Jason Karaian in Quartz:
For the numismatists, the new coin will mark Britain’s return to the dodecagonal fold. The design was inspired by the threepenny bit, which was used from 1937 to 1971. Polygonal coins in active circulation are relatively rare, phased out in the name of circular uniformity and found mostly as small-batch commemorative coins.
I couldn’t stop reading dodecagonal as dogecoin.
Tim Fernholz in Quartz:
So if you’re an ardent believer in anonymity, be careful: If you reveal something important enough to be legally protected on one of these platforms, your anonymity might not be secure. The only secrets you can safely reveal on these platforms (and even then, only as long as they’re not crimes) are your own.
This article started when I once again became frustrated with notifications in iOS 7. I glanced at my phone and the screen was full of them. I sighed and I scrolled and – for an instant – half-saw a notification that piqued my interest. So, knee-jerk, I automatically unlocked the phone and realized I didn’t… more
I appreciate when Elon Musk takes the time to explain the strategy of Tesla. It reminds me of the infrequent notes from Steve Jobs regarding Apple strategy:
The reason that we did not choose to do this is that the auto dealers have a fundamental conflict of interest between promoting gasoline cars, which constitute virtually all of their revenue, and electric cars, which constitute virtually none. Moreover, it is much harder to sell a new technology car from a new company when people are so used to the old. Inevitably, they revert to selling what’s easy and it is game over for the new company.
Because the ending tells the entire story:
Going to miss Phillip Seymour Hoffman:
Responsive, semantic, gorgeous icons… in code. I do so enjoy living in the future.
Via Allison Griswold on Business Insider:
Leaders of the supermarket chain believe in keeping employees as informed as possible, even when it comes to pay. Under the company’s open policy, staff can easily look up anyone’s salary or bonus from the previous year — all the way up to the CEO level.
Intriguing. I’m wondering how they correct salaries when someone is clearly being compensated incorrectly and it’s discovered by another party.
People bitch. Like, all the time. It’s 8:35am on a Friday and I’ve already bitched twice: once about the weather and another time about the power flickering on and off. At work, Frank bitches as a last resort, when all else has failed, so I know to pay careful attention. Matt bitches all the time… more
Written in 1965. Rings painfully true today.
Defense arousal prevents the listener from concentrating upon the message. Not only do defensive communicators send off multiple value, motive and affect cues, but also defensive recipients distort what they receive. As a person becomes more and more defensive, he or she becomes less and less able to perceive accurately the motives, the values and the emotions of the sender. The writer’s analysis of tape recorded discussions revealed that increases in defensive behavior were correlated positively with losses in efficiency in communication.