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links for 2009-02-06
Behavior – $1? No Thanks. 100 Cents? You Bet. "The findings are in keeping with studies on how the brain handles calculations involving quantity. Studies have found that people tend to overestimate differences between small quantities and underestimate differences between large ones." (tags: psychology research money economics)
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Statistici inferentiale
Azi e random fact day. Ma gandeam ca autobuzele iau un numar maxim de 80 de calatori (sau 79+1 carucior cu rotile) si toate sunt optimizate pentru stat jos, spre deosebire de autobuze si troleibuze din alte tari unde se sta mai mult in picioare. Aici probabil ca maxim 14 oameni incap in picioare, si asta…
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links for 2009-02-05
Photographs of Israeli Bauhaus & Israeli Architecture in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories at Historama.com (tags: photography architecture)
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links for 2009-02-04
Why are architects so obsessed with schools and rules? "Why are architects so dogmatic? Partly, it's because architecture is a zero-sum game. A publisher of novels doesn't have to choose between Tom Clancy and Tom Wolfe, but a building client must choose one architect. Thus architects are obliged to compete. It helps to convey an…
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Licenta?
Therapy? Nu stiu daca ce fac eu se numeste lucrare de licenta in romana dar banuiesc ca asta ar fi traducerea pentru undergraduate dissertation. Sau project. Diferenta dintre cele doua fiind folosul lor sau scopul final, cel putin. Lucrarea de licenta ar implica ceva cercetare fara mare folos nimanui, dar ca sa demonstrez ca n-am…
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links for 2009-02-03
Do vegetarians really have better sex? "Studies show vegetarians have better sex." Do they? Not necessarily. In a statement released in response to NBC's decision, PETA noted that meat makes people "fat, sick, and boring in bed," claiming that vegetarians are, "on average, fitter and slimmer than meat eaters" and that meat and dairy consumption…