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The Suburbanization of Poverty - Emily Badger - The Atlantic Cities

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:23:59 -0400

The Suburbanization of Poverty - Emily Badger - The Atlantic Cities

"The researchers think it’s essentially because by trying to be too specific, we trip ourselves..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:01:20 -0400

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The researchers think it’s essentially because by trying to be too specific, we trip ourselves up. For example when you try to guess the score of a soccer match, you are more likely to focus on specific factors like the form of the striker, their goalie’s recent divorce settlement or the colour of the manager’s shirt. In doing so you neglect the fact that the match is an away fixture.

When you just try to predict the outcome of the match, though, you’ll tend to take a more global view. This encourages you to concentrate mainly on really important factors.

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- How to Pick a Winner: A Psychological Trick to Improve the Odds — PsyBlog

"A friend of mine, Glen Chiacchieri, has created a Chrome extension to help solve this problem:..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:20:50 -0400

“A friend of mine, Glen Chiacchieri, has created a Chrome extension to help solve this problem: Dictionary of Numbers. It searches the text in your browser for quantities it understands and inserts contextual statements in brackets. It might turn the phrase “315 million people” into “315 million people [≈ the population of the United States]“.”

- Dictionary of Numbers | xkcd

Workers install final section of spire atop One World Trade...

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:36:37 -0400

Workers install final section of spire atop One World Trade Center (by Port Authority New York & New Jersey)

"Full-contact armored fighting events grew out of participation in historical re-enactments, which..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:24:17 -0400

“Full-contact armored fighting events grew out of participation in historical re-enactments, which are largely theatrical and tame. More common re-enactment fighting involves wooden weapons in the United States. The Battle of the Nations, in its fourth year, is the first international full-contact competition of this scale that uses steel armor — a heightened risk factor that has attracted a certain breed of fighters. It has been won by Russia every year.”

- Battle of the Nations, a Holy Grail of Battle Re-enactments - NYTimes.com

kottke.org: How to prevent protests in China

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:57:04 -0400

kottke.org: How to prevent protests in China:

jkottke:

Taking a page from Orwell, officials in Chengdu, China endeavored to prevent recent protests by moving the weekend and scheduling security exercises at the same time and place as the scheduled protest.

As text messages circulated calling for another protest, authorities decided to fiddle with…

"In Afghanistan, everything is divided according to population size of the ethnicities,” he..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:53:49 -0400

““In Afghanistan, everything is divided according to population size of the ethnicities,” he says. “The military, government jobs, spots in universities — if we are shown as less, then we get less.” Author Interviews
First Western War In Afghanistan Was An ‘Imperial Disaster’”

- Afghans Confront Sensitive Issue Of Ethnicity : NPR

kottke.org: Peregrine Falcon killing a duck in mid-air

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:21:54 -0400

kottke.org: Peregrine Falcon killing a duck in mid-air:

jkottke:

The Peregrine Falcon is the world’s fastest animal¹; it can reach speeds of more than 240 mph during dives. It uses that speed to kill other birds in mid-air. Here’s a video of a Peregrine diving and killing a duck, shot with a camera mounted on the falcon’s back.

It’s cool watching…

(via Charts: Why You’re in Deep Trouble If You Can’t...

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:12:17 -0400

(via Charts: Why You’re in Deep Trouble If You Can’t Afford a Lawyer | Mother Jones)

(via Mapping Manhattan: A Love Letter in Subjective Cartography...

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:54:25 -0400

(via Mapping Manhattan: A Love Letter in Subjective Cartography by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Malcolm Gladwell, Yoko Ono & 72 Other New Yorkers | Brain Pickings)

The Greatest Grid: How Manhattan's Famous Street Map Came to Be

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:47:56 -0400

The Greatest Grid: How Manhattan's Famous Street Map Came to Be:

rhm2k:

The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan 1811-2011, based on the current exhibition of the same name at the Museum of the City of New York, tells the story of the city’s right angles. The Commissioner’s Plan of 1811, the map and surveying scheme that set the blocks at 200 by 800 feet all the way up the length of the island, was an audacious gamble on growth. From 1790 to 1810, the population of New York had tripled, and the commissioners predicted that by 1860, New York would have almost the same population as Paris, then home to half a million people. (They were wrong, of course — New York would top nearly 800,000 by then.) The Commissioner’s Plan of 1811, by John Randel, Jr. (Courtesy of the New York City Municipal Archives)

Hummus Is Conquering America - WSJ.com

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:54:31 -0400

Hummus Is Conquering America - WSJ.com

kottke.org: New York elsewhere

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:29:27 -0400

kottke.org: New York elsewhere:

jkottke:

The Morning News has a collection of maps showing the neighborhoods that New Yorkers might want to move to in a variety of cities around the world. Probably lots of generalizations to argue about here…have fun!

Prenzlauer Berg = Park Slope. Among the first neighborhoods to be…

Posters of Angry Eyes Actually Scare Off Bike Thieves - John Metcalfe - The Atlantic Cities

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:50:53 -0400

Posters of Angry Eyes Actually Scare Off Bike Thieves - John Metcalfe - The Atlantic Cities

Photo

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:59:44 -0400

(via xkcd: Is It Worth the Time?)

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:14:53 -0400

(via xkcd: Is It Worth the Time?)

humansofnewyork: I wanted to share something simple but awesome...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:28:50 -0400

humansofnewyork:

I wanted to share something simple but awesome that just happened to me. I woke up this morning with a scratchy throat, so I walked to a nearby juicebar to get a green juice. I asked the owner if he had any kale. Instead of saying “no,” he said: “Please, take a seat, I will run and buy some for you.”

Al Pasha Restaurant: Store location in the comments

ethandesu: Ring Jacket for The Armoury AMJ Model Blue Check -...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:26:08 -0400

ethandesu:

Ring Jacket for The Armoury

AMJ Model Blue Check - HKD$12,000

Why the Rent Is So High in New York - NYTimes.com

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:16:00 -0400

Why the Rent Is So High in New York - NYTimes.com

Work and the young: Generation jobless - The number of young people out of work globally is nearly as big as the population of the United States | The Economist

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:48:42 -0400

Work and the young: Generation jobless - The number of young people out of work globally is nearly as big as the population of the United States | The Economist