It is safe to say that you have already broken your New Year’s resolution by now. It’s ok.
Nobody cares and your expectations were probably too high. You shouldn’t have broken them though. Now feel bad. You deserve it.
Baby, the computer says it’ll be ok
Researchers at the universities of Southern California and Utah programmed a computer to analyse the speech of couples in marriage counseling. It turned out that the computer was “able to predict marital improvement or deterioration about as reliably as ratings provided by trained humans — in fact, even a little better.”
Punching prison since he was 16
“Colin threw the first punch, and didn’t let up. Mario joined in, neighbors looking on. Then Taurus waded in and landed one blow. Jacques crumpled, and never got up.” And that one punch thrown by a 16 year-old Taurus Buchanan resulted in a life-sentence. More in This Boy’s Life. Who knows? There might be support for prison reform on 2016.
Airbnb for refuges?
Of course the refugee crisis is a geopolitical and humanitarian disaster happening in slow motion. Of course! But maybe, maybe this could be an opportunity?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That was going through the heads of the two brothers that make millions off the refugee crisis in Scandinavia.
If that’s the case, they should be careful with the logo. Just saying.
Autism as an asset
It turns out that Israel has a special unit for autistic soldiers. It’s a place where their heightened perceptual skills are an asset. And they are pretty happy about it.
Am I an adult?
Ok I am above drinking and driving age (not at the same time) but am I an adult-adult or not yet. It turns out the line between childhood and adulthood is blurrier than ever.
Do you prefer cash?
Sweden, the near cash-free country. Note that here in Greece we try hard to beat them to it through a faster route.
Robot, cue the Elements!
It’s now verified. 4 new elements were added to the periodic table just before NYE. But the road is rocky for new elements down the line and here’s why.
Here are 5 robot trends to watch in 2016 by MIT Technology review. Add Facebook Messenger to the list as they now have a Chat SDK to make bots and Mark Zuckerberg is building an AI for his home. Hope he will be creative with the name.