Saturday, March 31, 2018
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The Verge: Setting up an iPad for coding is my greatest feat as a computer user
Setting up an iPad for coding is my greatest feat as a computer user
The Verge
A few months ago, I detailed my process for setting up a Pixelbook to code on. It wasn't easy or simple or straightforward, but it worked in the end: I had all the power and flexibility of Linux,... Read the full story
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Monday, March 26, 2018
A to Z of oil paint techniques
A to Z of oil paint techniques
From Stuff, a Flipboard magazine by Heather Watson Vaden
Martin Kinnear, head of Norfolk Painting School, walks us through the world of oil paint, one letter at a time Painting wet-on-wet or 'all at once' is perhaps the most…
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Read it on artistsandillustrators.co.uk
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Saturday, March 24, 2018
Thursday, March 22, 2018
The Best Books on Liberty and Morality | Five Books
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/peter-berkowitz-on-liberty-and-morality/
According to MacIntyre's argument, up until about 200 years ago, up until about just after Jane Austen finished writing her magnificent novels, through most of recorded human history, the moral life was discussed, thought of, experienced, in terms of the virtues. Were you courageous and self-disciplined? Generous and magnanimous? A good friend? Reliable? And so on. This is what defined the moral life, your qualities of mind and character. Round about the time of the high enlightenment, especially starting with Immanuel Kant, a new way of thinking of morality gained hold. This way of thinking about morality emphasises rules and intentions. If you could just figure out the right rules and if you have an intention to obey the right rules then you will have achieved moral excellence.
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According to MacIntyre's argument, up until about 200 years ago, up until about just after Jane Austen finished writing her magnificent novels, through most of recorded human history, the moral life was discussed, thought of, experienced, in terms of the virtues. Were you courageous and self-disciplined? Generous and magnanimous? A good friend? Reliable? And so on. This is what defined the moral life, your qualities of mind and character. Round about the time of the high enlightenment, especially starting with Immanuel Kant, a new way of thinking of morality gained hold. This way of thinking about morality emphasises rules and intentions. If you could just figure out the right rules and if you have an intention to obey the right rules then you will have achieved moral excellence.
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The Best Books on Liberty and Morality | Five Books
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/peter-berkowitz-on-liberty-and-morality/
Differences of opinion about what constitutes human flourishing and how we should live our lives, what is justice, what is injustice, what are the virtues that constitute a good life and so on; studying that conversation is the essence of the highest form of education that our civilisation offers. In other words, the education that he recommends is anything but dogmatic. It's sometimes mistaken for a canonical education but the canon he is interested in is a canon that is constituted by disagreement over these important questions.
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Differences of opinion about what constitutes human flourishing and how we should live our lives, what is justice, what is injustice, what are the virtues that constitute a good life and so on; studying that conversation is the essence of the highest form of education that our civilisation offers. In other words, the education that he recommends is anything but dogmatic. It's sometimes mistaken for a canonical education but the canon he is interested in is a canon that is constituted by disagreement over these important questions.
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Can Liberal Education Survive Liberal Democracy? - The New Atlantis
Leo Strauss, in a well-known commencement address entitled "What is Liberal Education?", presented a number of striking formulations of the meaning of liberal education:
- Liberal education is the necessary endeavor to found an aristocracy within democratic mass society.
- Liberal education consists in reminding oneself of human excellence, of human greatness.
- Liberal education consists in listening to the conversation among the greatest minds.
- Liberal education supplies us with experience in things beautiful.
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Ken and bob
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:qf857qc1720/qf857qc1720.pdf
And then they heard that somebody named Steve Lukasik/ who could be found at something called the Northrop Research and Technology Center in Palos Verdes was also talking about AI. Lindsay and Joy were more than a little peeved: who was this parvenu/ and how come he hadn't heard that Lindsay and Joy owned AI at Northrop? It was high time to deliver a lesson in turf and
getting there first. They called Lukasik's secretary and told her they'd like to give the man a demo/ the Ken and Bob Show/ actually/ and when would that be convenient/ like right n_____? Appointments were set up/ appointments were broken/ and always with vague apologies about senators and trips to Washington. The Hawthorne group was mystified/ perturbed. Until this guy came on the scene/ they hadn't even known Northrop Jaad a research center.
