Robin Barooah
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“I still don't understand how this bailout bill is supposed to restore the confidence of the general public in the banking system. If 90% of the US population disagree with bailing out the banks because they see it as rewarding the guilty, then won't enacting the bill will reduce their confidence?”
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(thanks sara) - Robin Barooah via Bookmarklet
did you try any of them? What's your take on the test now that you don't have to depend on my explanation of it? - sara
"Your Result Your data suggest a slight association of Male with Science and Female with Liberal Arts compared to Female with Science and Male with Liberal Arts." - Robin Barooah
At least it was only 'slight'. In my BSc Psychology course, I was one of 8 guys in class with more than 90 women, so perhaps that offset it a bit. Your explanation of the experiment was very clear. What's interesting to me is how we interpret the results. Let's assume for the moment that there actually are far more men in science than there are women, and that there are the media portrays this too. Surely we'd expect people to associate men with science more than women? - Robin Barooah
I guess what's interesting about the test is not the result, but the difference between the results and what people might think about themselves, and their mental models that this exposes. I generally assume that my nervous system is biased by the impressions it receives independent of what my narrative process generates as a self description, but it took me a long time to recognize this in myself, and I forget that it's not obvious. - Robin Barooah
(and I'm still not sure whether it's true!) - Robin Barooah
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“I for one would like to see some analysis of the geopolitical aspect of the credit crisis. For example, what would the effects on trade with China be of the two options of letting the banks go bankrupt, or the bailout? Or with Europe for that matter.”
yesterday at 12:34 pm - Link
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“Yeah - I know, I'm posting 'boring' stuff about banks and the economy. It's just interesting to me to see the european side of the equation - especially since the credit crisis is being described as an 'american' problem which is clearly not true.”
yesterday at 11:42 am - Link
Keep it coming...nothing about this situation is boring to me. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble
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“Skype just expired my credit balance because I hadn't used the service for 180 days. It was only a few dollars, but this is basically 'theft by terms and conditions'. I'm never going to pay them anything ever again.”
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“Reuters, 20-10-2009, 'Only 10 months after concluding a historic buyout, Berkshire Hathaway has announced that it is closing the US Senate and Congress. "It turns out that the Federal Reserve was the only valuable asset in the original bundle, and it's performance is hampered by this layer of...”
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If I could like this twice, I would. - Jonathan Le Plastrier
You could try commenting on your own items to entertain yourself, or at least, us. - Walter Korman
I do this all the time, but strange feeling of deja-vu. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
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“Let's be clear. Begin in favor of 'the free market', doesn't mean being in favor of a 'free for all market' where the biggest players get to cheat, steal, and print money.”
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“Waiting for a genius bar appointment, listening to the guy doing iPhone training blame AT&T for all of the restrictions.”
September 29 at 1:33 pm - Link
Can you pick one of the Geniuses you like and click a button and say, give me more help from people like this? - Jonathan Le Plastrier
+1 Jonathan, lol! Robin, you should ask the guy why AT&T would want all apps that compete with Apple to be banned. :) - felix
The guy talking wasn't one of the geniuses! He was speaking in the lecture area or whatever you call it! Interestingly, he was saying this in answer to heckling from the tiny group of people in the seats. - Robin Barooah
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Pretty accurate if you ask me! - Robin Barooah via Bookmarklet
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September 24 at 2:40 pm - Link
also - Olympus rangefinder concept http://www.digitalcamerareview... - Antosh
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September 25 at 10:53 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Interesting talk, but it doesn't explain why conservative politicians act against the interests of their voters, nor why conservative voters repeatedly choose a party who says one thing and does the opposite. E.g. his section on punishment - interesting, but it would seem that conservative politicians only believe in punishing people who aren't part of their circle. I find the most frustrating thing about conservatives is not their views, but that their candidates don't actually support those views when it comes to action. - Robin Barooah via Bookmarklet
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September 23 at 5:39 pm - Link
Hopefully I've redacted all the secret stuff! - Robin Barooah
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"Food isn't about Nutrition Clothes aren't about Comfort Bedrooms aren't about Sleep Marriage isn't about Romance Talk isn't about Info Laughter isn't about Jokes Charity isn't about Helping Church isn't about God Art isn't about Insight Medicine isn't about Health Consulting isn't about Advice School isn't about Learning Research isn't about Progress Politics isn't about Policy" - Robin Barooah via Bookmarklet
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