Monday, November 28, 2016

The myth of orthogonality

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One of the factors that contributed to the punched-in-the-gut feeling that so many people had immediately after the election was the seeming...
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Friday, November 25, 2016

It's not what you'd call a pretty sound...

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... but I'd still like to hear one in person. Wheelharp [Serious blogging to resume after the holidays.]
Thursday, November 24, 2016

"As God as my witness..." is my second favorite Thanksgiving episode line [Repost]

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If you watch this and you could swear you remember Johnny and Mr. Carlson discussing Pink Floyd, you're not imagining things. Hulu u...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

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This is Joseph I hadn't been thinking about density like this, but here is a good point about LA : LA suffers from the too-dense-but...

In anticipation

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Thanksgiving, 1905 from the incomparable Windsor McCay from Mippyville .
Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Another entry in the Annals of Bad Ideas

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This is Joseph From Slate : An anonymous elector told Politico that the House election that would result from a Trump Electoral College ...
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Monday, November 21, 2016

One more for the lexicon: Curse of the First Model

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This applies to a wide range of contexts, but, just to get the conversation started, let's say you're doing targeted marketing. You ...
Friday, November 18, 2016

And no, we are not going to talk about the movie version

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I have a pet theory that you can get some of the best insights into a period, not from the serious novels and plays of the era, but from goo...
Thursday, November 17, 2016

With all this talk of moon bases and Mars missions

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The unique conditions of the Post-war Era, tremendous optimism and prosperity balanced by Cold War anxiety got us to the moon. Space enthusi...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Cracked.com: " Why Hollywood Can Lose Billions & Still Make Terrible Movies"

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One of these days we ought to do a deep dive into dysfunctional corporate decision-making, but for now I think the missing piece in the expl...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Terrestrial superstation blogging – – MGM's the Works

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[The over-the-air television industry continues to show remarkably strong and steady growth both in revenue and in number of stations (the l...

On the plus side, it's an industry disruptor from a visionary CEO

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Monday, November 14, 2016

I'm just going to post videos till I get my head around things

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More thoughts on the economy

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This is Joseph: From the Guardian : Median family income is  lower  now than it was 16 years ago, adjusted for inflation. Workers withou...
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Friday, November 11, 2016

Talking Points Memo

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This is Joseph It might seem to be a very odd time to subscribe to Talking Points Memo; I did so on Tuesday, only after the subscriber dri...