Link. unbelievable. Hypnosis?! 70s crazy.
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Czar Putin
Link. Russia chose him. More or less.
What the Moon is Really Made of
Link. smells like gunpowder
HIV vaccine: not likely
Link. mysterious
China’s Limbaugh
The Power of Positive Lightning • Damn Interesting
IOT: Clausewitz’s On War
ALEC’s target: state AG
Link. The E is for Evil.
Misleading Drug Trials – erythropoieti
Link. NEJM fail
The ACA will not go quietly
Link. cue rending and wailing
Class-action suit targets Apple for iCloud downtime
Link. I like these.
Healthcare costs are scary
Link. pay radiologists less
how google built the k graph
Link. mining Wikipedia
Sentiment Against Foreigners Flares in China
Link. The system cracking
Why are Americans moving less? Perhaps they don’t need to.
Link. multifactorial. Still, a big change.
Don’t worry about ‘American decline’
Link. Good summary. The main threat to America’s future is the failure of other nations. The next threat is the triumph of ignorance.
Romney is stupid too?
Link. What were his SAT scores?
Not just power-mad and amoral, but also dull?
Grexit: Unknowable
Modeling startup revenue: subscription vs perpetual license
Link. Nice business discussion: “To make my model, I started with bookings for the perpetual company and hard coded $5M in the first year on a reasonable ramp. Then I made a set of reasonable assumptions (for a hot startup) that drove the rest of the model: 100% license bookings growth, a 20% maintenance rate, a 90% maintenance renewal rate, a 50% rate of professional services organization (PSO) services bookings relative to license, and a bookings-to-revenue conversion rate of 85% for PSO in the subsequent quarter”
Google results 100% ads?!
Link. I was stunned.
Greek-Americans Struggle With Response to Fiscal Crisis
Link. The diaspora is needed now.
Jobs wanted to build ‘iCar,’
Link. I want iToaster and iCoffee Maker. Not a joke.
why sanctions on north Korea fail
Link. China bypasses them. see article end
Men get more joy from parenting than women
Link. I like my Dad job.
Every disease is unique – one disease, many unique genomes
Link. We have lots of mutations. Different mutations produce similar diseases. Superficially similar in some cases.
“Both groups attribute the abundance of rare variants to the explosion of human populations after the invention of agriculture some 10,000 years ago. Because the population expansion is so recent, in evolutionary terms, natural selection has not had time to eliminate the harmful mutations.”
The Curse of Micro SIM Adapters
Link. The best is German, but they are all somewhat risky.
Eduardo Saverin joins the stateless billionaires
Link. making an example.
What do Republicans mean when they say ‘spending-driven debt’?
Link. nothing
How bad would it be for Greece to leave the euro?
Link. dollarize first
TED is a zombie now.
Link. dead to me
Facebook’s IPO
Link. “The world in general is unfair, and Wall Street even more unfair”
Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town
Link. “The only thing polluted in Treece … is the earth, air and water.”
Rupert’s Wall Street Journal blackmailing to back up a Murdoch rumor?
Link. Watch this space…
Bakker is back hawking survivalist gear and cleansers
Link. Same skillset.
The ‘Ex-PATRIOT’ Act (Really)
Link. Hope he enjoys Singapore.
G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ racist attack
Link. ugly ultra wealth
Mladic and srebenica
Link. “Mladic’s command systematically captured and killed thousands of men and boys as the Muslim population of Srebrenica sought to flee through the surrounding woods to toward the town of Tuzla”
apple prices volatile, evil hedgies
Link. Should have mentioned Siri
High HDL not good heart
Link. Exercise increases HDL and is good. therefore high HDL must sometimes be bad.
“Lowest Difficulty Setting” Follow-Up
Link. amusing consternation. good one Scalzi.
Murdoch inquiry: will it outlive him?
Link. It will go on for years. He’s an old man.
iOS Restore problems: App Sync failure and missing Google Contacts
Link. Tiring chores.
6 generation neandertal
Under the Sheets With iCloud and Core Data
Link. iCloud recapitulates MobileMe
Zithromax and Sudden death
Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs
He Was Warned – Saverin
Link. good riddance. forever.
“Re-Capturing the Friedmans” by J. Bradford DeLong
Link. Milton’s imaginary world
Mountain Lion – September?
Link. “Mountain Lion is scheduled to go on sale on the Mac App Store this summer”. From latest release notes it’s far from ready. September maybe?
Practical Traveler: 7 Tips for Saving on Rental Cars
Link. excellent. some new to me