Author: timbatchelder
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Is a résumé relevant in the age of online courses and open source projects?
Is a résumé relevant in the age of online courses and open source projects? Stack Exchange, arstechnica.com This Q&A is part of a biweekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 80+ Q&A sites. davidk01 asks: My resume is no… http://flpbd.it/XbZep…
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Bills, bills, bills: manage your accounts like a real pro
Bills, bills, bills: manage your accounts like a real pro Megan Geuss, arstechnica.com No matter your day job, we all have a second gig that saps a couple of hours from our lives every month: operating the administrative branch of your life (or your household). Personal bureaucracy is a sad fact of life, but there…
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Yes, Ayn, There Is a Social Instinct
Yes, Ayn, There Is a Social Instinct | The Crux discovermagazine.com Eric Michael Johnson has a master’s degree in evolutionary anthropology focusing on great ape behavioral ecology. He is currently a doctoral student in the history of science at University of British Columbia looking at… http://flpbd.it/GVRyf Related articles Ayn Rand is Fiction (evergreeninstitute.wordpress.com) Lawmaker Wants…
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Never forget a face? Take the test
Never forget a face? Take the test Gerry Everding-WUSTL, futurity.org WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — A new online experiment tests your ability to remember names and faces, and compares your score with others’. The test, which can be taken from a computer, smartphone, iPad, and other mobile… http://flpbd.it/dn2t5 Related articles Review: Logitech’s Ultrathin…
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Check Your Genome
Check Your Genome Caleb Garling, wired.com berkeleylab/Flickr Gene mutations can predict how you’ll respond to certain substances. Here’s what genetic testing outfit 23andMe can tell you about how you might react to the drugs below. Drugs for which your 23andMe results can… http://flpbd.it/jyQOz Related articles Check Out The Geekiest Black Friday Deal Ever (GOOG) (embargozone.com)…
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A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate
A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate By Climate Guest Blogger on Oct 5, 2012 at 10:30 am, thinkprogress.org by Bill Becker If Mitt Romney and Barack Obama had been able to look through the television cameras at who was watching their first debate, it undoubtedly would have been more interesting than the debate…
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Mitt Romney calls Tesla Motors losers
Mitt Romney calls Tesla Motors ‘losers’ By Ryan Singel, wired.co.uk Politics In the back and forth of 3 October’s presidential debate over tax breaks to energy companies, Republican nominee Mitt Romney argued that President Obama’s grants and tax breaks to renewable energy companies equalled 50… http://flpbd.it/cDfBf Related articles Mitt Romney Announce Plans to Run for…
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Need A Career Role Model? Indiana Jones Is Your Guy
Need A Career Role Model? Indiana Jones Is Your Guy By Tom Teodorczuk, fastcompany.com What does an archaeologist-slash-action hero out to save the world from maniacal Nazis have to do with battling boring corporate bureaucracy? Everything. Wall Street. Glengarry Glen Ross. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.… http://flpbd.it/9rGZB Related articles Charlie Ergen on Dish’s…
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Making Visible the Invisible: Meaning, Not Content, Matters in Social Data
Making Visible the Invisible: Meaning, Not Content, Matters in Social Data Eric Openshaw and Alexander Pentland, Vice Chairman, Deloitte and Founder/Director, MIT Connection Science and Engineering Center, allthingsd.com There is no question that in today’s connected world — where few activities go untracked and undigitized — social data is everywhere, being generated by the terabyte.…
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