Education: Financial illiteracy
Student debt is not the root problem - financial illiteracy is the root of education loan problems.
Climate: Do the excessive heat maps look scarier?
Beginning in April 2024, the NWS/CDC introduced a new "heat risk" based on on "heat index" and adding magenta coloring.
Weather: What do colors on temperature maps mean?
What do the colors on temperature maps mean? Not much - as this collection of maps shows very different color schemes for the same day - depending on the provider.
Climate: We must ban playing golf
Climate activists demand an end to golf tournaments. It's Just Science, of course.
How many Americans live in another country?
Estimates range from 1-3% of Americans live abroad at a point in time; probably its around 1.5%. Less than 1% of retirees retire abroad.
I completed the requirements for an M.S. in software engineering
This is a post from January 2013 that I never previously published. I completed the M.S. in software engineering in December 2012.
Education: “Expert” says don’t push “practical majors”
"Expert" says study what you want in college and don't worry about taking "practical majors". Makes sense for the wealthy elite, of course.
Business: The Dunning-Kruger Effect May Not be Real
The Dunning-Krueger Effect said people overestimate their knowledge/ability. But this finding was a statistical blunder. The authors were the unskilled ones.
Climate: Now it’s a human disease
Woman in her 70s, with asthma, diabetes, heart failure, and likely obese, without AC, diagnosed as having "climate change".
Business, Tech: TechCos back to using “Rank and Yank” Layoffs
Tech companies back to stack ranking, putting 15% of workers on PIP every year, doing continual layoffs.