Finally the Ken and Bob Show was booked firmly into Palos
Verdes. Just before they were about to load the Apple and its dolly in the car/ somebody went to the corporate directory just
tocheckoutLukasik'stitle.Thereitwas:corporatevice
president for research.
Indeed/ Steve Lukasik had a long and intimate relationship
with artificial intelligence. As director of the Defense Department's Advanced Research and Projects Agency/ he'd
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And then they heard that somebody named Steve Lukasik/ who could be found at something called the Northrop Research and Technology Center in Palos Verdes was also talking about AI. Lindsay and Joy were more than a little peeved: who was this parvenu/ and how come he hadn't heard that Lindsay and Joy owned AI at Northrop? It was high time to deliver a lesson in turf and
getting there first. They called Lukasik's secretary and told her they'd like to give the man a demo/ the Ken and Bob Show/ actually/ and when would that be convenient/ like right n_____? Appointments were set up/ appointments were broken/ and always with vague apologies about senators and trips to Washington. The Hawthorne group was mystified/ perturbed. Until this guy came on the scene/ they hadn't even known Northrop Jaad a research center.
Finally the Ken and Bob Show was booked firmly into Palos
Verdes. Just before they were about to load the Apple and its dolly in the car/ somebody went to the corporate directory just
tocheckoutLukasik'stitle.Thereitwas:corporatevice
president for research.
Indeed/ Steve Lukasik had a long and intimate relationship
with artificial intelligence. As director of the Defense Department's Advanced Research and Projects Agency/ he'd
_- Steve
This Sedona hike will challenge your route-finding skills
Check out this article from azcentral:
This Sedona hike will challenge your route-finding skills
http://azc.cc/2GgZjzq
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This Sedona hike will challenge your route-finding skills
http://azc.cc/2GgZjzq
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Treatment and Prevention of Depression. - PubMed - NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26151569
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) also appears to be efficacious in treating depression, and recent studies suggest that it can work for even severe depressions in the hands of experienced therapists. Not only can CBT relieve acute distress, but it also appears to reduce risk for the return of symptoms as long as it is continued or maintained. Moreover, it appears to have an enduring effect that reduces risk for relapse or recurrence long after treatment is over. Combined treatment with medication and CBT appears to be as efficacious as treatment with medication alone and to retain the enduring effects of CBT.
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Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) also appears to be efficacious in treating depression, and recent studies suggest that it can work for even severe depressions in the hands of experienced therapists. Not only can CBT relieve acute distress, but it also appears to reduce risk for the return of symptoms as long as it is continued or maintained. Moreover, it appears to have an enduring effect that reduces risk for relapse or recurrence long after treatment is over. Combined treatment with medication and CBT appears to be as efficacious as treatment with medication alone and to retain the enduring effects of CBT.
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Comparative benefits and harms of second generation antidepressants and cognitive behavioral therapies in initial treatment of major depressive disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis | The BMJ
In clinical decision making, providers should consider not only the efficacy of second generation antidepressants and cognitive behavioral therapy interventions but also patients' preferences about potential adverse events, the costs and availability of each treatment, and expected treatment effects. Currently, the biggest barrier to offering psychotherapy either alone or in combination with drugs may be how well patients can gain access to such mental healthcare clinicians. Given that the benefits of second generation antidepressants and cognitive behavioral therapy do not seem to differ significantly in treating major depressive disorder and that primary care patients may have personal preferences for one first line treatment over the other, both treatments should be made accessible, either alone or in combination, to primary care patients with major depressive disorder.8
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Comparative Efficacy of Seven Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Patients with Depression: A Network Meta-Analysis | FOCUS
showed robust effects for cognitive-behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy, and problem-solving therapy (all d>0.46) compared to waitlist
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The 50 best audiobooks of all time
The 50 best audiobooks of all time
From Books, a Flipboard magazine by Jeremy Fulbright
1/ "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale Amazon synopsis: "Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start…
Read it on Flipboard
Read it on thisisinsider.com
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Think Politics Is Gone From Country Music? Listen Closer
Think Politics Is Gone From Country Music? Listen Closer
From Music, a Flipboard magazine by NPR
Recall the collective cringing when bloggers discovered Brad Paisley's LL Cool J-assisted song "Accidental Racist" in April 2013. Paisley had…
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Read it on npr.org
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Saturday, March 17, 2018
The Riemann Hypothesis, explained – Jørgen Veisdal – Medium
https://medium.com/@JorgenVeisdal/the-riemann-hypothesis-explained-fa01c1f75d3f
This distinction between numbers for counting and numbers for measuring reaches deep into human habits of thought and speech.
