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The Turing Problem
Another great episode from Radiolab, this one is dedicated to Alan Turing.
When you ask for more information, explain what you need the information for, or at least be more specific what kind of “more information” you need. That way, you save everybody lots of time. The people answering your question don’t waste their time gathering information you don’t need (and gathering that information can be quite time-consuming), and you don’t waste your time sifting through all the information you don’t want.
At first this behavior might seem illogical. Why would the mouse prefer another shape when it knows there will be a reward if it goes toward the normal rectangle? The answer is that the mouse did not associate that particular rectangle with the reward. It associated the “rectangularity” with the reward.
From The Mouse and the Rectangle by Dustin Curtis.
Also, a TED Talk from VS Ramachandran
Sure, each one of us wanted to finish ahead of all the others, but we also knew that running as a group would make us all run better and that running our best would require both cooperation and competition.
Annoying commercials in the future
Fortunately, humans are excellent adapters. By the time things reached a dystopic climax, we were already comfortable with it
Everyone has their bullshit. You can simply decide whose you’re willing to tolerate.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
First I tried to change my notebook for Mobisle Notes and a great smartphone. I failed. The app is great and the phone is amazing (specially after rooting and installing Revolution InsertCoin) but that combination is not as smooth as pen and paper. Then I tried to change it for my lovely Asus Transformer and Evernote. I failed again. The Asus is the best tablet I have ever owned and Evernote is a great piece of software but I still feel limited and slow.
Pen and Paper FTW!
Silver Swans‘ Ann Yu has a gliding voice that dovetails Jon Waters’ instrumentals in ‘Let It Happen,’ the first single off the duo’s upcoming LP “Forever.” Fresh from the west coast, the San Francisco-based act sounds confident in their subtleties and ability to mesh.Death and Taxes Mag







