Hacker News
- Actual Performance, Perceived Performance http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001058.html 7 comments
- Actual Performance, Perceived Performance http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001058.html 15 comments programming
- Humans are incapable of multitasking, but the illusion of multitasking boosts performance, research finds. Regardless of whether people actually engage in a single task or multiple tasks, making them perceive this activity as multitasking makes them exert more mental effort to stay engaged. https://www.inquisitr.com/5163530/multitasking-study-performance-perception/ 309 comments science
- Applied Philosophy, a.k.a. "Hacking" ...Sometimes we catch a glimpse of the truth, and discover the actual rules of a system. Once the actual rules are known, it may be possible to perform "miracles" -- things which violate the perceived rules... http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2009/10/applied-philosophy-aka-hacking.html 142 comments programming