http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=649579&cid=24654733 Quite nicely done. Would like to see a linguist take a crack at the list of phonemes, though.
Read more →Deep reexamination of my field of projects, figuring out what stays and what goes, what prospers and what should be killed. I’m feeling very close to the end of this round of work on household infrastructure and called back towards the state level infrastructure stuff – State In A Box, not just the Identity Services [...]
Read more →http://dmiessler.com/blog/why-america-is-screwed-pic What’s missing? Credit card debt. Student loans. 50% taxation. What’s missing is that this is what the people want and you can tell that because 50% or more those who vote, vote for it every year. It’s not like reform candidates haven’t run, from Perot to Nader. It’s not like local political action isn’t [...]
Read more →http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/08/against-intelle.html (pushes main article on to the stack)
Read more →http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=156 Nothing unexpected, but confirmed sightings.
Read more →Parents go to such lengths in part because Chinese culture has always emphasized success, but also for a more pressing reason: Traditionally, children support their parents in old age. With only one child to carry the load, parents’ fortunes are tied to their child’s, and they push (and pamper) the little ones accordingly. “In China, [...]
Read more →it’s just a little shark, but watch the slowmo…
Read more →Summary: the pill gives women a sexual preference for men they won’t want to stay with later. They go off the pill, have kids, then discover they can’t stand their partners. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are involved in immune response and other functions, and the best mates are those that have different MHC smells [...]
Read more →Many snakes produce only small quantities of weak poison that is just adequate for their various small prey. But other snakes’ venom can be deadly for large animals—including humans. This is certainly the case for the king cobra, which is the world’s largest poisonous snake and might be capable of killing an elephant with a [...]
Read more →I commissioned these from http://yirmumah.com/will-draw-anything/ To say that I am pleased with the results would be the most profound understatement.
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