— John Derbyshire, Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
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This distinction between numbers for counting and numbers for measuring reaches deep into human habits of thought and speech.
— John Derbyshire, Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
_- Steve
Friday, March 16, 2018
NASA Watch: The Identical Astronaut Twins Are Still Identical - NASA Watch
The Identical Astronaut Twins Are Still Identical - NASA Watch
NASA Watch
Keith's note: You may have seen a lot of stories recently in major news publications over the past week or so stating that the Kelly brothers now have different DNA or something to that effect. Not true. Another example of reporters writing stories about something that they simply do not understand (I am an actual biologist so I can say that). Scott Kelly's DNA did not change. How some of his DNA is expressed (or not expressed) changed as a result (apparently) of spending nearly a year in space. Read the full story
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
An Evolutionary Anatomy of Affect: Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio on How and Why We Feel What We Feel
An Evolutionary Anatomy of Affect: Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio on How and Why We Feel What We Feel
From Brain Pickings by Maria Popova, a Flipboard magazine by Brain Pickings by Maria Popova
"How and what we create culturally and how we react to cultural phenomena depend on the tricks of…
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Read it on brainpickings.org
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
The Best Nonfiction Books Of 2018 (So Far)
The Best Nonfiction Books Of 2018 (So Far)
From Read This, a Flipboard magazine by Brian G Parker
By looking at the real world around us, we're better equipped to understand ourselves While a great novel can be engaging, there's nothing quite like a true…
Read it on Flipboard
Read it on esquire.com
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Sunday, March 11, 2018
Saturday, March 10, 2018
Top 10 Replicated Findings From Behavioral Genetics - Robert Plomin, John C. DeFries, Valerie S. Knopik, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, 2016
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691615617439
Although environmental effects have a major impact (see Finding 2), the salient environmental influences do not make siblings growing up in the same family similar. The message is not that family experiences are unimportant but rather that the relevant experiences are specific to each child in the family.
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Although environmental effects have a major impact (see Finding 2), the salient environmental influences do not make siblings growing up in the same family similar. The message is not that family experiences are unimportant but rather that the relevant experiences are specific to each child in the family.
_- Steve
Friday, March 09, 2018
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
Tuesday, March 06, 2018
The Secret Of The Soldiers Who Didn’t Shoot | AMERICAN HERITAGE
https://www.americanheritage.com/content/secret-soldiers-who-didn't-shoot
It was in the sixth chapter of Men Against Fire that Marshall made his assertions about what he called the ratio of fire. He was quite explicit: "a commander of infantry will be well advised to believe that when he engages the enemy not more than one quarter of his men will ever strike a real blow. …"
"The 25 percent estimate stands even for well-trained and campaign-seasoned troops. I mean that 75 per cent will not fire or will not persist in firing against the enemy and his works. These men may face danger but they will not fight."
_- Steve
It was in the sixth chapter of Men Against Fire that Marshall made his assertions about what he called the ratio of fire. He was quite explicit: "a commander of infantry will be well advised to believe that when he engages the enemy not more than one quarter of his men will ever strike a real blow. …"
"The 25 percent estimate stands even for well-trained and campaign-seasoned troops. I mean that 75 per cent will not fire or will not persist in firing against the enemy and his works. These men may face danger but they will not fight."
_- Steve
Sunday, March 04, 2018
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