1. A poll from Fidelity Investments earlier this week found 70% of graduates had at least some debt, and the average was $35,200. That figure is higher in part because it includes debt owed to family and credit-card balances. (via Number of the Week: Class of 2013, Most Indebted Ever - Real Time Economics - WSJ)

    A poll from Fidelity Investments earlier this week found 70% of graduates had at least some debt, and the average was $35,200. That figure is higher in part because it includes debt owed to family and credit-card balances. (via Number of the Week: Class of 2013, Most Indebted Ever - Real Time Economics - WSJ)

  2. SCIENCE FINDS - INDUSTRY APPLIES - MAN CONFORMS (via Paleofuture - Paleofuture Blog - Technology and Man’s Future (1972))

    SCIENCE FINDS - INDUSTRY APPLIES - MAN CONFORMS (via Paleofuture - Paleofuture Blog - Technology and Man’s Future (1972))

  3. It was the sign that said the “Value of the Week” is “Integrity” that caught my eye. (via Guantanamo: The Tour | Freedom of the Press Foundation)

    It was the sign that said the “Value of the Week” is “Integrity” that caught my eye. (via Guantanamo: The Tour | Freedom of the Press Foundation)

  4. Introduction to Bloomberg Video 1.avi (by Anthony Ng)

  5. Bloomberg is now charging $24,000 a year for a single terminal subscription. The closely held company doesn’t publicize its prices, which are the most expensive among financial data providers. But we’ve got our hands on what Bloomberg has charged going back to 2001, when the company had about 160,000 terminal subscribers and still trailed its greatest rival, Thomson Reuters. It’s now the market leader, with 315,000 subscribers. (via This is how much a Bloomberg terminal costs - Quartz)

    Bloomberg is now charging $24,000 a year for a single terminal subscription.

    The closely held company doesn’t publicize its prices, which are the most expensive among financial data providers. But we’ve got our hands on what Bloomberg has charged going back to 2001, when the company had about 160,000 terminal subscribers and still trailed its greatest rival, Thomson Reuters. It’s now the market leader, with 315,000 subscribers. (via This is how much a Bloomberg terminal costs - Quartz)

  6. People with more education, who on average have higher incomes, are often able to take paid time off; but less-economically advantaged parents are more likely to have to take that time unpaid. During the post-birth period, then, the economic gap widens. … Many less-advantaged parents can’t afford to take time off unpaid, so they keep working. But even this widens the gap because their salary is lower than the salary the richer person continues to receive during their paid time off of work. So the rich get paid more for staying home than the poor get for going to work. (via Parental Leave and Class Privilege)

    People with more education, who on average have higher incomes, are often able to take paid time off; but less-economically advantaged parents are more likely to have to take that time unpaid. During the post-birth period, then, the economic gap widens.

    …

    Many less-advantaged parents can’t afford to take time off unpaid, so they keep working. But even this widens the gap because their salary is lower than the salary the richer person continues to receive during their paid time off of work. So the rich get paid more for staying home than the poor get for going to work. (via Parental Leave and Class Privilege)

  7. the width of the average adult finger is about 11 millimeters (mm) wide, while a baby’s is 8 mm, and some basketball players have fingers wider than 19 mm (via Touch interaction design (Windows Store apps) (Windows))

    the width of the average adult finger is about 11 millimeters (mm) wide, while a baby’s is 8 mm, and some basketball players have fingers wider than 19 mm (via Touch interaction design (Windows Store apps) (Windows))

  8. (via Touch interaction design (Windows Store apps) (Windows))

    (via Touch interaction design (Windows Store apps) (Windows))

  9. (via Twitter / JLLLOW: This hurts to look at. RIP, …)

    (via Twitter / JLLLOW: This hurts to look at. RIP, …)

  10. 1. DIVs and SPANs are not buttons
    2. If it navigates, it is a link. Use link markup with a valid hypertext reference
    3. If it triggers an action, it is a button. Use a BUTTON element
    4. If you don’t like how a button looks, style it with CSS.

    — Links are not buttons. Neither are DIVs and SPANs | Karl Groves

  11. Actually, being the mom to a young engineer can be outright hazardous to one’s health, not to mention expensive. I’ll be doubling our homeowners insurance when he’s old enough to start messing around with anything that involves a blowtorch. We’ve had to replace numerous household items that he’s taken apart. And I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve accidentally met the business end of a screwdriver the little man was wielding.

    …

    So, engineers, remember your mothers this weekend. Think of them (and their Lego-scarred feet) and celebrate them, just as they celebrated what made you different at every science fair, holiday, school event, and so on throughout your years.

    — If you’re an engineer, thank your mom | EDN

  12. More than 19,000 of the 31,000 deaths from guns in the United States in 2010 were suicides, far more than the number of homicides or unintended shooting deaths. The overall suicide rate is rising so rapidly that it now outnumbers deaths from car crashes.

    — Suicide Is Leading Cause Of Gun Deaths, But Largely Absent In Debate On Gun Violence

  13. Kids start watching porn from as early as the age of 6, and begin flirting on the Internet from the age of 8, according to a survey of over 19,000 parents worldwide.

    — Kids access porn sites at 6, begin flirting online at 8

  14. Although “hot hands” in basketball are illusory, the belief in them is so robust that it not only has sparked many debates but may also affect the behavior of players and coaches. On the basis of an entire National Basketball Association season’s worth of data, the research reported here shows that even a single successful shot suffices to increase a player’s likelihood of taking the next team shot, increase the average distance from which this next shot is taken, decrease the probability that this next shot is successful, and decrease the probability that the coach will replace the player. (via The science of basketball players on a hot streak. : Seriously, Science?)

    Although “hot hands” in basketball are illusory, the belief in them is so robust that it not only has sparked many debates but may also affect the behavior of players and coaches. On the basis of an entire National Basketball Association season’s worth of data, the research reported here shows that even a single successful shot suffices to increase a player’s likelihood of taking the next team shot, increase the average distance from which this next shot is taken, decrease the probability that this next shot is successful, and decrease the probability that the coach will replace the player. (via The science of basketball players on a hot streak. : Seriously, Science?)

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