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| Date | Text | Link | Source | Tags | Note |
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| 20100208 005639 Z | Abstraction | img12.abload … d043d7dacw9q.jpg | www.reddit.c … abstraction_wtf/ | Art, Comics, Images, Japan, NSFW, Saucy | At first you think "O no, it's some awful Japanese sex comic", but then it gets interesting. The Reddit thread has some interesting comments too. |
| 20100205 165411 Z | Laying out SQL Code | www.simple-t … utm_campaign=SQL | Programming, SQL, TECH, Writing | Some good points, but it seems like he's having too much fun! | |
| 20100205 012043 Z | Physicist Discovers How to Teleport Energy | www.technolo … log/arxiv/24759/ | Cool, Science, TECH | If they're already using entanglement to teleport matter, then the obvious next step is to teleport energy! D'oh! | |
| 20100203 170836 Z | Nanotechnology, TECH | The word is out, but I'd like more testing before they go big time. | |||
| 20100203 165946 Z | New Hearing Aid Uses Your Tooth To Transmit Sound | singularityh … -transmit-sound/ | science.slas … Sound?art_pos=43 | Gadget, Hardware, SSD, TECH | A non-surgical, non-visibile hearing aid. It's also nice to see them mention Single sided deafness (SSD), or what some call Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL). |
| 20100201 190158 Z | Analysis of HTML5 Canvas Javascript performance in various browsers for Freeciv.net | code.google. … BenchmarkResults | developers.s … mance?art_pos=72 | Browser, JavaScript, TECH, Video Games | So they confirmed what everyone sort of already knew. The fastest browser is Chrome, Safaris is 2nd, Firefox is 3rd, and Internet Explorer 8 is 4th. They're still working to test it on Opera. FYI: I'm still primarily using Firefox because of TreeStyle tabs. I must resist playing FreeCiv.net, lest I lose hours of time! |
I liked this quite a bit. Here are the principles but they do need some explanation:
The sites they mention:
The /. thread mentions learning via foreign videos (esp. comedies), sites that that interest you, and DVDs with subtitles.
The studies indicate that some children have difficulty picking up on non-verbal or social cues. ... A second major factor is that some children may pick up on non-verbal or social cues, but lack the ability to attach meaning to them. The third factor is the ability to reason about social problems.
Fascinating. I probably manifest all 3 problems to some degree:
It's not that those of us with social problems and introversion are anti-social, but socially handicapped. It's like being stuck in a wheelchair while other people are running around. Exploring this topic should be a high priority for me.
I caught this in this morning's edition of the Chicago Red Eye paper:
Theft victim stabs robbers on Green Line; 5 charged
Five people face charges related to an attack and robbery of a Forest Park man early Saturday that started as he watched a movie on his IPod while riding on a CTA Green Line train on the West Side, authorities said.
The 26-year-old Forest Park man was robbed 12:55 a.m. Saturday, Police said.
Charged with robbery in the incident were Tommie Bates, Robert Moore, Jaylin Tiggs and Kendalll A. Harris; charged with misdemeanor obstruction of a police officer was Tyeisha Underwood, of the 4400 block of West Congress Parkway, police said.
Bates, of the 5900 block of West Iowa Street, and Moore, of the 5100 block of West Iowa Street, both were hospitalized at West Suburban Medical Center with stab wounds suffered in the attack.
One of the four punched the victim in the face after he was robbed, according to Assistant State's Attorney Angel Essig. The victim then pulled a knife and stabbed at least two of the alleged would-be robbers, she said.
Given that there have been a number of iPod snatchings lately:
Expensive, hip, and small devices that take the victim's attention are perfect for thieves. Please be aware of your surroundings before you get involved in anything that takes your attention. Limit your activity to things that take less of your attention, e.g. a quick text is safer than a gripping story or a long text. Something that involve your eyes (e.g. texting, video, reading) is more dangerous than things that involve your ears (e.g. listening to music). Some folks go so far as to enclose their iPods in the shell of a bulky old walkman.
The victim in this case had a knife, but I think he successfully pulled it off legally because he used it AFTER he was robbed and punched. If he had used his knife before or during the robbery, then the robbers would have had a better chance of legally playing the "victim".
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