Musings from the Peanut Gallery

imSimReal is a framework designed to provide physics capabilities for games and simulations. The algorithms used are based on Physics for Game Programmers.
Since much of my use of this library is on the iPhone, Apple rules do not allow frameworks on the iPhone, I will primarily use the source code as part of my projects. [...]

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Arnold Kling discusses the situation with our American Health Care System, and how government control tends to reduce quality, sometimes deliberately.
He uses his father’s case as an example of how the current directions in health care are actively destructive, having caused him much pain that could have been prevented, if consumers were driving [...]

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TCSDaily has an article by Arnold Kling that looks at health care in terms of what works, instead of what’s considered politically correct, or what scores the correct political points.
To summarize, he looks at three areas of health care, access, quality and cost, and summarizes the good things government can do, the bad and the [...]

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This is a new one. According to this Seattle Times article, you could get cancer by working the night shift.
It is a surprising step validating a concept once considered wacky. And it is based on research that finds higher rates of breast and prostate cancer among women and men whose work day starts after dark.
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TCS Daily had an article this week by John Luik concerning a recent study that the traditional media seemed to miss.

The Centers for Disease Control and the National Cancer Institute recently released a study that found that being modestly overweight is possibly helpful for long life, while being underweight can shorten your life.
Flegal discovered that [...]

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