The Robbers Cave Experiment - Less Wrong
Did you ever wonder, when you were a kid, whether your inane "summer camp" actually had some kind of elaborate hidden purpose—say, it was all a science experime
Hasnain says:
"The Robbers Cave Experiment illustrates the psychology of hunter-gatherer bands, echoed through time, as perfectly as any experiment ever devised by social science.
Any resemblance to modern politics is just your imagination."
Posted on 2014-02-12T23:12:28+0000
This Movie Works Whether You Play It Backward or Forward | Raw File | Wired.com
Paris-based graphic designer Yann Pineill’s palindromic short film, Symmetry, is impressive because it presents a mirrored narrative that progresses organically whether watched from the beginning, from the middle, or reversed from the end.
Hasnain says:
I do not usually appreciate artistic things (I am an uncultured man) but I thoroughly enjoyed this work of art.
Posted on 2014-02-12T22:32:21+0000
Hospital To Comatose Student: You're Too Expensive, Go Back To Pakistan
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of an exchange student from Pakistan who has been comatose since a November crash is trying to prevent a Minnesota hospital from sending him back to his home country. Muhammad Shahzaib Bajwa, 20, was spending a se...
Hasnain says:
I have no words for this. The world needs universal healthcare, stat.
Posted on 2014-02-12T21:44:45+0000
IBM layoffs strike first in India; workers describe cuts as 'slaughter' and 'massive' ::...
IBM's latest $1 billion "rebalancing," as described by its CFO, is underway. And the first country hit is India, based on reports from Blue Blue workers there. The so-called "Resource Action" struck in the country where IBM reportedly employs its greatest number of workers. One employee describes th...
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Hasnain says:
This is amazing for people looking to improve their English.
Posted on 2014-02-12T18:01:05+0000
the chocolate garage
The Chocolate Garage is brimming with my carefully curated selection of the best bean-to-bar chocolate from around the world.
Hasnain says:
I find most normal chocolate too sweet for my tastes; this was hands down the best stuff I've had so far. The founder gave a talk today at SRI, along with free chocolate samples (which is why everyone attended, of course)
Posted on 2014-02-12T00:31:33+0000
This Tool Can Tell You Exactly When To Get Married
Find out how many of your Facebook friends have put a ring on it and what their relationships say about your own timing in the love department.
Hasnain says:
I'm surprised that I only have 21 married friends. (ones that have their relationship status set)
I'm glad that their median age is 27.3 so I can tell mom I should wait at least 5 years.
Posted on 2014-02-11T20:03:57+0000
Mbox -
Mbox is a lightweight sandboxing mechanism that any user can use without special privileges in commodity operating systems.
Thanks for a great AMA, Reddit!
You can read the full AMA here:http://b-gat.es/1obEEvM And check out my 2014 Annual Letter: http://b-gat.es/1ghvwBk
GitHub Education
The days of sharing source code by email and thumb drives are long gone. Using GitHub, it's a piece of cake to keep your team up to date with the latest changes to your code. Thanks to Git’s powerful merge features, you don't even have to worry about overwriting someone else’s changes.