Early Adopters and 5G Phone Service

J.R. Raphael suggests that 5G service is not worth the additional cost while the network is still being developed. Early adopters are paying for a worthwhile system to be constructed.

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Coronavirus Vaccine Efficacy

Carolyn Crist reports on Dr. Anthony Fauci's observation that a vaccine which provides sufficient pallative or symptomatic care would end COVID-19 deaths as effectively as a vaccine causing complete immunity to infection.

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Words That Can Have Opposite Meanings

Judith Herman lists some English words which can take on opposite meanings .

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Einstein Quotations

Sarah Pruitt recounts the efforts of Garson O’Toole to verify quotations of Enstein, and in some cases debunked their provenance.

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Sleep Patterns

Elle Hunt interviewed Alice Gregory and Maryanne Taylor, who said that" We all have blips in our sleep. – It’s never going to be that you sleep brilliantly all the time.

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New Worlds

Tom Gerken explores tiny model worlds hidden on a bookshelf.

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Universities After Coronavirus

Bryan Alexander suggests that because of COVID-19 universities have increased their expectations of faculty: longer hours, online activity throughout waking hours, and more community service requirements. Beth McMurtrie reports burnout already happening among some faculty.

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Android Notification System

J. R. Raphael explains how to set up an Android notification system called Filter Box on your Android phone.

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Squatting

Rosie Spinks reveals some of the benefits of using a squatting posture for at least a few activities during the day. Spinks also posts about an app which reminds users to squat during the day.

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Tsundoku, or Book Collecting

Tom Gerkin says that the Japanese word "Tsundoku ," describes a person who buys large numbers of books in the hopes of someday reading them.

My wife would say I exemplify a Tsundoku. ☺

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Windows Software on a Chromebook

J. R. Raphael explains how, with the proper app and expensive hardware, Google Chromebooks can run Windows web apps in separate window that runs Microsoft Windows. This Parallels software has run on Apple laptops for years, and is just now reaching Chromebooks.

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Professional Writing in Academia

Larry McEnerney shares with university professors about the importance of professional writing .

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Microsoft Windows Shortcuts

Valarie Potter provides "cheat sheets " for keyboard shortcuts used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

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University Hiring Delays

Andrew Cheng laments that potential academic employers take an excessive amount of time to make a hiring decision. Cheng suggests that universities:

• Tell applicants when they have been rejected.
• Be transparent about their hiring schedule.
• Strive to set a standard for communication with candidates.

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Giving Thanks and Coronavirus

Alex Fitzpatrick reports that Canadian virus infections spiked after that nation celebrated Thanksgiving October 16.

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Men, Women and COVID-19

Dina Gerdeman reports on the research of Vincent Pons' team, which notes that men are more likely to die of COVID-19 than women. Pons suggests that women more frequently comply with suggested safety rules, such as wearing masks and social distancing.

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David Sinclair and Life Extension

David Sinclair talks about his medical research into living longer using diet, exercise, and medications preserving the body's epigenetic information.

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Ken Frazier Interview

Ken Frazier, CEO of Merck, addresses some of the challenges facing the United States in this year shaped by COVID-19 , including responsible leadership and the timeline of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Retirement in the Future

John Stoll predicts the future of retirement , and after crunching the numbers suggests that most people will need to be gainfully employed long after age 65.

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The Economic Inpact of Restricting Immigration

Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Britta Glennon investigated the economic impact of banning immigration to the U.S., and charted a $100 billion hit to Fortune 500 firms.

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Rational Decisions

Keith Stanovich provides examples of dysrationalia , a term he coined to describe smart people who make irrational decisions.

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Demographics and Train Ridership

Sarah Sieloff discusses the implications of changes in demographics which are influencing small towns and bullet trains in Japan.

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The Value of Writing

John Henry writes about expert writer Larry McEnerney and his comments about marketing and value.

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The Ballpoint Pen

Stephen Dowling writes about the invention and marketing of the ballpoint pen . As to its importance, he quotes David Saxs: "The ballpoint pen was the equivalent of today’s smartphone. Before then, writing was a stationary act that had to be done in a certain environment, on a certain kind of desk, with all these other things to hand that allowed you to write."

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Kindness as a Business Virtue

Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson encourage managers, telling them that kindness is important for ultimate success.

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Windows Tips

Sele Training offers the video Windows Tips and Tricks 2020 . I learned about many obscure but useful Windows 10 functions thanks to this.

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CSS Art

Aja Romano shares an example of hand coded art Diana A. Smith created using HTML and CSS. He notes that this was crafted using code recognized by the Google Chrome web browser, and provides screen captures of how distorted it becomes under other browsers which do not recognize the CSS code that makes the image. For more examples of Smith's art, see her website or view this interview.

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Guy Fawkes Day

Cameron Macphail discusses the origins of Guy Fawkes Day and the plot to blow up the U.K. Parliment.

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Door Color and Sales Price

Brittany Annas muses on which door colors entice buyers to pay a premium price for a home.

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Interactive Election Prediction Map

CNN offers an interactive map of the electoral votes in play in 2020, allowing anyone to guess how states will vote and then calculate the results.

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Cyber Terrorism

Andy Greenberg notes that cyberterrorism might occur in unforeseen, even unobservable ways. Consider that scientists found that a subliminal stop sign image could confuse a Tesla into stopping in traffic.

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League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters has promoted knowledgeable voting for a century.

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