February 2011
4 posts
Rosenhan experiment →
bestofwikipedia:
The Rosenhan experiment was a famous experiment into the validity of psychiatric diagnosis conducted by psychologist David Rosenhan in 1973. It was published in the journal Science under the title “On being sane in insane places.” The study is considered an important and influential criticism of psychiatric diagnosis. (via pbmaxwell)
Wow, this is a little frightening…
add more powerful find tool to vim →
jinpu:
My key binding:
" Ack
nnoremap <leader>a :Ack
And then enjoy it!
Or, what I prefer to do,
set grepprg=ack\ -a\ -H\ --nocolor\ --nogroup
So you can just use the standard :grep instead of needing to use :Ack.
Sliding Towards the Edge
This is an interesting sensation. After more than a year spend feeling okay
about myself and the world in general, I find myself sliding inexorably
downwards once again1.
It is a rather odd experience to be feeling more-or-less okay and then to
notice these dark thoughts gestating in my mind, experiencing them at the same
time I observe them. It is the sort of thing that makes it very clear that...
Waiting...
One of the (many) things in this life that unduly aggravates me is having to
postpone doing something that I know I need to do. Once I’ve committed to
getting something accomplished, every delay incurred just drives me insane. One
particular manifestation of this is exercising: When I miss a workout it
bothers me way more than it probably should.
Case in point: Today, I was unable to lift...