February 2012
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“One of the real dilemmas we have in our country and around the world is that...”
– Bill Clinton
(via kottke)
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The 6 Least Impressive Ways Anyone Ever Got Rich |... →
The Google chef who got hired way back in the day earned $26 million, mostly from stock options.
Then there’s a math professor from Texas who has won the lottery 4 times in less than 2 decades, each time winning millions of dollars.
* sigh *
(via Fark)
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WatchVery cool. More info (including links to code and posters) is available on his site.
Frederic Brodbeck:
cinemetrics is about measuring and visualizing movie data, in order to reveal the characteristics of films and to create a visual “fingerprint” for them. Information such as the editing structure, color, speech or motion are extracted, analyzed and transformed into graphic representations so...
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Uneasy Rider →
Mike DeStefano talks about one of the last things he did with his wife Franny, who was dying of AIDS. It’s a really touching story.
So the next thing you know we’re on I-95, because women, it’s never enough for them. We’re on I-95, and she unhooks the pole, and she’s holding the morphine bag over her head with her gown that’s flying up in the air so you could see her entire naked, bony...
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Unanimous →
There was this case more than a hundred years ago, in which a judge named Nott wrote the majority opinion and a judge named Wright wrote the dissent. Then a poet named Lincoln B. Smith wrote the following:
That Wright is Wright and Nott is Nott Logicians must concede. That Nott is right and Wright is not Four judges have decreed.
That Nott is right, and Wright is not, We all must now agree;...
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WatchThe checkerboard squares look like they’re bending, but they’re not. All by placing some bits of paper in the corners.
(via New Scientist TV: Friday Illusion: Mind-bending chessboard)
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I'm Not a Fat, Middle-aged Executive, Mommy. →
Little girl: I want to step in the puddles.
Sassy mom: Do you want me to step on your face?
—Lower East Side
Overheard by: Chanel
(via Overheard in New York)
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“The difference between a conviction and a prejudice is that you can explain a...”
– Anonymous
( via Unquote | Futility Closet)
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Stereotype-Challenging Study of the Day →
Among its findings: Women are better than men at tracking down spaces, lining up with the parking space, and reversing into spots “by the book.” Meanwhile, men are better at entering spaces while driving forward, and exhibit more confidence than their female counterparts, leading to quicker parking decisions.
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Here is what real commitment to your marriage... →
Basically, you have to put the marriage above yourself, especially when it’s hardest to do so.
Thomas N. Bradbury (one of the researchers):
When the stakes are high, our relationships are vulnerable. When we’re under a great deal of stress or when there is a high-stakes decision on which you disagree, those are defining moments in a relationship. What our data indicate is that...
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