Authorities have been looking for the Golden State Killer for 40 years. They've arrested an ex-cop
Joseph James DeAngelo, a former police officer, has been identified as the so-called Golden State Killer believed to have committed 12 killings and at least 50 rapes across California from 1976 to 1986, authorities said.
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Posted on 2018-04-26T17:56:08+0000
Why I've lost faith in p values
There has been a lot written over the past decade (and even longer) about problems associated with null hypothesis statistical testing (NHST) and p values. Personally, I have found most of these arguments unconvincing. However, one of the problems with p values has been gnawing at
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Posted on 2018-04-25T11:10:30+0000
The Top Jobs Where Women Are Outnumbered by Men Named John
Our Glass Ceiling Index finds skewed gender representation and ethnic sameness in many institutions of American politics, culture and education.
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Posted on 2018-04-24T17:37:17+0000
Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Win – and Neither Did His Campaign
One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration’s shocked first days.
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I might need to get the book after this.
"He reprimanded the housekeeping staff for picking up his shirt from the floor: “If my shirt is on the floor, it’s because I want it on the floor.” Then he imposed a set of new rules: Nobody touch anything, especially not his toothbrush. (He had a longtime fear of being poisoned, one reason why he liked to eat at McDonald’s — nobody knew he was coming and the food was safely premade.) Also, he would let housekeeping know when he wanted his sheets done, and he would strip his own bed."
Posted on 2018-04-24T17:12:06+0000
Thirty Years Ago, the Challenger Crew Plunged Alive and Aware to Their Deaths
On January 28, 1986, America watched on television as the space shuttle Challenger—carrying six astronauts and one schoolteacher—disappeared in a twisting cloud of smoke, nine miles above the launch pad it had just left. To a stunned nation, it appeared that seven lives had instantly been lost.
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"But the myth of instantaneous and inevitable death won out. That was the story NASA wanted told, the story it was safe to tell the schoolchildren who’d watched it happen. The Tropic investigation is nowhere to be found in the Miami Herald’s anniversary coverage, nor does the paper appear to have put a version online at all."
Posted on 2018-04-24T14:13:14+0000
Rethinking GPS: Engineering Next-Gen Location at Uber
Uber’s Sensing, Inference, and Research team released a software upgrade for GPS on Android phones that significantly improves location accuracy in urban environments.
The Case for the Subway
It built the city. Now, no matter the cost — at least $100 billion — the city must rebuild it to survive.
Hasnain says:
This was a great read. I learnt about history, politics, sociology, economics, and about the Subway in one go.
Long but worth it
Posted on 2018-04-24T04:03:53+0000
He Stole $100 Million From His Clients. Now He’s Living in Luxury
Victims have grown skeptical they will ever see justice.
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"For Reissfelder, who has spent more than $1 million funding his private investigation, going after Gaglio is no longer just about the money. “At some point, you have to sit down and think: What is the cost-benefit analysis here?” he says. The smile on his face gives way to a look of determination. “If there are no consequences, then the world is seriously broken.”"
Posted on 2018-04-24T03:51:34+0000
Everyone Wants To Go Home During Extra Innings — Maybe Even The Umps
The team that’s closer to winning tends to get more favorable ball and strike calls when the game goes into extras.
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Posted on 2018-04-23T05:53:24+0000
How Airports Became the Marble-Floored Temples of Our National, Fear-Fueled Psychosis
America’s ultimate civic space has been riven by its many internal borders.
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Posted on 2018-04-23T05:42:44+0000