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“Video game players are able to pick up very subtle, statistical irregularities in environments and use them to their advantage. And these same irregularities in environments are the things that help us guide our behaviors on a daily basis.”
-Brain researcher Jay Pratt, professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, whose research on gamers suggest that playing video games can have potentially positive effects.
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NotesWord Lens: THE reason to get an iPhone, as far as I’m concerned. Either this comes to Android or I get an iPhone. Simply stunned.
Muy bien!
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the Nord 6000 (very) very large transport concept, circa 1968, with size comparison to the Antonov An-225, the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, and the Boeing 747-400
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"Macy’s shoppers can now check their look in a “magic mirror” in a fitting room, thanks to touchscreen computing. A large mirror, linked up to a touchscreen tablet computer, lets visitors to the iconic department store chain’s flagship New York location scroll through their options, then digitally “try on” clothes in the mirror."
Wow. That is really cool.
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That’s right — Apple is responding to a signal problem by redesigning its signal strength icon.
“We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising,” reads Apple’s statement. “Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength… Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don’t know it, because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars.
"Eliot Van Burskirk - Signal Problem? It’s Just an Illusion, Apple Pretends - Wired Epicentre Blog.
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I could very easily believe that this is true, perhaps in addition to an actual signal problem. Why? Because I recall long ago reading somewhere - and don’t ask me where - that during the heydays of Nokia, Ericsson and if you were particularly uncool, Motorola, it actually became common for phone companies to deliberately misrepresent their signal strength icons. If I recall correctly, it initially started with only one company, but soon all brands had replicated the misrepresentation so that their phones did not look worse when placed alongside a competitor’s product. I guess the misrepresentation still existed when Apple got into the game, and now they’re using it as the scapegoat for these recent reports.
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In a way, this jellyfish is closer to Godliness than any other species we know.
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So picture this: Some of the students are asked to eat some cookies but no radishes. Others are told to eat radishes but no cookies, and while they sit there, nibbling on rabbit food, the researchers leave the room – which is intended to tempt them and is frankly kind of sadistic. But in the study none of the radish-eaters slipped – they showed admirable self-control.
Then, the two groups are asked to trace out a complicated geometric pattern without raising their pencil. Unbeknownst to them, the puzzle can’t be solved. The scientists are curious how long they’ll persist at a difficult task. So the cookie-eaters try again and again, for an average of 19 minutes, before they give up. But the radish-eaters — they only last an average of 8 minutes. What gives?
"Why Change is So Hard: Self Control is Exhaustible - Fast Company
Interesting study. Not sure I care for the video version at the top of the page though. Is it for people who don’t have the self-control to read the whole article?
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I think I earned most of these at CHSH.
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Love this scientific glass moss terrarium. Perfect for any office desk. Get yours on etsy store themosserstore
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Tarzan takes after Nigel Thornberry, too.
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Gizmon iPhone Case
