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[Dec. 4th, 2020|08:20 pm] |
You can find more info on my userinfo page - but this is just here to say that I'm very happy to be friended by anyone that wants to read me. I rarely post friends-only, and that only tends to be about things that mention work, so if I don't friend you back you're not actually missing much...
If you do friend me, this would be a good place to leave a comment introducing yourself, and letting me know how you found me! |
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| Dreamwidth Invites |
[Jul. 11th, 2009|04:43 pm] |
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I have another three. Anyone? |
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| Hello! |
[Jul. 11th, 2009|04:36 pm] |
Fantastic little documentary snippet about Inigo Montoya and that fight.
courtesy of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) cavalorn |
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[Jul. 11th, 2009|12:01 pm] |
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Well worth a read.
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Oh. Dear. Lord. A perfect example of the race to the bottom...
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Including Newcomb's Cat, Pascal's Dilemma and The Chinese Demon
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| Belief - repost |
[Jul. 10th, 2009|02:08 pm] |
Question three was borked. Rewritten to actually cover all the bases, and not be internally contradictory. Apologies to the 7 people who already filled it in!
Poll #1427776
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllNone, One or More Beliefs? Believed at some point? Lacked in belief at some point? Confidence in your current beliefs |
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| Changing who you are |
[Jul. 10th, 2009|12:35 pm] |
I avoid eating sugar because it makes me feel awful.
It took me a long time to wean myself off of it, and I tried a number of different tactics.
Exerting self-control is rarely easy - your conscious mind just is not good at keeping control over your physical drives for long periods of time.
And saying to myself "I don't want any chocolate cake." just felt wrong - because it clearly wasn't true. I _did_ want chocolate, or cake, or whatever it was I shouldn't want.
What worked the best for me was saying "I am not the kind of person who eats cake." - changing my perceptions of who I was, and pretending to be someone else seemed to entirely bypass the quibbling of my subconscious.
And thus I'm not surprised by research from Yellowstone Park saying that when they put up signs saying "Please don't litter" it had no effect, but putting up signs saying "People who love the environment take their litter home" caused a drop in the amount of rubbish left lying around.
The first is a request - we weight it up against all of our own desires and then make a decision. The second cuts to the core of our being - we have to make a decision about whether we're the Right kind of person or the Wrong kind of person. It's fairly obvious that that kind of approach works massively well. |
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| Updates on the last two Potter movies |
[Jul. 10th, 2009|12:10 pm] |
It was already public that the final book is being split into two halves - but what I didn't know was how it was going to be done:
( minor spoilers ) |
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[Jul. 10th, 2009|12:01 pm] |
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| Oh. My. God. |
[Jul. 9th, 2009|01:12 pm] |
If I read this right then Goldman-Sachs have been packet sniffing at the New York Stock Exchange, picking up the trading information before it's made, and then basing their own trades on the direction the market is _about_ to move.
If this turns out to be true then they are in so much trouble it's not true. Company-destroying amounts of trouble.
Can anyone clear up the detail of this for me? |
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[Jul. 9th, 2009|12:00 pm] |
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Fascinating, if you find investigations into why large systems go wrong interesting.
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Prefers people to fill up reusable bottles at drinking fountains
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I'm making two!
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Science ROCKS!
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| Flatmate wanted for a friend |
[Jul. 9th, 2009|10:34 am] |
At the end of August Julie is moving in with me, and I'm looking for a replacement to move into her current flat.
Her current flatmateSimon is great and very easy to live with - and I'm helping look because he's a good bloke who deserves someone nice to live with!
Looking for someone mid September (possibly a bit earlier). Flat is in Meadowbank, close to a big Sainburies and M & S outlet store. Room is a double room with fitted, mirrored wardrobes. Looks out onto a park, and is a five minute walk from Holyrood Park/Arthur's Seat.
Rent is £325 pcm plus bills. Simon's stipulation is that he wants someone with a regular income (as will the letting agents), non-smoker (or willing to go down 2 flights - the lease says so) and no irrational loathing of Top Gear.
The letting agent is Charles White and have been pretty good. Anytime something needed fixed, it got fixed with no fuss. |
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| I, for one, welcome our mechanical hummingbird overlords |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|09:24 pm] |
also: Robotic Butterfly:
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[Jul. 8th, 2009|12:01 pm] |
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Want!
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Cue panic in the streets...
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From stem cells. This is a real game-changer.
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Fantastic image of how far various bits of our broadcasts have gone. The Beatles have been seen on Beta Aquilae.
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| Truth |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|10:06 pm] |
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| Note to self |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|05:04 pm] |
Before messaging someone on your friends list to ask what you did to make them unfriend you, check that they _are_ the person you were thinking of, and not someone else on your friends list who had never friended you in the first place.
Yes, yes, I'm an idiot. |
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[Jul. 7th, 2009|12:00 pm] |
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Good analysis of why the health care system is such a mess - and why it's so expensive compared to similar countries - while providing worse outcomes.
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A dissection of a hack on Flash - exploiting a few mistakes in its code. Really nicely explained. I'm impressed.
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We conclude that personality may be related to interpersonal interaction by shaping aspects of social cognition as basic as eye contact. In this way, eye gaze represents a possible behavioral link in a complex relationship between genes, brain function, and personality.
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Two very nice videos show different sides of Augmented Reality. One where you point your camera around you and it shows you house prices, another where a flat map is suddenly populated by zombies...
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| One for each state that allows gay marriage |
[Jul. 6th, 2009|10:30 pm] |
Cheers to henriksdal. |
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| I didn't see any of Wimbledon live |
[Jul. 6th, 2009|06:26 pm] |
But if it was like this, I probably would have done:
(cheers to johnbonshaun) |
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