Buffeted by market forces (2)
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And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island ...
Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, “Outliers”, and the 10,000 hour rule (1)
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All three of Malcolm Gladwell’s books pose a conundrum for the would-be reviewer. The conundrum is this: while the books have many virtues, none of the books make a watertight argument for their central claims. Many scientists, trained to respect standards of proof above all else, don’t like this style. A colleague I greatly respect told me he thought Gladwell’s previous book, Blink , was “terrible”; it didn’t meet his standards of proof. Judge Richard ...
دستگاه دردسنج تا حالا توليد نشده؟ يه دستگاهي که مثلا تعيين کنه (3)
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دستگاه دردسنج تا حالا توليد نشده؟ يه دستگاهي که مثلا تعيين کنه ميزان درد نسبياي که داري ميکشي چقدره.فرض کنيم واحد درد رو بذاريم "آخ"، و بعد ببينيم بيمارمون چند "آخ" درد داره، بعد اين آخ رو تقسيم بر يه پارامتري (مثلا وزن شخص کنيم)، بگيم طرف بصورت نسبي اينقدر درد داره. اينطوري ميتوني متوجه شي که شخص داره تمارض ميکنه، يا بيش از حد داره دردي رو تحمل ميکنه. بنظرم همونقدر که اگه آستانه ...
[from rikmaes] The society of the query and the Googlization of our lives (1)
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Geert Lovink: "There is only one way to turn signals into information, through interpretation", wrote Joseph Weizenbaum. Search engines rank according to popularity, not truth. Search is the way we now live. (...) Weizenbaum relates the uncontested belief in (search engine) queries to the rise of the "problem" discourse. Computers were introduced as "general problem solvers" and their purpose was to provide a solution for everything. People were invited to delegate their lives to the ...
Would You Take Walking Lessons? (2)
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You walk into your yoga or Pilates class with a slouch, then for 60 to 90 minutes you focus on your body, your spine, your alignment. But when class ends, does all that postural awareness leave when you walk out the door? One Brooklyn-based yoga instructor, dismayed by his students posture before and after class, created walking classes. He explained that even if you do your yoga practice is flawless, walking around in a constant ...
MRIS - MLS Releases Homes Database Beta to Challenge Zillow (1)
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Many MLS systems across the United States have been critical of listing aggregator sites like Zillow and Trulia and they now have entered into the arena to try and take back a piece of the pie. MRIS, an east coast MLS (Multiple Listing Service) has rehashed their old public search system to be competitive with Trulia, Zillow, and Redfin style sites. Their HomesDatabase beta test uses Microsoft Mapping functionality, and boasts that “they’ll compete with ...
MLS Tired of Zillow, Trulia: Goes Direct To Consumers (24)
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The largest Multiple Listing Service system, MRIS, covers real estate listings from 60,000 professionals in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. (Maryland, Washington DC, Northern Virginia, and parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania). Like their sister MLS organizations, they hate services like Zillow, Redfin and Trulia which give everday consumers access to real estate information. But they don’t hate it so much that they won’t compete. MRIS is launching a beta version of a service ...
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