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Iranian Basiji throwing students off of rooftops‬‎ (via...

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:23:10 -0500

Iranian Basiji throwing students off of rooftops‬‎ (via havabord)

Rands In Repose: The Words You Wear

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:11:06 -0500

Rands In Repose: The Words You Wear:

The best article on buzzwords I’ve ever read.

Cut the juice and just give me 150% energy!

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:52:51 -0500

Cut the juice and just give me 150% energy!

Fed warns on Congressional scrutiny

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:47:29 -0500

Fed warns on Congressional scrutiny:

The Federal Reserve warned on Thursday that a growing congressional threat to curtail its independence would destabilise markets and raise the cost of servicing US debt for “current and future generations”.

Is the Fed essentially trying to blackmail Congress into not even performing a simple audit so we can find out who they’ve borrowed trillions of dollars to in the past year? Absolutely remarkable.

MediaPost Publications EyeWonder Takes Takeovers To Another Level

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:08:01 -0500

MediaPost Publications EyeWonder Takes Takeovers To Another Level:

Okay. Bad marketer. Please return your copy of Flash immediately.

i.Saw - The World's First USB-powered Chainsaw

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:45:50 -0500

i.Saw - The World's First USB-powered Chainsaw:

Because you never known when you’ll need a chainsaw…attached to your computer.

The trailer for the most disasterific film of all time!!!

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:02:59 -0500

The trailer for the most disasterific film of all time!!!

Lab-made sperm could make men redundant...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:36:41 -0500

Lab-made sperm could make men redundant... :

Guys, it’s over. We’re not needed now.

The Scourge of Arial

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:45:55 -0500

The Scourge of Arial:

Worth a read if you never caught this classic.

Moron Lies Down on Moving Motorcycle to Send Text Messages

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:54:21 -0500

Moron Lies Down on Moving Motorcycle to Send Text Messages:

Speechless.

Anonymous Pro, your next favorite programming font.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:12:34 -0500

Anonymous Pro, your next favorite programming font.

Smoking Lettuce: Auto Tune the News #5

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:32:37 -0500

Smoking Lettuce: Auto Tune the News #5

Overheard in Starbucks — ...

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:34:01 -0500

Overheard in Starbucks — ...:

Another sign of how much trouble newspapers are in. I’ve lived my entire life without buying a single newspaper and I’m sure I’m not alone in that amongst my generation.

Selection bias in iTunes app store ratings

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:10:00 -0500

Selection bias (e.g. Berkson’s bias) is a distortion of evidence or data that arises from the way that the data are collected. It is sometimes referred to as the selection effect. The term “selection bias” most often refers to the distortion of a statistical analysis, due to the method of collecting samples. If the selection bias is not taken into account then any conclusions drawn may be wrong.

—Selection bias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When you remove an application from your iPhone, you’re asked to rate the application. It’s fair to assume that people who remove an app would rate it lower than those who don’t. This seems to qualify as selection bias and I’m curious if it is skewing app ratings downward unfairly.