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The problem with Economics isn’t the learning, it is the Economists.

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. But Paul, the textbooks do disagree.

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Krugman expects Skynet.

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. The AI age is here.

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Disable OS X Notifications. Do not disturb.

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Annoy me due to Apple’s multi-calendar alarm fail.

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MindNode for iOS, Version 3. Review.

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. This time iCloud seems to work. Can share on web.

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Young adults prefer printed books to ebooks.

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I think publishers are sabotaging eBooks.

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The mad hockey players behind the movie “Slap Shot”

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. "Goldthorpe responded by biting me"

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The Triumph and Tragedy of OS/2

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I was a BIG fan. So half-baled you couldn’t uninstall software.

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Chess and intellect: Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. To rule chess requires a peculiar mind, smart at some things, not all. Obsessed.

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Nature: Twenty tips for interpreting scientific claims.

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Epidemiology 101 for journalists and savvy readers.

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Biographer of Keynes: “Christian theology, with economists as priests of warring sects.”

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Last volume missed neo-Keynesian resurrection. Eccentrics anound.

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GOP’s Benghazi obsession claims Lara Logan.

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Next, politics?

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Run an hour a day and you too can avoid thanksgiving bloat.

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Even better, 3 hrs a day. This is news?

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Mac Pro showing limits of Moore’s law.

Posted on November 27, 2013 by jgordon

Link. An updated SSD mini would be competitive for many uses.

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Resolution: tighten bike bolts AND the shoe bolts every 2 months.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Don’t forget the dang SPD cleats.

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Black Friday ‘sales’ are often discounts from recently elevated prices.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Why not?

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Concatenate text files with Windows command line

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. TYPE \\Server\Share\Folder\*.csv >> C:\Folder\ConcatenatedFile.csv

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Photo stream has 1000 image limit, shared photo stream is unlimited.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. What a friggin’ mess. Could Apple make this ANY more confusing?

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Baboons vaccinated against pertussis go Typhoid Mary.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Asymptomatic spreaders. Uh-Oh.

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ACA cholesterol guideline goes down in flames.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Grossly underfunded, virtuous volunteers. USPSTF guideline coming soon.

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The almost-legal $100 million charity swindle of John Donald Cody,

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Harvard law grad. Most money went to telemarketing firms.

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NSA likely tapped Level 3 cables carrying unencrypted data between google, yahoo, others.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. ODoex Level 3 has friends now? No choice.

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Adam Lanza 1 year later.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I only now made connection to Star Wars 3. I have decided I hate that movie.

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Pope Francis rampage continues.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Hulk smash Curia.

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Feinstein wants to give NSA data to “law enforcement”

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. "Feinstein’s bill passed the Senate intelligence committee on an 11-4 vote on 31 October." She has gone too far.

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Healthcare.gov may work after all.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Would be nice…

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The experts who like living are celebrating Iran nuclear negotiations.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I am not a fan of war.

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Cringely’s model of Intel’s foundry strategy.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Good luck buying Apple or Samsung.

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How to read Finance (via Gruber)

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Cliche translated.

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Yahoo employees dislike Yahoo mail.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jgordon

Link. They aren’t insane.

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Wirecutter best deals is spinning up for Black Friday.

Posted on November 25, 2013 by jgordon

Link. BF will shatter records this year.

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Scott Adams, maddened by sorrow and frustration, rages against suffering.

Posted on November 25, 2013 by jgordon

Link. He’s wrong about a lot of this, but it would be good to resume the "death panel" conversation.

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Newegg heroic fight against scummy patent trolls welcomes legends of Cryptography.

Posted on November 25, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Say thanks by buying from NewEgg.

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NFL on Fox: what those millions buy.

Posted on November 25, 2013 by jgordon

Link. America.

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Football: “only 11 minutes of action during the average game.”

Posted on November 25, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Basketball > hockey > baseball > football. Less than baseball!

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Samsung vs. Google: Loop summary of the next tech divorce.

Posted on November 25, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I was a child of the Apple/Google divorce, but this one I can enjoy.

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Putting contact image on iPhone lockscreen.

Posted on November 25, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Apps? I just type it into Note and save screenshot.

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Cable TV is in trouble. (BI review)

Posted on November 25, 2013 by jgordon

Link. I suspect rabbit ear (ad supported broadcast TV) is growing. NFL is a free there.

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Now that Sebelius is gone, talking to the HHS head we needed. (Oh wait, she’s not gone yet?)

Posted on November 25, 2013 by jgordon

Link. "Government still hasn’t acquired a technological prowess that exists in so many other contexts in the private sector."

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WaPo medicaid success story comments: “full of scorn verging on hatred for the “moochers” getting access to decent medical care for the first time.”

Posted on November 25, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Crab bucket mentality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality

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Minneapolis cops behaving badly … bicycle version.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Bullies. Small stuff by bad-cop standards, but still very wrong.

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Memory Recall Prodigies Susceptible To False Memories.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Interesting comment, I’ve known others with super memories who regressed to normal by age 40 or so.

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iPhone and iPad SIM card sizing

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Air and 5 went nano

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2G Android phones now wholesale at $35 (full price)?

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

Link. They can’t be paying patent licensing. What do they use for a battery?

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Every Doctor Who episode ranked.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

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Software delivery and pricing — the first 55 years

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Amazon AWS echoes Boeing selling time on its mainframe.

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Dreamhost adds package RSS installer.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Nice to have as fallback i suppose. I like FeedBin and Reeder.

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Cruz dilemma: no way to be nastier.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Bring it on.

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Gasée pours cold water on internet of things.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

Link. A lot smaller than a trillion.

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Read the Docs: documentation hosting.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Import from version control system.

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Sphinx – a python documentation generator.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jgordon

Link. Popular with leading Python devs.

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