arranged marriages probably have an evolutionary history going back at least 50 ka.
Month: August 2017
Barbed wire history
Barbed wire is one of the most important inventions of the past 150 years. It tamed the Wild West and solidified the concept of land ownership in America. Because of the expense of running dedicated telephone services over long distances, some farmers opted to run their telecommunications over the 100s of 1000s of km of barbed wire criss-crossing the land.
10 min primate window
If the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs had showed up 10 minutes earlier or later, there would have been no mass extinction, and hence no primates.
Drugs don’t really expire
Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive or vital. Meanwhile the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer. such squandering eats up about $765B a year — 25% of health care spending.
more harmful & expensive FDA nonsense
Passive Aggressive GDocs
Recently I’ve been wondering how I can be more passive aggressive when collaborating in Google Docs. So I asked a team of experts (my former co-workers) and they came up with these 14 brutal moves.
1. Leave the document open all the time
Even when you’re not reading it, leave the document open so your collaborators will think you’re watching every single thing they’re doing.
2. Highlight a piece of text then do nothing
Your collaborator will see the highlight and wonder what the hell you’re thinking, even after hours and hours have passed.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 