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May 16, 2013

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2:27 PM | Del papel a la realidad
La siguiente no es una caricatura irónica, ni una crítica a la sociedad de consumo a la Galeano. Es una propuesta programática de 1955. Fue aplicada y funcionó a la perfección. Es la culminación del capitalismo de consumo en USA (y su exportación al resto del mundo). Es el programa para la segunda mitad de siglo XX. Es clarísima, no deja dudas, plantea claramente los objetivos y esboza los métodos para lograrlo. No soy un experto en nada de esto, pero calculo que los orígenes de las […]
Reconocimiento de patrones futuros
Sociology | Science Communication

May 13, 2013

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9:55 PM | Countries with a state religion also have fewer political and civil freedoms
It's fairly common for a national government to explicitly favour one particular religion or sect. This support can take many forms - financial, political, or legal - but the common factor is that the dominant religion gets a helping hand from the state. Now it probably wouldn't be too much of a surprise to learn that states inclined to interfere in religious expression are also more likely to place a controlling hand on political and civic freedoms, However, proving that relationship is not […]
Epiphenom
Religion and Atheism | Sociology

May 11, 2013

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3:15 PM | Tapa Diaspar 9... coming soon
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Reconocimiento de patrones futuros
Sociology | Science Communication

May 06, 2013

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11:41 PM | Estimulantes
Para momentos en los que uno se siente abrumado por la rutina del trabajo (todos los trabajos tienen algo de rutinario y por momentos eso pasa a ser lo que ocupa más tiempo), un buen escape (por lo menos a mí me funciona) es leer/ver sobre los ambientes de trabajo creativos en los que otros se desenvolvieron. Y obviamente se puede ver si algo de eso se puede recrear.Estoy leyendo dos libros impresionantes:El de Douglas Coupland, Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work! (2010). Lo […]
Reconocimiento de patrones futuros
Sociology | Science Communication

May 05, 2013

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8:54 PM | Religion doesn't seem to protect against depression.
In most countries, religious people tend to be happier and less depressed, and it's often suggested that religion somehow provides a happiness boost and protects against depression. Maybe, so the thought process goes, religious belief alone is enough to perk people up, but even if it doesn't then participating in religious gatherings, and the social support that goes with it - well surely that's got to help. It's an attractive idea, but the problem is that it's really difficult to unpick […]
Epiphenom
Religion and Atheism | Sociology

May 02, 2013

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8:48 AM | Unintelligible twitter bios
I assume everyone else on twitter gets new followers with bizarre bios, here are a few of the most recent indecipherable, unitelligible, pointless, lame and downright hilarious personal statements and my first thoughts about those followers. Twitter twits image from Shutterstock “A current person I?????§ known by his appearance” – I was always told not [...]Related Posts:Good, bad, ugly twitter biosThe most useful twitter app…The Twit CleanerThe horrors of blocking and […]
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Sociology

May 01, 2013

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3:58 PM | Why Pinterest isn’t Twinterest
There are four words that differentiate Pinterest from Twitter, according to DT: Use, look, want, and need. Those four verbs make Pinterest stand out because they highlight how so much of the network’s appeal is grounded in the idea of acquiring stuff. Pinterest users talk about possessing and observing things whereas a textual analysis of [...]Related Posts:Pinterest – pinvite only for nowInterest in “no pin” for PinterestPinterest TOSFind your bliss on social mediaTake […]
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7:21 AM | Expletive rapping, hacking scum…
A rather offensive update appeared on my Facebook page yesterday, it was a repost link to a SoundCloud file from a hiphop act whose banter was laced with expletives from the opening bars. It announced to the world just how bad I’d got. I was down with the ‘hood, yo, bro etc…except, I wasn’t, I’m [...]Related Posts:How to embed a SoundCloud clip in a blog postStop The SmithsIf This Then That – IFTTTSounding out SoundCloudIFTTT recipes for SkydrivePost from: […]
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April 30, 2013

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8:12 PM | What Michael Jackson can teach Google about Twitter
Researchers at Google are hoping to learn about social influence and how message propagate on Twitter. Google software engineer Shaozhi Ye and colleague Felix Wu of the University of California, Davis, point out that while there have been extensive studies of the top online social networks (OSNs) it remains unclear how to characterise the propagation [...]Related Posts:Measuring influence and finding influencersMedia, marketing, mutualityDo you ‘like’ Facebook? Really?Does it matter […]

Ye S. (2013). Measuring message propagation and social influence on Twitter.com, Int. J. Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, 11 (1) 59-76. Other: Link

