A Drug to Cure Fear
After one round of treatment, the arachnophobes held the spiders in their bare hands.
Hasnain says:
The title is a bit sensationalist but this is a good read on phobias and PTSD
Posted on 2016-01-24T20:21:15+0000
Amy Cuddy’s “Power Pose” Research Is the Latest Example of Scientific Overreach
As practicing statisticians who work in social science, we have a dark secret to reveal: Some of the most glamorous, popular claims in the field are no ...
Hasnain says:
"And we are not really criticizing the New York Times or CBS News, either. We all have been conditioned to believe that scientific publications represent truth, and it is taking the journalistic profession awhile to unlearn this lesson."
Posted on 2016-01-24T20:19:27+0000
Postgres Query Plan Visualization - tatiyants.com
Postgres Explain Visualizer (Pev) is a tool I wrote to make EXPLAIN output easier to grok. It creates a graphical representation of the query plan.
Meet the Unsung Heroes Who Uncovered the Disastrous Flint Water Crisis
Not to mention his team's 6,000 hours of unpaid time.
As Zika virus spreads, El Salvador asks women not to get pregnant until 2018
Several Latin American countries are urging a pause in having babies.
Generation Uphill
The millennials are the brainiest, best-educated generation ever. Yet their elders often stop them from reaching their full potential, argues Robert Guest
Hasnain says:
"This report takes a global view, since 85% of young people live in developing countries, and focuses on practical matters, such as education and jobs. And it will argue that the young are an oppressed minority, held back by their elders. They are unlike other oppressed minorities, of course. Their “oppressors” do not set out to harm them. On the contrary, they often love and nurture them. Many would gladly swap places with them, too."
Posted on 2016-01-24T08:35:29+0000
The fault in our startups
Internet startups are cloning business models from the West, without much thought on how to Make in India
Hasnain says:
This is an awesome read on Indian startups; chronicling the challenges and failures. Applies to Pakistan too in my opinion.
"The Indian consumer is value-driven, not convenience-driven. We have all the time in the world to research and find the best price. Most have time to find a competing offer. We hate paying for service. And loyalty—what is that?"
Posted on 2016-01-24T08:29:17+0000
A Former Mexican Governor Is Arrested, but Not by His Own Country
The news that Humberto Moreira, who governed Coahuila, was being charged with corruption came with an asterisk: It was the Spanish police who succeeded in building a case against him.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2016-01-24T08:11:05+0000
Counting Legal Positions in Go
L19 = 208168199381979984699478633344862770286522453884530548425639456820927419612738015378525648451698519643907259916015628128546089888314427129715319317557736620397247064840935
Hasnain says:
What's really surprising is that just a 2x2 board has billions of possible games
Posted on 2016-01-23T04:51:29+0000
Y-Cloninator
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