2011

Brian Christian participated in the Turing Test, which evaluates a computer's ability to appear human in conversation. via Freakonomics

A terrorist-catching technology led to an eight-year con of the U.S. government by computer programmer Dennis Montgomery, and now officials are trying to keep it all under wraps. via Schneier on Security

This comic strip follows a student who tells their professor they want to major in "the universe" because of their vast interests. via xkcd

FlowingData.com shared a "History of the dunk contest complete with videos," which links out to a score history on Hoopism.com of every dunk from 1984 to 2010.

David Henderson addresses seven myths about free markets in this EconLib blog post from February 19, 2011, and links to a related interview.

via The source of this content is Econlib.

This American Life may have discovered the original recipe for Coca-Cola through research of old newspaper articles.

via kottke.org.

Expert tips to achieve your 2024 goals, plus journal prompts, goal-setting strategies, and time management techniques. via LifeHack

Dutch economist Jan Pen pictured economic inequality by imagining a parade of people ordered by income, where height corresponds to earnings — it would take nearly 45 minutes for a person of average height to appear.

via kottke.org

Tyler Cowen's article, "The Inequality That Matters," focuses on income inequality within the United States.

via Longform.

Runloop is a jQuery plugin for creating complex animations with custom keyframes and code execution. via GitHub

Artist Xavier Antin's "Just in Time" project uses four printing techniques—dating from 1880 to 1976—to create full-color books, and you can see it in action in the image at the link. via kottke.org

A TSA agent bribed a JetBlue ticket agent to check a suitcase under a random passenger's name. Bruce Schneier's blog post briefly discusses the security implications of this event.