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Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage? : Planet Money : NPR

Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/04/09/711181385/are-plastic-bag-bans-garbage

College Students Aren’t Checking Out Books – The Atlantic

Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/college-students-arent-checking-out-books/590305/

NYTimes privacy project

Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

a new piece from a data scientist on sharing health data

For a Longer, Healthier Life, Share Your Data

Privacy protections are standing in the way of artificial-intelligence programs that could diagnose cancers and screen for genetic disorders.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/opinion/health-care-privacy-hipaa.html

State Issues CARMAGGEDON Warning for Two Weekends of I-95 Closures at Exit 9, Starting 6 PM, Friday, May 31 – DarieniteDarienite

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019

https://darienite.com/state-issues-carmaggedon-warning-for-two-weekends-of-i-95-closures-at-exit-9-starting-6-pm-friday-may-31-45382

Compelling argument against Slack

Monday, May 27th, 2019

Stop Letting Modern Distractions Steal Your Attention

Making yourself inaccessible from time to time is essential to boosting your focus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/smarter-living/stop-letting-modern-distractions-steal-your-attention.html

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This kind of task switching comes with a cost. It’s called attention residue, a term established by Sophie Leroy, a professor at the Bothell School of Business at the University of Washington. In a 2009 study, Dr. Leroy found that if people transition their attention away from an unfinished task, their subsequent task performance will suffer. For example, if you interrupt writing an email to reply to a text message, it will take time to refocus when you turn your attention back to finishing your email. That little bit of time of adjusting your focus — the residue — compounds throughout the day. As we fragment our attention, fatigue and stress increases, which negatively affects performance.

At the very least, she said, start leaving your phone behind during certain periods of the day, and perhaps establishing no-phone zones in your house or workplace. Treat it as an experiment: Try things and see what makes you feel good, she said.
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MY FATHER — Judy Collins

Monday, May 27th, 2019

http://www.judycollins.com/lyrics/my-father

Why Atomic Clocks Are the Most Reliable Timekeepers in the World

Sunday, May 26th, 2019

https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-atomic-clocks-are-the-most-reliable-timekeepers-in-1664992660

time – Why is a second equal to the duration of exactly 9,192,631,770 periods of radiations? – Physics Stack Exchange

Sunday, May 26th, 2019

https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/243144/why-is-a-second-equal-to-the-duration-of-exactly-9-192-631-770-periods-of-radiat/243162

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Second – Wikipedia

Sunday, May 26th, 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second

Our Units of Measurement Are Finally About to Get an Upgrade

Sunday, May 26th, 2019

https://www.sciencealert.com/our-units-of-measurement-are-finally-getting-an-upgrade