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April 28, 2013

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11:51 PM | I wrote a novel
I wrote a novel. There are some drugs in it but not so many. More probably went into making it. The original idea came to me as a result of taking mushrooms and a lot of caffeine was involved in … Continue reading →
YourBrainonDrugs.net
Psychology | Sociology
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7:51 AM | Drugs Quote #022 – Frank Zappa wasn’t on drugs.
The general assumption is that rock stars who don’t take drugs have either taken so many they’ve got bored or ill that they were forced to stop, or they are just a bit boring. As an exception that proves the … Continue reading →
YourBrainonDrugs.net
Psychology | Sociology

April 27, 2013

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8:55 PM | Are fertile women more religious?
In the West at least, women tend to be more religious than men. You can argue about why this might be (and I think it's an entirely sociological phenomenon) but it nonetheless seems to be a fact of life. So, it's in this context that you need to think about recent research by Kristina Durante at the University of Texas, and colleagues, which suggests that ovulatory cycle can have a significant influence over how religious women are. They recruited 275 American women aged 18-44 years for an […]
Epiphenom
Religion and Atheism | Sociology

April 20, 2013

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9:44 PM | Are Christians bad tippers?
Earlier this year, there was huge kerfuffle over some Pastor in the US who refused to leave a tip in a restaurant. By way of explanation, he wrote on the bill that he already gave "10% to God". Something that I never realised (coming from Europe as I do, where we don't really do tipping) is that Christians already have a reputation for being bad tippers - especially on a Sunday. But is that reputation deserved? Michael Lynn, at the School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, […]
Epiphenom
Religion and Atheism | Sociology

April 18, 2013

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10:13 AM | Media, marketing, mutuality
Georgeta Drul? of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Bucharest, Romania, has an interesting theory about how media companies implement the social media strategy for their journalistic products. In particular his research has focused on how such companies are expanding their use of user-generated content and social media platforms to [...]Related Posts:Do you ‘like’ Facebook? Really?Does it matter what kind of online networker you are?Different […]

Drulă G. (2013). The role of social media for media companies, International Journal of Social and Humanistic Computing, 2 (1/2) 6. DOI:

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April 13, 2013

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6:22 AM | Do religious people suffer less stress from economic change?
Over the past two decades, the Polish economy has undergone dramatic change as it shifted towards a liberal market. That, in turn, has lead to profound changes in job security and other social changes that can lead to increased stress. Clemens Lechner, from the University Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, and colleagues, have used data from a 2009 survey of over 1,500 Poles to assess whether religion buffers this stress. All the people interviewed were aged 16-46 and were currently […]
Epiphenom
Religion and Atheism | Sociology

April 12, 2013

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1:56 PM | Kaggle causality hacking contest
Big data is already a lot like magic. Based on your spending habits Mastercard are supposed to know that you are getting a divorce before you do, computers are better at predicting good vintages than wine experts, facebook and google … Continue reading →
YourBrainonDrugs.net
Psychology | Sociology

April 06, 2013

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8:50 PM | International trade fractures along religious fault lines
International trade is made easier when nations share a common language. Geographical closeness, regional trade agreements, and common legal heritage also help trade along, and former colonies trade more with each other and with the ex-mother country. Chong Wha Lee, at Kongju National University in South Korea, wanted to know if a common religion could play a similar role in boosting trade. Although there's been a bit of research into this before, Lee was particularly interested to know if […]
Epiphenom
Religion and Atheism | Sociology

March 25, 2013

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7:26 AM | In West and East, it's easier to remember things that are a bit weird
Look around the world, and you'll find that most gods and magical entities are surprisingly similar to regular people, but with one or two magical powers. The same goes for most works of fiction - your typical superhero is, in most respects, a pretty regular guy. At first sight, the Judaeo-Christian god seems to be an exception to this rule. But if you look at how Christians often relate to their god, never mind how it is portrayed in the Bible, it's not really such an anomaly. Back in 2002, […]
Epiphenom
Religion and Atheism | Sociology

March 24, 2013

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1:40 PM | Humanos y máquinas
Humans and Machines: The Role of People in Technology-Driven Organisations. The Economist Intelligence Unit.claimtoken-515f10261a425
Reconocimiento de patrones futuros
Sociology | Science Communication

March 21, 2013

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9:21 AM | Catch Facebook users if you can – easy
Frank Abagnale, portrayed in the Steven Spielberg movie Catch Me if You Can and now an FBI security expert, warns of the danger of identity theft and how almost trivial it would be for a con artist to make a start spoofing your ID. "If you tell me your date of birth and where you’re [...]Related Posts:Your password was revealedTalking tech newsFacebook, phishing and fingerprintsNew Facebook tips and tricksFind your lost mobile phone in IndiaPost from: David Bradley's Sciencetext Tech […]
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March 20, 2013

