Link. ” gamble with taxpayer-backstopped funds”
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Is Siri Tom Cook’s Newton?
Link. An ambitious failure.
Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings
Link. Semantic web. Cyc. AI.
‘Too big to fail’ watch
Link. bigger now
Greeks banking run protection
Link. many don’t know how to transfer funds
Volcker Smokes Dimon
Gideon Rachman on How Austerity Is Europe’s Best Road Forward: Hoisted from Comments
Misdiagnosing is easier than you think
Link. classic story
against the odds: immigrants in America
Link. still. there are a lot more like this. ok, not so much like the janitor scholar.
Taking Note of the Avoidance of a Disaster
Link. regulation worked
when empiricism fails – Krugman
Link. bin Laden’s medievalism wins
Oil and gasoline prices: good for Obama
Link. lower gas in near term
Revenge on Fisher Island, Florida
Link. Never go there. Great revenge piece by NYT travel writer.
Computer Repair as early teen job
Link. Anyone could deliver newspapers. This is for the elite. World in miniature.
50 years of government spending
Link. Debt interest as %GDP is decreaing
WSJ Says Apple Is Switching to 4-Inch iPhone Displays
Link. Launching this summer?
Americans Elect flop: Independents aren’t
Link. “the vast, vast majority of people who tell pollsters or voting registrars that they’re “independent” are actually deeply partisan”. The rest are deeply disconnected.
“Obama had “control” of the Senate—the 60 votes needed to beat a filibuster—from September 2009 to January 2010. If you don’t realize how the delayed seating of Al Franken or the illness of Ted Kennedy or the victory of Scott Brown changed things, you don’t know how the government works.”
Sweden – as Conservative Icon
Link. GOP getting desperate
How Greece could get itself kicked out of the euro (without even trying)
Link. why aren’t Greeks getting money out?
Facebook: The smart money exits
Link. muppets are in
Apple admits: Siri is a failure (so far)
Link. A Cook flop, not a Jobs flop.
Flickr and the problem with acquisitions (and corporations)
Link. Software wants to fester.
Pakistan and America
Link. “one of the Pakistani army’s main objectives seems to be preventing the drones from targeting its favourite jihadist groups.”
genetics 2012: infinite combination
Link. same story, many tellings
Birther lite
Link. Next: Obama is Elvis love-child
Rand on Iran
Link. containment is the only option
Facebook video malware
Link. pre-IPO Facebook kills fast
neurophysiology of anorexia
Link. excessive control is problematic
Cancer Survivors Who Exercise Live Longer
Link. good for toenails too
Extremists and Enablers – Krugman
Link. talking to Friedman
The Next Debt Ceiling Debate
Link. managing the GOP as mobsters
Anatomy an iTunes Store account hack
Link. risks of password reuse
Humanoid Robot Swarm Synchronised Using Quorum Sensing
The Need for Countervailing Power
Truth or Consequences is a Real Place. A Real, Weird Place.
6 Ridiculous Lies You Believe About the Founding of America
Link. pretty accurate
5 Terrifying Secrets About Riding in an Ambulance | Cracked.com
Link. yikes.
Nicotine: specific role in angiogenesis, proliferation and apoptosis.
Link. a powerful drug.
Health Care Costs To Exceed A Record $20,000 Per Year For Families With Insurance, Study Says
Link. where our savings go
Grexit: Salmon
Link. “leaving the euro zone could cost a country like Greece $12,000 to $14,000 per citizen and lead to a 50% drop in its volume of trade.”
Microscopic Neighbors, Evolving Together – NYTimes.com
Link. develop an ecology
Find facts and do research inside Google Documents
Link. sweet
DealBook: JPMorgan Bosses Said to Dismiss Red Flags on Big Bets
Link. busted.
Canada vs US: What happened in the 90s?
Link. money on table?
Best Big Cheap TV
Link. plasma. lifespan?
America’s Indian Ocean Shadow War
Why insurers support ObamaCare
Link. If it goes, they lose 1 Trillion revenue, 180 billion margin. “… $1 trillion accounts for about 9 percent of all revenue that health insurers are expected to earn in the same period. It’s one-half of a percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product”
The US GDP is mind blowing
Really big data
Link. “the Large Hadron Collider will generate roughly 15 petabytes per year”
Glassboard 2.0
Link. Workgroup messaging – requires smartphone. I still can’t figure a use case.
Minneapolis bikability: #1 by a lot
Link. Minneapolis, then the rest.