Archive for October, 2013
Authors Accept Censors’ Rules to Sell in China – NYTimes.com
Friday, October 25th, 2013Data rape and the impending privacy apocalypse » The Privacy Surgeon
Friday, October 25th, 2013A ‘Whom Do You Hang With?’ Map Of America : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
Friday, October 25th, 2013Farhad Manjoo: iPad is Poised to Rule the World – WSJ.com
Thursday, October 24th, 2013The Universality of (Sephardic) Ethnicity, as Explained by Mathematical Genealogy – Wired Science
Thursday, October 24th, 2013PacBio data for CHM1 genome
Thursday, October 24th, 2013It look as though the data are now ready for download
http://datasets.pacb.com/2013/Human10x/READS/index.html along with a brief description of the data
http://blog.pacificbiosciences.com/2013/10/data-release-long-read-shotgun.html
Temporal cloak erases data from history : Nature News & Comment
Thursday, October 24th, 2013Interesting discussion of a temporal cloaking device that can hide picosecond timescales. This could potentially be used to obscure communication between two parties — from say the CIA — in a short time period.
Temporal cloak erases data from history. Perhaps useful to foil future #NSA metadata collection.
http://www.nature.com/news/temporal-cloak-erases-data-from-history-1.13141 #privacy
http://www.nature.com/news/temporal-cloak-erases-data-from-history-1.13141
Ceylon Cinnamon vs. Cassia Cinnamon: Which Is Healthier? – WSJ.com
Thursday, October 24th, 2013For health reasons, take cinnamon with oatmeal or squash instead of apple pie QT:”Studies have found blood-sugar benefits of a sprinkle a day of cassia cinnamon, says Angela Ginn.”
Ceylon v. Cassia #Cinnamon: Which Is #Healthier? Former is better; pinch a day helps w/ blood sugar http://on.wsj.com/19YujfP via @Vasilio_1
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303376904579135502891970942.html?mod=e2tw
Unhealthy? Chances Are Your Spouse Is Too – Real Time Economics – WSJ
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013Unhealthy? Chances Are Your Spouse Is Too: “Network #health” effects for spouses as well as friends
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/10/11/unhealthy-chances-are-your-spouse-is-too via @_David_Ng