More random links
- Why We Need Breaking Bad
- It is a very dark show if you haven't previously watched it: "Watching Walt's slow slide off the moral cliff might just inoculate us against what TV usually teaches."
- San Jose State suspends online courses
- "Five online classes that were announced with great fanfare by the governor at San Jose State University were suspended Thursday after more than half of the students failed the final exams. ... The failure rate on final exams for the San Jose State courses involving Udacity ranged from 56 to 76 percent, said Sebastian Thrun, a researcher at Stanford University and Google Inc. who launched Udacity." Ouch!
- When Do Women (and Men) Stop Leaning In?
- "Women stop gunning for a promotion earlier than men. But by our mid 30s, most men don't care about getting more responsibilities at work, either." The gender gap in self-description doesn't seem as large as you might expect.
- Slowly but Surely
- "Sous-vide cooking is destined for ubiquity in home kitchens." They're still quite expensive, but hopefully this article is right that they'll follow something like a microwave-style cost curve as this becomes more common. For optimizing laziness it seems possible with this thing to make simple dinners without them tasting like microwave food. They require really little time and are quite precise but on the other hand you may need to decide on your meals in advance. Unless a faster reheat option is viable - the article suggests "first class, restaurant-quality dishes that can be reheated in a water bath in less than half an hour"