на работе

из угла доносятся обрывки разговора project manager-ши с подчинённым:
- Do you have the environment for this? Go get the environment!

а ещё у нас негров линчуют

statistics on the lynching of blacks in US

1900–1909
791

1910–1919
569

1920–1929
281

1930–1939
119

1940–1949
31

1950–1959
6

1960–1969
3

death causes

а вот эту таблицу я что-то не понимаю. из 100,000 людей старше 65 лет умирает 5,000 (от всех причин в сумме). а куда деваются остальные?

Freakonomics

Listed below are ten terms commonly used in real-estate ads. Five of them have a strong positive correlation to the ultimate sales price, and five have a strong negative correlation. Guess which are which.

Fantastic
Granite
Spacious
State-of-the-Art
!
Corian
Charming
Maple
Great Neighborhood
Gourmet

( truth is out here )

Freakonomics about dating sites

A low-income, poorly educated, unhappily employed, not-very-attractive, slightly overweight, and balding man who posts his photo stands a better chance of gleaning some e-mails than a man who says he makes $200,000 and is deadly handsome but doesn’t post a photo. There are plenty of reasons someone might not post a photo—he’s technically challenged or is ashamed of being spotted by friends or is just plain unattractive—but as in the case of a brand-new car with a for-sale sign, prospective customers will assume he’s got something seriously wrong under the hood.

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