- The Rails Hotline: A Free Helpline for Ruby on Rails Developers | ReadWriteWeb • by Klint Finley
- Stuck on a Ruby on Rails problem? Call Rails Hotline, a free helpline staffed by volunteer Rails developers, at (877) 817-4190.
- The Genotype/Phenotype Distinction | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy • by Richard Lewontin
- The distinction between phenotype and genotype is fundamental to the understanding of heredity and development of organisms.
- How to Access the Old Gawker Media Designs | James Poling
- …you can still access the old design on all of Gawker’s properties by adding “ca.” onto the beginning of any of their URLs.
- The Benton Harbor "Uprising": Why It Matters | Campaign for America’s Future • by Isaiah J. Poole
- The town's financial woes—some of which are the legacy of corrupt or inept leaders but much of which are due to factors beyond the town's control—are being used as a pretext for Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder to strip the town's elected officials of all of their authority, putting control of the town in the hands of a single emergency manager.
- Obama to Boehner: Glad To Hear The Change Of Heart On Oil Subsidies | TPMDC
- Not so fast, Boehner's office said.
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- Logical Fallacies: An Encyclopedia of Errors of Reasoning
- The ability to identify logical fallacies in the arguments of others, and to avoid them in one’s own arguments, is both valuable and increasingly rare. Fallacious reasoning keeps us from knowing the truth, and the inability to think critically makes us vulnerable to manipulation by those skilled in the art of rhetoric.
- Gamification – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Others have noted that gamification sometimes misses elements such as storytelling and experiences which are central to what make games effective.
- Mac vs. PC people | FlowingData • by Nathan Yau
- Recommendation site Hunch is another one of those applications that knows a ton of random stuff about its users. …you start by answering a bunch of seemingly unrelated questions, and based on your answers, Hunch offers recommendations by correlating your answers with preferences for you and others. …
[My bookmarks live at delicious.com/camryl. In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Also, signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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