| The US News College Rankings Scam - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:10:44 +0000 |
| Stephen Budiansky, via Cosma Shalizi’s Pinboard feed. Back in ancient times when I worked at esteemed weekly newsmagazine U.S. News & World Report, I always loathed the annual college rankings report. Like all cash cows, however, the college guide was a sacred cow, so I just shut up about its obvious statistical absurdities and inherent [...] |
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| IUDs: Secretly Awesome - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:52:54 +0000 |
| Having gotten music all over the blog, I am now going to cover it with human blood. Intrauterine devices, whether copper only or with a progestogen-releasing cylinder, are actually the most common form of reversible birth control in the world. Most of the users are in China, however (2/3 according to Wikipedia). In the U.S., [...] |
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| More Congas, Less Crime - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:18:33 +0000 |
| Answers to Questions No One Asked Me, Part 1 of n+1 where n > or = 0 Belle, what’s go-go music? Many a time I have heard that question not asked by someone moving to the DC area, or not asked by a person who hasn’t heard about go-go and knows I went to high [...] |
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