Michele Pasin / Quotes

Hollow

He brings over Laura, who's 26 and has been working here for about five years. She's smiley and friendly, in a proficient but hollow customer services way, and keeps pulling at her skirt, which is hovering at the top of her spray-tanned thighs, as if she's uncomfortable talking to a woman who's got clothes on. She alternates this job with lifeguard shifts at a swimming pool, and she doesn't describe it as fun

Saved 26 February 2013 / www.guardian.co.uk ↗

#women #years

Artificial intelligence

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

Epigrams On Programming #years #intelligence #artificial-intelligence #God

Brexit

It took 12 years to get into Europe and, the UK may discover, it will take just as long to get through the exit door.

What Happens Next If Britain Votes To Leave The Eu? | Politics | The Guardian #years #UK #Europe

Co-citation strength and research fronts

The method of measuring co-citation similarity and the threshold of co-citation strength employed in creating research fronts has changed over the years…

Research Fronts 2014 : 100 Top Ranked Specialties In The Sciences And Social #similarity #roots #years #count #products

Digital reading habits

Further details from the study reveal that scholars now read more than half their articles on an electronic screen, whereas in 2005, just one-fifth of…

Scientists May Be Reaching A Peak In Reading Habits : Nature News & Comment #screen #years

Don't build hierarchy into persistent URLs

Building hierarchy into URLs always feels like a neat thing to do. It makes them readable and hackable and human guessable. At least for the subset of people…

Designing A Url Structure For Bbc Programmes | Smethurst #episodes #orphans #series #years #time

Erroneous references due to title changes

This is corroborated by Research Trends’ own case study of citations and references for 10 journals that changed title in 2000. Anecdotal evidence gleaned…

What’s In A Name? Journal Rebranding And Its Consequences On Citations - Research Trends #years #reference-lists #changes #citations #journals