Don't know how common the bias is, just that it isn't really justified. At least in the Netherlands, the people who have to commute far are typically (way) too early, and the people who live close by are typically the late ones. Maybe it has to do with overestimating commute time while underestimating the time from…

Still, no matter how well you think you've tested your algorithms, you can't always be sure your algorithm checks for all the patterns you want to find. For example, if you're trying to interpret human language, there may be lots of ways to say the same thing and you can never be sure your algorithm covers all of…

Apparently you missed a buzzword you're using yourself.

Big data does have some distinct properties though. For example, small data can be analysed manually while big data can only be reasonably analysed in a fully automated way. This also makes it harder to test if your analysis tools are missing anything.

I sometimes do this, but not in crowded areas and I alternate my eye time between the road and the screen every one or two seconds. I still find myself a lot less aware of my surroundings than when not holding a screen in front of me.

I think he explained the crap out of it.

I think it's a matter of attention span. The game itself doesn't get progressively harder as far as I've noticed, but one distraction and you're gone.

Fake but worth watching nonetheless:

I played it in the form of Pokémon Diamond when I was a kid, and I really liked it despite the crappy translation. It should be noted that I probably would have liked pretty much any game back then, but this game still holds a special place for me.

Exactly what I was thinking. If you can play Flappy Bird for 20 minutes without throwing the phone against the wall then either you're good at Flappy Bird or you have a respectable amount of self-control. I think that self-control is what they want to test.

I have a new favourite gif, thanks!

The second screenscreen probably makes sense for certain multiplayer games where you want to hide stuff from your fellow players, and for certain puzzle games which benefit from a touchscreen. For most other games it's probably a gimmick that's best left unused, and I agree with you that it's good that Nintendo…

I one saw an ad for "a really ugly gnome"on the Dutch equivalent of Craigslist. It was obviously a joke and the guy who was on sale approved, or at least it appeared so to me. It was harmless because it was on a site where you're not obliged to actually sell what you advertise. It seems really stupid to do this kind…

Technically not a phone, but I once repaired my Nexus 7 after I dropped it. A connector from the power and volume buttons had been disconnected, I used a toothpick to put it back in place without having to touch any delicate parts with my potentially charged fingers. Not exactly an impressively difficult fix, but I…

Good to see I'm not the only one who takes a bottle of water everywhere, though I gotta say mine is a lot less fancy.

I remember the Xbox 360 headset sometimes producing a kind of echo effect. If the XBOne turns out to have a similar effect on some occasions, would it be possible to use this to activate someone else's Kinect voice control and sign them out? Now that would be trolling!

These aren't trolls. Trolls aren't that bad and don't directly target an individual (except sometimes a celeb whose fans they want to make fun of). Trolls are not about hurting or excluding people. A troll is someone who likes to do stuff which are funny to some and annoying to some othersothers, for example wear fake…

There are, of course, other ways of determining whether or not someone is family. But those are complicated and necessarily involve human intervention (and those humans have to be paid). Equating last names, on the other hand, can be done very easily by a computer and is cheaper as a result.

The name "freezone.reboot" suggests that this will create an infinite reboot loop. Am I getting close?

It actually works by changing people's driving habits. People report increases in their MPG "without changing their driving habits" because it happens subconsciously and they don't notice it. The same would happen if you give the driver some lucky hat and somehow manage to convince him/her that it increases the car's…