Budgets and Rational Allocation
3 minute readSuzy Khimm ran an article today about an interesting study done by the Center for Public Integrity showing that, contrary to commonly-held beliefs about party values and lines, Democrat and Republican citizens alike would choose to cut huge swaths of the defense budget:
Read more…A Brief Status Update on Where I'm At
2 minute readI’m currently with my parents for the weekend, and things have been really busy. As a result I haven’t had the time to write this post I’ve been turning over in my head; trust me, though, if we’re at all acquainted it’s worth the wait.
Read more…Treating Your Opponents Like Human Beings
5 minute readI recently came across Science-Based Medicine, which is an absolute treasure trove of articles about a plethora of topics in medicine written by an all-star lineup of physicians in a variety of fields.
Read more…More Links! I'll Be Writing at Length Tomorrow
One minute readLast day of links for now. I’ll be on a bus tomorrow for about eight hours from 3PM to 11PM, so I’ll make up for lost time and content then.
Read more…Links! Links for Everyone!
2 minute readHoly god I’ve been ridiculously busy today. Believe me, there’s good reason for why there’s no blogpost today. I’ll have plenty of time either tomorrow or the day after to type up a couple to make up for it.
Read more…Startups and the Homeless
3 minute readSo today an interesting headline passed across my feed - yesterday the Washington Post [ran an article](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/hacking-home lessness-san-franciscans-hope-startup-approach-can-ease-neighborhoods-problems/2012/05/05/gIQAS8p43T_story.html) detailing the efforts made by startups as part of a hackaton to ease the suffering of San Francisco’s homeless.
Read more…Better Links Than Never
2 minute readHey everyone! Sorry about the placeholder entry earlier today; I got caught up in hanging out with my sister (and making some delicious pork ribs) and totally forgot about the blog entirely.
Read more…Overconfidence and Communication
5 minute readToday I turned in the paperwork for my job! Hopefully I’ll start soon. Something that’s been bugging me for awhile about the communities around the hard sciences and tech fields is that very frequently, you’ll encounter people who are dead certain that their opinions are absolutely correct and that anybody who disagrees with them is not only incorrect, but also flawed as a human being for disagreeing with them.
Read more…Kicking the Daily Blogging Off!
4 minute readToday’s the first day of this daily blogging thing that I’m going to do for the conceivable future! I figure a good way to start off is to talk briefly about a topic that I’ve been thinking about each day, and then at the end I’ll post some things to interesting articles or blogposts and a brief summary of things I’ve accomplished that day.
Read more…Hello World!
One minute readSo this blog has been dead for the longest time! I’ve just now gotten to reviving it and have resolved to make one post every day from now on, no matter what it’s about.
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