December 2010
20 posts
Opt-In vs. Opt-Out →
Once more we have to think about whether giving every man in Switzerland a weapon makes sense or not. My main point against it, is that people act out of habit, and even if they can opt-out of taking the military weapon home, they will, because they’re used to it. And there it will lead to unnecessary deaths.
Dec 31st
Namespacing in JavaScript →
An interesting evolution!
Dec 30th
Piratenparteien verurteilen Gewalt gegen... →
Dec 29th
Dec 25th
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UN Joint Statement On Wikileaks →
Must read.
Dec 23rd
Dec 22nd
Wirify: The web as wireframes →
Fun! (via @lautundgrell)
Dec 20th
Betrachtungen zu Wikileaks und der Rolle der... →
Dec 20th
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Dec 18th
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Zootool →
Yahoo! is the most incompetently managed company of the whole Interwebs – try Zootool.
Dec 16th
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The Guardian's new data journalism and... →
Dec 16th
The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's... →
Yet another part in the Wikileaks saga: the inhumane and illegal ways, in which the ones in power try to create a climate of intimidation and fear. There are laws to prevent these things from happening and there should be severe consequences for breaking the law. Yet it seems, this government’s power has grown too big. We should seriously do something about this.
Dec 15th
Dec 9th
Die 140 Sünden der Anita Petek-Dimmer →
Eine sehr ausführliche Analyse des überaus polemischen Vortrags von Anita Petek-Dimmer, in welchem sie an einem «Aufklärerischen» David gegen Goliath Treffen der AZK vollkommen unwissenschaftlich – und meiner Meinung nach gefährlich – Impfkritik übt. Dass die Pharmaindustrie mächtig und geldgeil ist hat noch lange nichts mit dem Fakt zu tun, dass heute Lähmungen und Todesfälle dank einer...
Dec 8th
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Reducing the Gender Achievement Gap in College... →
suncica: When it comes to math and science classes, women can be subtly hampered by negative stereotypes about their gender. Last week, researchers at the University of Colorado published a fascinating article in Science where they tested the effectiveness of a psychological intervention, called values affirmation, in reducing the gender achievement gap in a college-level introductory physics...
Dec 5th
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Dec 3rd
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A great Christmas present from DailyJS →
All the «Let’s make a Framework» articles in a free, comfortable to read eBook – wonderful!
Dec 2nd