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2/1/18 »
- The story of one of the biggest farmers in America - Stuart Resnick
- Max Headroom
- Replacing social norms with market forces can backfire.
- Don’t ever try to multitask in a meeting that you organize.
- Smell archive!
- Crypto city in Puerto Rico
- Access to healthy food is not the only factor in consumption habits. Wealth seems to be a big indicator
- Quincy Jones
- Modern Javascript for dinosaurs
- The company that tears down cars
- Generative music (crap website but good info)
- Reading List
- Convenience is most underestimated and least understood force in the world today (maybe hyperbole but worth thinking about).
- The story of deforestation in the Amazon.
- How you think about stress matters - if you think your physical reaction is preparing you then your blood vessels do not constrict.
- The world of pen plotters
- Elderly women trying to go to prison in Japan
- China to stop people with bad social credit from traveling
- Hitchhikers
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9/1/17 »
- Cool phrase watch:
- Acid aldehyde- makes bad orange juice taste fresh.
- Book to read: Uneasy Street Quotes: “Damn right I fucking deserve it … Where I am today, I’ve earned every dime on my own. No one’s done it — I mean, my in-laws have helped, but I’ve done it.” … “I was gonna be a revolutionary, and then I had that first massage.”
- The reality of for profit treatment centers.
- Yap’s currency ruined by one guy.
- Study shows that spoilers don’t actually affect enjoyment of entertainment. Maybe because the journey is more important than the destination, or because some people have a greater need for closure.
- A history on the origin of Powerpoint.
- The uninformed are vital for democracy (in fish).
- Note to self: Try to decline an airline napkin.
- Local bookstores have thrived in the Amazon era due to community, curation, and convening.
- Experimenting with apples, would be cool to try some!
- A vegan encyclopedia.
- A simplified view of how Netflix works
- Fashion in anime
- Build a Sankey diagram
- My top 32 games (Worst to best) from this list:
- The Stanley Parable, Earthbound, Dwarf Fortress, Katamari Damacy, Myst, TES4: Oblivion, Red Alert, Gunpoint, FTL, Electroplankton, Shovel Knight, Super Mario Sunshine, Fez, Warioware, Frog Fractions, Aladdin, Paper Mario, Cave Story, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, GTA: Vice City, Braid, Shadow of the Colossus, Half Life 2, Journey, Spelunky, Animal Crossing, Wind Waker, Super Mario 64, Diablo 2, Pokemon Blue, Bloodborne
- Why did Disney acquire Fox?
- Google Maps’ Moat
- The benefits of dietary fiber
- What would happen if Russia decided to attack undersea cables?
- Best podcasts of 2017, and best Fresh Air episodes.
- Don’t talk at me, talk to me.
- Mattress Wars
- Photos of a pencil factory
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6/1/17 »
- Cool phrase watch: Wyomic roaming - Driving across Wyoming. From your lips to God’s ears - Good luck with that.
- Who knew that the Deep Blue match was so dirty?
- Food and beverage theft is more profitable and common than electronics - it can’t be tracked.
- Maybe there is still a market for ecommerce bots.
- 100 best economics blogs of 2017.
- Recommendations for places to go in Austin.
- Power reduces empathy.
- Ask cool people for something they have done, or want to do, that they think I should do. “It can be anything, as challenging as you want it to be, or as easy. As long as you give me the rest of my life to complete it, I promise I will do it.”
- America’s Future is Texas
- Do some more research on Ether. What makes Ether better than any other cryptocurrency? Apparently the difference is smart contracts. Initial post, Economist
- Tableau research: a b c d
- Wargames - Natas
- Flippa/Empire Flippers research - a b
- Goldman the bubble machine - next bubble is cap-and-trade (2010).
- Wait but Why on AI- ASI (artificial super intelligence) goals and IQ are orthogonal. Fermi paradox leads to camp 1 conclusion, or at least artificial and not biological aliens. Story idea: World is primarily ruled by one ASI with another rebel ASI on the fringes.
- Course on machine learning.
- Time is money!
- Perfume writer Chandler Burr
- SF couple buys a street
- Expose on Driscoll’s
- Ethereum founder discusses token distribution strategies. His reddit post getting up to speed. Guide to exchanges - 1 2
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1/1/17 »
Things learned since last post:
- Cool word watch: Lagniappe
- The father of industrial design - to sell something surprising, make it familiar; and to sell something familiar, make it surprising.
- A story about how a lawyer discovered PFOA and took on DuPont.
- Author of Art of the Deal says that Trump will be a terrible president.
- A profile of the founder of Patagonia.
- Nobody can be frustrated while saying “Bubbles” in an angry voice.
- Don’t work more now to work less later.
- The rise of nootropics and the startup trying to capitalize on it.
- The Obama Doctrine - Obama on international policy.
- A history of rap.
- Watch standup comedy before a date.
- What’s the difference between a fighter jet and a private detective that has been hired to take pictures of vacuum cleaners cheating on their diets?” One shoots heat-seeking missiles, the other shoots treat-sneaking Bissels.
- Nutrition and climbing.
- Some articles about tendon pain: http://onlineclimbingcoach.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/tendon-pain-could-your-diet-be-problem.html?m=1
- Primer on online privacy.
- How to read more: Find curated lists
- Hard drive benchmark stats
- The best books of 2016.
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5/08/16 »
Things learned since last post:
- Why should I believe in a God? One compelling reason: if belief improves your own life and those around you - the ends justify the means.
- The rise of co-living. The weather service no longer using all caps.
- Interview with founder of MetaFilter on running a lifestyle business.
- The three reasons that we keep secrets.
- Obama after dark
- Artificial waiting patterns.
- LaCroix rankings.
- The life of a famous restaurant critic.
- How to handle a DDoS.
- Watching shared media is good for relationships.
- A perspective on mistakes.
- Whenever you can, do something nice for future you.
- Michael Chabon on his son’s love of streetwear.
- Build a bot of a dead person with a neural network.
- The business of Halloween.
- How to get upgrades in hotels.
- Some of the best fiction of 2016.
- 100 most influential photos of all time.
- Sotheby’s
- 52 things someone learned in 2016.