What a sensible idea… The Happiness Project
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The fine art of detecting gravity…
[Read more Technology Review | How gravitational waves could generate radio signals] If you’ve ever wondered what all that Russian and Chinese spam was saying Gmail now does auto-translation, just go to the “Settings” panel, choose “Labs” and then enable “Message translation”. I guess it will also help the Russian’s and Chinese figure out all the English spam they’ve been getting. A time-lapse sequence of the Galactic Center of the Milky Way Rising over Texas Star Party made into a nice video. [Via Gizmodo] An excellent little interview in Esquire’s “What I’ve Learned” series…
[Via Kempt | Christopher Walken Quotes] More proof of Alex’s empire building skills. A kinda, sorta, shout-out for the Beijing Bookworm from the New York Times of all places. A stalwart of the Beijing Literati set and home to the most excellent annual Bookworm International Literary Festival. One of the added bonuses of drinking with authors is that their stories always have the appearance of getting better and better as the night goes on. [Via Brandon] Prejudice |ˈprejədəs| noun 1 preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience : English prejudice against foreigners | anti-Jewish prejudices. See note at bias. • dislike, hostility, or unjust behavior formed on such a basis : accusations of racial prejudice. 2 chiefly Law harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgment : prejudice resulting from delay in the institution of the proceedings. verb [ trans. ] 1 give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased : the statement might prejudice the jury. 2 chiefly Law cause harm to (a state of affairs) : delay is likely to prejudice the child’s welfare. PHRASES without prejudice Law without detriment to any existing right or claim : the payment was made without any prejudice to her rights. ORIGIN Middle English (sense 2 of the noun) : from Old French, from Latin praejudicium, from prae ‘in advance’ + judicium ‘judgment.’ |
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