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Is a super-enhancer greater than the sum of its parts?
February 15, 2017Cancer Studies Are Fatally Flawed. Meet the Young Billionaire Who’s Exposing the Truth About Bad Science | WIRED
February 13, 2017Meet the Young Billionaire Who’s Exposing the Truth About Bad Science https://www.wired.com/2017/01/john-arnold-waging-war-on-bad-science Funder of studies on #ReproducibleResearch
Long Before Making Enigmatic Earthworks, People Reshaped Brazil’s Rain Forest – The New York Times
February 12, 2017Peter Mansfield, M.R.I. Pioneer and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 83 – The New York Times
February 12, 2017Software or softwear? | 1843
February 11, 2017Killing Animals at the Zoo
February 11, 2017Killing Animals at the Zoo – via public dissection
http://www.NewYorker.com/magazine/2017/01/16/killing-animals-at-the-zoo Disneyfication of the wild v cruelty to favorite cuddlies
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“In response to the death of Marius, Rufus Gifford, the U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, wrote on Facebook, “I find the situation to be disturbing and the video hard to watch.” Danes responded by referring to the U.S. death penalty, and to a proposal, then in the news, to cull two thousand swans in New York. A few months later, Gifford was interviewed in a Danish magazine; without referring directly to the case, he sought to rehabilitate the word “Disneyfied.” He defined it as American optimism: “It means that we always believe in a ‘happy ending,’ that we can get married to the prince, become a millionaire, and save the world.” (Through a spokesman, Gifford said that the State Department would not allow him to comment further.) Holst told me that he wasn’t sure if Gifford’s comments about Marius were”
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See how old Amazon’s AI thinks you are – The Verge
February 11, 2017Bass to make way for study space
February 11, 2017Why Is Bullet Journaling Popular? It Makes You Feel Productive for Doing Just About Anything.
February 10, 2017Why Is Bullet Journaling Popular? It Makes You Feel Productive for…About Anything
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/01/13/why_is_bullet_journaling_popular_it_makes_you_feel_productive_for_doing.html @GTDguy’s approach w/o computers
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“To summarize: You should write down the things you need to do, the places you have to go, and ideas that occur to you. Then, at the beginning of every month, you should look at your list, jettison the items that are no longer relevant, and start afresh. In essence, it’s Getting Things Done for people who like old-fashioned pens and paper.” “}}
