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Sentence first — verdict afterwards
Uh oh, I think they’re on to us. Tip from Will Briggs. Title from this. Update (15 October). Kaiser Fung reminds us twice about story time. Tip from Andrew Gelman. Read more
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Ammunition in the War Against Clutter
My department’s PhD Treehouse (where my cubicle resides) was recarpeted week before last, so we had to pack all our junk into book carts so it could be removed to the hallways while the carpet installers worked their magic. I took the opportunity to de-junk my cube, significantly reducing the books, knicknacks, and out-of-date papers Read more
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That’s some fantastic engineering…
…in a country that clearly respects and supports its working men. Bravo! Read more
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How’s YOUR University Doing?
Mine doesn’t look so hot when check its report card. Tip from Phi Beta Cons. Update (13 October). Elementary and high schools have report cards, too. Tip from Flowing Data. Update (21 October). California’s community colleges have about the same success rate as UTSA. Tip from Joanne Jacobs. Update (26 October). I did some no-brainer Read more
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A boycott whose time has come
Walter Russell Mead hits a home run There is probably nothing that the average young person could do that would make a bigger positive difference in the world than to fight the illegal drug industry out of solidarity with the Third World victims of the violence. Tip from the Instapundit. Read more
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Tone-deaf technology…
…is alive and well at Google with their recently announced automated cars. Amidst all the hype about cars that drive themselves, no one seems to have thought about the fact that these GoogleMobiles have logged over 140,000 miles in secret on California public highways with no official oversight or permission. Two obvious problems here: no Read more
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On the bright side, Che Guevara is still dead…
…these 43 years. You can celebrate with something from Che Mart. Tip from The Instapundit. Humberto Fontova has more details. They ain’t pretty. Tip from The Corner. Read more
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Digging the National Debt deeper, $250 at a time
So it looks like Social Security recipients are going to have to live on a fixed income for another year. Their only ray of sunshine is a possible $250 “bonus” check. We know how well that’s been working out. Tips from the Instapundit. Read more
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“The science is settled.”
Looks like the California Air Resources Board (love the acronym!) put their thumb on the scale when they calculated diesel emission pollution. In my stats classes, this gets marked as wrong answer. Remember this the next time someone tells you “the science is settled.” Read more
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