o blogue de Joao Figueiredo

• Unskilled and unaware of it « Successful SoftwarePeople tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it. Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd. Several analyses linked this miscalibration to deficits in metacognitive skill, or the capacity to distinguish accuracy from error. Paradoxically, improving the skills of participants, and thus increasing their metacognitive competence, helped them recognize the limitations of their abilities.(tags: study stupidity mind psychology)

• Aura Theme | Website slogan (usually there is some text here)(tags: drupal theme reference themes webdesign webdev)

• Styling for Print(tags: wordpress reference printing webdev)
• Americanos descobrem petróleo em Moçambique | agência financeiraA Anadarko Petroleum, uma companhia norte-americana com sede no Texas, anunciou a descoberta de petróleo na Bacia do Rovuma, norte de Moçambique, mas ainda não sabe se em quantidades comercializáveis(tags: mocambique oil oilfield future)

• Link - Estadao.com.brA Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel) quer determinar metas de qualidade para os serviços de banda larga — entre elas, garantir que as operadoras entreguem pelo menos 50% da velocidade prometida nos horários de pico e 70% durante o resto do dia.(tags: brazil internet telecomunication regulation broadband)

• Time Lapse Photography – Timothy Allen | Photography Blog | BBC Human Planet(tags: photography video ** reference)

• Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine - by Bing(tags: cartoons search ***)

• Pets Vital to Human EvolutionFor the animals those changes developed because human bred them for specific traits, like a cow that gives more milk or a hen that lays more eggs.<br />
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  But this evolutionary influence works both ways. Dogs, for instance, might have have been selectively taken in by humans who shared genes for more compassion. Those humans then prospered -- a.k.a. reproduced -- with the dogs&#039; help in hunting and securing their homes.(tags: evolution human history)
• 1906: vintage color photos of Europe(tags: europe photos photography vintage **)

"what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" em Portugal o que acontece em Agosto fica em Agosto.

E quem melhor sabe deste fenómeno são os nossos queridos políticos, cada vez é mais evidente que certas noticias e certos negócios menos claros são programados para acontecerem em Agosto, o pessoal está de férias, mal se apercebe e, na realidade, não quer saber.

Depois em Setembro o país lentamente volta a funcionar, se funcionar é o termo para o nosso estado natural, e novas manchetes irão preencher os jornais e telejornais.

Pedro Passos Coelho jogou a introdução das portagens nas ex-SCUTs para depois de Agosto para que o assunto não caísse neste vazio.

Por outro lado o caso Freeport parece ter sido propositadamente alinhado para ser enterrado em Agosto.

A técnica do silencio relatada no Mais Actual é a melhor, não fosse o raio do procurador ter incluído as perguntas que teria feito ao nosso Eng. PM e o assunto já estava totalmente esquecido. 

• Pro Git - Table of ContentsBook about GIT(tags: git software development opensource OSS)
• Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer’s - NYTimes.comAlthough there has been increasing evidence of the value of this and other tests in finding signs of Alzheimer’s, the study, which will appear Tuesday in the Archives of Neurology, shows how accurate they can be. The new result is one of a number of remarkable recent findings about Alzheimer’s.(tags: health alzheimer’s brain future)
• Portugal Makes the Leap to Renewable Energy - NYTimes.come way S(tags: portugal energy)