Hotel maids began losing weight once they were informed that their normal job activities counted as exercise. I can’t want for somebody to test whether this placebo effect works in reverse; that is, whether you will lose weight if you aren’t actually exercising but believe that you are. If it works, then sign me up! (Oh rats, they addressed this in the interview.)
March 11th, 2008
Exercise doesn't have any effect unless you know you're doing it
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Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.
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