It's been hit and miss for me. I've had great luck with storefronts and signs. Landmarks depend on popularity - the more pictures of it are online the more likely it will return a result. Taking a picture of my TouchPad just returned a lot of images of square things laying on blue things (the TouchPad was laying on my…
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Everything is easier with anesthesia!
It lets you snap a picture of something and identify it. When I was in Portland I could walk up to a restaurant, snap a picture of their sign, and it would direct me to reviews. Obviously you could do that with Places or Yelp using the GPS, but it was actually pretty dang quick - faster than the SGS' GPS lock, which…
Yeah, lack of sleep affects testosterone levels... sadly, we just don't have a description of their methodology. All I can read is the abstract, which obviously doesn't cover how they operationally defined "spending time" with their child. I like to assume that any researcher worth a damn would think to factor night…
I'm assuming the one of us that's managed to "drone on like a psychologist" is the one of us I know to have a degree in psychology. I'm sorry you "can't abide" that, though I have no idea what earthly consequence your abidance should hold for me (that is, why I should care). I'm okay with the charge that psychology is…
I don't deny a link exists between testosterone and aggressive behavior. Heck, I didn't even say aggression "occurs" in any specific brain region. Testosterone's simply not the only link - as I pointed out. There are 38 brain regions and at least four different chemical messengers that are involved in aggressive…
The study also separates fathers who spend more than 3 hours per day with their children from those who spend less. Unless there's a statistical anomaly here, 3 hours per day shouldn't affect a father's sleep - unless all 3 hours were in the middle of the night. So how would you account for the lower testosterone in…
In what way would that be more logical than a biological imperative to nurture one's offspring? Actually... does your theory even contradict this study? I mean, let's assume parenting = loss of sleep and loss of sleep = lower testosterone... might that not be evolutionarily adaptive by making male parents less…
Are you implying that you somehow knew that testosterone levels dropped only in men who'd fathered children? 'Cause I'd like to know what it was that tipped you off. I mean, how did you know it was biochemical in nature instead of prosocial behavior (men following the mores of society that dictate the behavior…
Sadly, if our leaders are seen doing anything - really anything at all - that isn't related to politics they're accused of shirking responsibility and/or pandering to voters. So, if Obama did even one of those things he's be pasted by the Republicans as lazy or not taking care of business during an economic crisis.…
No one wearing a beret is allowed in my biker gang. You're allowed to have a combover only if you can drive an F1, fly a plane, and research climate change (hey, we're a progressive biker gang).
This would have been awesome several years ago when I was using my iPod Touch for music. Now, the cord wrapped around would just get in the way of my SGS' touchscreen. There's still no good solution for that... luckily my Klipsch earbuds came with a wee velvet bag that I put them in, then into a pocket. Not perfect,…
The University of Washington lost half of its state funding in just three years - $207 million in just the 2011-2012 biennium. As a result, tuition rates have gone up by 20%, which prices out a lot of potential future researchers (I could never have afforded to pay back student loans at today's prices), while…
Damn your Slate looks big, Mat. What is that, 12 inches? I bet everyone in the room was staring when you whipped that thing out. Personally, I think it's a little too big. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but I think 9 inches fits better in the hand.
I love the idea of military tech that is horrendously ugly and functional. Need your helicopter to pick up more stuff? Slap another engine on it. Where? Who cares.
Mistook a fishing boat for a gunnery target? I'm hoping it was supposed to be one of these and not one of these... 'cause then he'd need an eye exam as well.
What are you trying to say about my Pucci shoes? Next you'll tell me there's something wrong with my Rolox.
You've never heard of monoprice.com? ... where do you go when you need a cable, then? Do you pay $30 for an HDMI cable? I... I don't even. I need a moment.
It's his personal style. He's known to be a prick. One former supporter and fellow blogger met him at a party and he spent the whole conversation mocking her in front of his friends, even after she asked to get a picture with him.
"The dataset is missing important information if they try to derive it all from dots. Both quantitive and qualitive data could be injected to improve it but yeah, that we can identify people merely from those movements of dots is amazing in itself. But it would be hard to argue that it wouldn't be hit and miss."