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We Experiment On Human Beings! « OkTrends
maybe our matching algorithm was just garbage and it’s only the power of suggestion that brings people together. So we tested things the other way, too: we told people who were actually good for each other, that they were bad, and watched what happened. Here’s the whole scope of results (I’m using the odds of […]
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Neymar’s brain on auto-pilot when playing for Brazil and Barcelona: neurologists – ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation
“Brazilian superstar Neymar’s brain activity while dancing past opponents is less than 10 per cent the level of amateur players, suggesting he plays as if on auto-pilot, according to Japanese neurologists.Results of brain scans conducted on Neymar in February this year indicated minimal cerebral function when he rotated his ankle and point to the Barcelona […]
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YouTube’s 2013 revenue was reportedly $3.5 billion — Tech News and Analysis
“YouTube generated $3.5 billion in revenue for Google in 2013, according to a report from the Information, which also states that the video service was profitable last year. However, that number is below analyst estimates, which put YouTube’s 2013 revenue anywhere from $5 billion to $5.6 billion.” via YouTube’s 2013 revenue was reportedly $3.5 billion […]
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40 Maps That Explain The Middle East
“Here are 40 maps crucial for understanding the Middle East — its history, its present, and some of the most important stories in the region today.” via 40 Maps That Explain The Middle East.
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Soviet synthesizer bridged occultism and electronic music – Boing Boing
“The political tides turned against the Russian avant garde by the time Murzin began working on the ANS in 1938. As Isobel Clouter explains in an episode of the BBC radio show The Soundhunter, most early sound art projects were destroyed. Engineers were forced to work on art projects in secret and had little access […]
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KEI statement on library exceptions at WIPO SCCR 28 | Knowledge Ecology International
“The three-step test was not initially intended to limit library exceptions. It was created in 1967, in the Berne Convention, in a limited way, and not to regulate all exceptions. It did not regulate the “particular” exceptions in the Berne Convention on a wide range of topics, including education, it did not regulate the first […]