Random links
- The Sleepless Elite: Why Some People Can Run on Little Sleep and Get So Much Done
- "For a small group of people—perhaps just 1% to 3% of the population—sleep is a waste of time. Natural "short sleepers," as they're officially known, are night owls and early birds simultaneously. They typically turn in well after midnight, then get up just a few hours later and barrel through the day without needing to take naps or load up on caffeine." The article notes that relatively few people who classify themselves as such actually fit into this category.
- Date-rape drink spiking 'an urban legend'
- The byline: "Widespread spiking of drinks with date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol and GHB is an 'urban legend' fuelled by young women unwilling to accept they have simply consumed too much alcohol, academics believe." An example from their evidence: "Australian researchers found that [not] one of 97 young men and women admitted to hospital over 19 months to two Perth hospital claiming to have had their drinks spiked, had in fact been drugged."
- NHS inquiry: Shaming of health service as care crisis is laid bare
- "Eleven NHS trusts were put into 'special measures' after an investigation found thousands of patients died needlessly because of poor care."
- MIT’s new automated ‘life coach’ can help you ace job interviews
- You can find the paper here - basically it uses image and speech recognition to analyze posture, facial expressions, as well as speaking pace and style and suggest ways to improve these such that you'll be perceived better.