October 31, 2017
October 30, 2017
People are Different. Yes. The norm today is shifting to anything that shows interest in anyone is automatically bad.
October 29, 2017
US winter has shrunk by more than one month in 100 years. Turns out I actually love global warming.
There’s now proof that women perform better under pressure than men. I bet this holds for all fields.
Shattering the Bell Curve. From 2007. Still relevant.
October 28, 2017
Your Pumpkin Pie Probably Has No Actual Pumpkin In It. Gourd-dammit!
October 27, 2017
October 26, 2017
CRISPR 2.0 Is Here, and It’s Way More Precise. CRISPR 2.0: Even crispier.
A tendency for your mind to wander is correlated with creativity and intelligence. Good news, because I literally can’t do anything for longer than 10 minutes at a time.
For an Endangered Animal, a Fire or Hurricane Can Mean the End. Future humans — if any remain — will look back at all of us as we gaze back at Nazis. Worse, most likely. We are someone else’s monster.
October 25, 2017
The fastest-growing city in america is 100 percent sure to get wiped out by a natural disaster. I have been to Cape Coral. It is a very strange place. The problem is, winter is terrible in much of the rest of the country, and people don’t want to tolerate it — so, Florida.
October 24, 2017
Female homicide rate dropped after Craigslist launched its erotic services platform. Only the most predictable outcome ever. Too bad the government forced censorship.
Universe shouldn’t exist, CERN physicists conclude. I don’t disagree.
Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too much alcohol. That is fruct up.
Games Look Bad, Part 1: HDR and Tone Mapping. This is about games, but applies to film as well.
October 23, 2017
Australia Mourns the End of Its Car Manufacturing Industry. Very dumb but typical decision that Australia allowed this to occur.
There are now new borders and fences going up all over Europe, as a response to Merkel’s blithe misjudgment. But to some as long as your heart is in the right place, whatever idiot crap you do is just fine.
October 22, 2017
Officers with cameras used force and faced civilian complaints at about the same rates as officers without cameras. I was always skeptical of the “body cameras will solve all” narrative.
Americans are still terrible at investing, annual study once again shows. What’s weird is that they both increase their risk and make less money — it’s like some idiotic combination of the worst of both worlds.