Monday, December 31, 2018

Maybe we should state all holidays as Eve powers

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Friday, December 28, 2018

Stop me if you've heard this one.

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Here's a technology story for you. Imagine you're a leading device manufacturer for a new media platform. You decide to produce orig...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Of all the strange turns in the story of the Elon Musk Boring company debut, this may be the funniest and the saddest.

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From the Chicago Sun Times After a bumpy, but exhilarating California test ride, a delegation of city officials returned home Wednesday m...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Elon Musk's baking soda volcano

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As we discussed before in some detail, Elon Musk's proposals can be easily categorized into two groups. The first set are solidly engine...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Merry Christmas from Little Nemo

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And make sure to drive safely.  [Repost]
Monday, December 24, 2018

Do you ever wonder why?

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This is Joseph This move puzzles me, and everyone else I think : For reasons that are a mystery to everyone, Treasury Secretary Steven ...
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Twas the night before Christmas...

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Friday, December 21, 2018

Toys Were Us

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A typically thoughtfully video essay by Bob Chipman
Thursday, December 20, 2018

The Boring Company's big debut -- even worse than expected.

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There was never more than a vanishingly small chance of a major viable advance coming out of this show, but it was at least reasonable to h...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Resisting the urge for an Uber repost.

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I'm already having trouble trimming Yves Smith's excellent take-down to excerpt length, so I'll limit myself to links to some s...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Tuesday is Zeppelin day

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Thanks to the nice people at Scientific American and the Internet Archive
Monday, December 17, 2018

What would you trade for Friends like these?

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I always feel like I should open these Netflix posts with an apology. Much like the Elon Musk thread, I get tired of hearing myself make sma...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Another recently relevant repost

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A few months ago we did a post on how certain shows achieve a remarkable longevity, and as a result, bring in a tremendous amount of money. ...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

At last, a political scientist protagonist

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From This American Life : Ben Calhoun This election cycle, it wasn't strange for voters to have to wait for races to be called. ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

For the name alone...

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From Wikipedia: We Were Promised Jetpacks are a Scottish indie rock band from Edinburgh, formed in 2003. The band consists of Adam Thomps...