, philosopher.

Blog: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: Worse Than Nickelback, Better Than Gonorrhea

Worse Than Nickelback, Better Than Gonorrhea by Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Blog: Brain Pickings: The Science of Productivity, Animated

The Science of Productivity, Animated by Maria Popova Brain Pickings

Blog: Svbtle Featured: Response to Anil’s “All Dashboards Should Be Feeds”

Response to Anil's "All Dashboards Should Be Feeds" by Buster Benson Svbtle Featured

Blog: FanGraphs Baseball: The Speedy Tommy Harper And The Random Career Year

The Speedy Tommy Harper And The Random Career Year by Paul Swydan FanGraphs Baseball

Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: Cleverness And The Common Good

Cleverness And The Common Good by Rod Dreher The American Conservative » Rod Dreher

Blog: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: Of Sex And God

Of Sex And God by Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

IAmA Bible Scholar. AMAA. : IAmA

IAmA Bible Scholar. AMAA. : IAmA

Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: Sexual Revolution: Symptom, Not Cause

Sexual Revolution: Symptom, Not Cause by Rod Dreher The American Conservative » Rod Dreher