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8:19 AM | Subscribe to Sciencetext by email
In the wake of Google’s announcement of the imminent withdrawal of Google Reader, I strongly suspect that the RSS delivery system it bought, Feedburner, will follow it into the abyss later this year too. So, to avoid missing out on regular updates from Sciencetext, please do consider subscribing to the site’s email updates. These will [...]Related Posts:Sciencetext email newsletterGoogle to shut down readersACTA, phishing, security, and WordPressDelivering frustration on timeReach […]
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March 18, 2013

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4:20 PM | Making your lithium battery last longer
Unlike the old NiCd rechargeable batteries, lithium ion batteries are not supposed to suffer from memory effects, but that doesn’t mean they won’t wear out. Dell replaced the 6-cell battery in my laptop almost exactly two years ago and the technician who did the onsite servicing (needed to replace the fan and motherboard as well) [...]Related Posts:Battery Info ViewHow to extend laptop battery lifeE-Mili smartphone battery boostDon’t get caught short with an undercharged […]
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March 17, 2013

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11:07 PM | Iconic religious images affect the attitudes of Protestants, but not Catholics.
The Christian God comes in different flavours. Most notably, while it's sometimes portrayed as a benevolent, forgiving entity, at other times the imagery is of a vengeful, retributive god. We already know that how Christians view their god is related to other aspects of their psychology (for example, fear and anxiety). But is this cause or effect? It's hard to say, because what hasn't been much investigated is whether implanting different ideas about God can change attitudes. Kathryn […]
Epiphenom
Religion and Atheism | Sociology

March 16, 2013

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10:18 AM | Internet Bad Neighborhoods
Don’t venture too far on the internet: bad neighborhoods were located! Internet bad neighborhoods are those geographical areas where the majority of spam and phishing mails originate from. Interestingly, some regions specialize in spam, while others focus on phishing for ...

Giovane C. M. Moura, Anna Sperotto, Ramin Sadre & Aiko Pras (2013). Evaluating Third-Party Bad Neighborhood Blacklists for Spam Detection, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, Other: Link

Curving Normality
Social Science | Sociology
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March 15, 2013

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3:05 PM | Adelanto Diaspar 9
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9:32 AM | The most useful twitter app…
…unfortunately it doesn’t yet exist, but it should. The app would be a simple filter built into Twitter, a bit like unpolitic.me etc but embedded in the kernel of Twitter. Users set keywords, blockwords, that they don’t ever want to see in the bio of a potential new follower, e.g. popstar names, Bieber, JLS, Rihanna, [...]Related Posts:A few of my Twitter block wordsGood, bad, ugly twitter biosTo follow whom?The horrors of blocking and being blocked on TwitterIs it wrong to […]
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March 14, 2013

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7:52 AM | Google to shut down readers
UPDATES: Twitter is outraged, there’s a Facebook campaign already and a Whitehouse petition (albeit with dodgy grammar “it’s petition”! Who new there were so many people who actually see the benefits of RSS? Bad news for RSSophiles. Google has announced yet another spring cleaning of its various services, and this time around, the company is [...]Related Posts:If This Then That – IFTTTACTA, phishing, security, and WordPressCut the crDitch Adobe Reader, Flash and […]
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March 10, 2013

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10:44 PM | Calvinists can wait, but Catholics live for the moment
OK, here's the deal. I'll give you £5 right now - but if you can wait till next week, I'll give you £6. Which offer would you take? It's the sort of dilemma that mirrors a host of real life problems, and how people react to questions like this reflects their approaches to these challenges. It's called temporal discounting. Fabio Paglieri, at the Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione in Rome, and Lorenzo Colazato, Leiden University in the Netherlands ran these kinds of tests on […]
Epiphenom
Religion and Atheism | Sociology

March 08, 2013

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4:42 PM | Using search data to find drug side effects
Along the same lines as Google Flu Trends, researchers at Microsoft, Stanford and Columbia University are investigating whether search data can be used to find interactions between drugs. They recently found an interaction.Using automated software tools to examine queries by … Continue reading →
YourBrainonDrugs.net
Psychology | Sociology

March 06, 2013

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6:06 PM | The horrors of blocking and being blocked on Twitter
My good friend Jo Brodie has written a summary of things you may not realise about Twitter and what happens when you block someone or when someone blocks you. If someone blocks you, you can log out of twitter and still see their tweets or use the search function to find their updates. Similarly, if you’ve [...]Related Posts:A few of my Twitter block wordsDownload all your tweetsRemove your name from Facebook social adsTwit’s what you make itNever forget a link againPost from: David […]
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