Author: timbatchelder
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Why ‘Ontology’ Will Be A Big Word In Your Company’s Future
Your business has its own language. If you sell cars, then you need not only make, model and year, but also MSRP, leather bucket seats and dealer incentives. Media companies have producers and writers, actors and grips, distribution networks and video masters. Business Language Source: Why ‘Ontology’ Will Be A Big Word In Your…
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A Study of Thousands of Dropbox Projects Reveals How Successful Teams Collaborate
Keep teams small and share work equally. Source: A Study of Thousands of Dropbox Projects Reveals How Successful Teams Collaborate
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Why Being Near Water Really Does Make Us Happier
There are scientific reasons why we’re so drawn to lakes, rivers, and oceans. Source: Why Being Near Water Really Does Make Us Happier – Condé Nast Traveler
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How DNA Results Shaped My Diet
Source: How DNA Results Shaped My Diet
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As older population grows, Massachusetts angles to become the Silicon Valley for ‘age-tech’
Massachusetts leaders think it’s time to apply the state’s Yankee ingenuity — its potent mix of brainpower and technology prowess — to solving the problems of aging. Source: As older population grows, Massachusetts angles to become the Silicon Valley for ‘age-tech’ – The Boston Globe
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Think everyone died young in ancient societies? Think again
People in the past were not all dead by 30—ancient Greeks lived well past 80 years. Source: Think everyone died young in ancient societies? Think again — Quartz
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Cheap, Portable Sensors Are Democratizing Air-Quality Data
A new generation of air-quality sensors is making it easier for citizen groups and residents to monitor the air around them. Source: Cheap, Portable Sensors Are Democratizing Air-Quality Data | WIRED
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Facebook independent research commission, Social Science One, will share a petabyte of user interactions
Back in April, Facebook announced that it would be working with a group of academics to establish an independent research commission to look into issues of social and political significance using the company’s own extensive data collection. That commission just came out of stealth; it’s called Soci… Source: Facebook independent research commission, Social Science One,…
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Can corporate R&D informatics centers do real science?
In the blue corner: Big tech and its billion dollar coffers. In the red corner: Academia and science. Place your bets! Winner takes all. Source: Academic expert says Google and Facebook’s AI researchers aren’t doing science
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Poor Americans’ Mental Health Is Getting Worse
The wealth gap is also a happiness gap. Source: Poor Americans’ Mental Health Is Getting Worse – The Atlantic
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