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"it’s well-established that men..." [weasel words]

I prefer: "In God we trust. The rest show data."

Or... just turn off javascript for a moment and refresh page.

Entries may be closed or on the verge:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/update-top-technology...

"If a report from The Sun is to be believed..."

'nuf said.

That was the observation of P. T. Barnum over 100 years ago ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum ).

I've not head behavioral economists' studies that cast doubt on it. The classic case of marketing > sense: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_rock

To people in Oklahoma City... at least once too many times.

OT: "Facebook required to comment on TC?"

This is the first time in a long time I've considered commenting on TC (for the gawdawful headline typo) - and so just now discovered comments were not displaying. It then occurred to me it might have to do with my use of facebookblocker.

Yep. Turning off FBBlocker displayed the comments - and would have permitted me to comment. Sorry. Not interested in unifying all my visibility on the web. Am I the only one that is uncomfortable with this inescapability of to participate in web discussions?

I certainly would like to see some more complete disclosure from dropbox to explain what's behind the experiences the Ed Bott relates.

> the falsehood that high net worth requirements somehow protect consumers

Perhaps they serve to protect that vulnerable segment of our population, the mega-corporation?

Once yours reaches sufficient size/influence [never to be explicitly specified] it may be able to claim such rights for itself before the U.S. Supreme Court, the supremely sympathetic arbitrator of such matters in this country. [/sarcasm]

I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that Isaacson is "seeking more attention."

I think the attention-people (media) are begging for his early words and competing intensely for his time/words. The publisher may also have some stipulation in Isaacson's contract about how available he is to make himself to interviews with media outlets. Not saying I have evidence that's the way it's going down - just that such factors are at least as arguable as a hypothesis that Isaacson is an attention-monger.

> arguably, in PHP

> echo file_get_contents('http://www.gun.io)

I thought it had to be "too good..." - links are broken. And since src links are broken, too, images do not display.

> - Look at comments you haven't seen yet; and

I find this handled helpfully by http://hckrnews.com/about.html

Agreed. Some of the specifics made me stand up and pay attention, e.g.:

"It appears that Amazon wants to be the one controlling the price of my product. As it seems, they would be able to simply define any price for the product, and change it at any time they want, without asking me about this."

Got it now in my permanent file of links on Amazon practices.

WSJ paywall.

Google search on "amazon's battle with sales tax" shows that several media outlets have published articles with this title. So, wsj, what's so valuable about yours?

Until someone can provide an enticing tl;dr from behind the paywall (and indicating a significant addition to the years of analysis that already occurred about this phenomenon), I'll be declining to contribute to Rupert's NewsCorp.

I, too, need an identity. But not one controlled by a corporation ultimately responsible to its stockholders. Note three lines of guidance (restated in http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/how-to-implement-rel-author ) from Google:

> The TL;DR version for implementing rel=”author” is that it requires three specific links.

>> A link from your blog post or article to your author page using rel=”author”

>> A link from your author page to your Google profile page using rel=”me”

>> A link from your Google profile page to your author page using rel=”me”

Actually the article is more about trading in "secondary markets", something that had been completely off my radar:

"the secondary markets -- the private exchanges where early employees and investors can sell off the shares they hold in not-yet-public companies to willing buyers."

Note the alternative presented: "Citrix gives staff a stipend and they then buy the computer of their choice."

That would work for me (as an employee).

However, if I ran a despotic company where employees were apt to act out against "the man" I'd be pretty nervous about letting Pandora bring in her own box, so to speak.

Alt. summary: "because I'm a professional curmudgeon, and my non-facebooker status will offer me an easy (hopefully provocative) blog post."

[another pop-culture disconnectee here]: I wouldn't know the name if he had not instigated an infamous "wardrobe malfunction" at a superbowl (not that I actually watched the game/halftime).

Just curious: why is font-size such an issue?

I mean, I like my size how I like it - and adjust it all the time ( cntl/cmd -/+ keys) as I move from site to site or use windows of different sizes. [And have even set a hot-key combo to toggle on/off Safari's "Zoom text only" feature.]

I've been told that only the geekiest 1% of population are even aware of the possibility of text zoom, but for us... doesn't anybody else tweak on the fly all the time?

Might there be enough people feeling the way she does to warrant browsers providing an option (like setting minimum font size) of specifying what 'type="submit"' fields should display?

Perhaps the woman in question might prefer that they all displayed, "Dominate". [Sorry: it just seems worth the down-votes.]

A very interesting use of data. But there's something strange.

1) Looking a Psychology (my major) the "life time value" comes out exactly same ($794,...) whether I choose "doctorate" "bachelor" or "associate" degree. And... the results page does not indicate for which degree its data apply.

2) What does change depending on the degree for which I request data... is the other fields presented for comparison.

3) Requesting data on "doctorate / psychology" compares results for degrees in Real Estate and Cosmetology. Are there really enough people with doctorates in those fields to compute reliable stats? [Note that searching for "doctorate / real estate" does show numbers (albeit low) for Real Estate.

If allowed by the hiring company, can you explain what's going on better than the results pages does?

The news isn't new. But it is welcome news that the "mainstream" media is giving it play - since negative results generally get neglected. Especially compared to dramatic, scary faux findings.

Let them defend the current policies as promoting, "the progress of science and useful arts..." - as opposed to promoting corporate wealth.

Then let's also define "for limited times..." in terms of decades not centuries.

...or require occasional trashing of nytimes.com cookies.

Okay. You got me. I had to google 'DoublePluSQL'...

Funny thing is: first search result was the wikipedia entry for "newspeak" :)

A "Whew!" of relief.

I teach (mediocre) college students. And I disagree.

It is not lack of access to information ('facts') that is a barrier to being an intellectual. It is a combination of inability/unwillingness to think analytically about information and ideas. IMHO.

Actually: Call stock holders.

Isn't there enough evidence that this is the status quo?

More importantly, government is an organization.

The foremost motive for an organization (like any organiam) is self-preservation. Transparency is usually perceived as a vulnerability that might allow enemies to attack.