Sunday, December 29, 2019

Norway's World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen, Has Managed to Optimize ... Sitting

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From ESPN: The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving ONE WEEK IN early March, on a blustery, windswept day, Fabiano...

Stephen Roach—"The Crisis of 2020"

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The introduction to our last visit with Mr. Roach, December 1's " Stephen S. Roach: After the US-China Trade War ": Mr. Roac...

"2019 Man Of The Year In Organized Crime And Corruption: Malta's Joseph Muscat"

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It was a weaker than average field but still a deserved win for the former MEP and soon-to-be ex-Prime Minister. Here's hoping that Afr...

"The Science of Roman History: Biology, Climate, and the Future of the Past"

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Another one * from Inference Review: A Means to an End F rom the seven essays presented in The Science of Roman History it seems that ...
Saturday, December 28, 2019

"UN backs Russia on internet convention, alarming rights advocates"

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From Agence-France Presse via Yahoo News: United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United Nations on Friday approved a Russian-led bid ...

"The Hittites Lived in Interesting Times"

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You never know when the flight attendant is going to get on the speaker and ask "Does anyone onboard know anything about the Hittites?...

"Here’s how China became the world’s No. 2 economy and how it plans on being No. 1"

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From CNBC: China is on the cusp of keeping a big promise — a vow to double its GDP and income in a decade and take the country to the f...

"Millennials May Have to Get Used to More Expensive Stuff"

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From Bloomberg, December 19: T here’s a school of thought that says the dominant business model for tech startups isn’t B2B (business-to-...

"Is It Too Late to Stop Amazon?" (AMZN)

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"No Mr. Bond, I expect you to buy" From Gizmodo, December 18: The brain-splitting moment happened about a week ago. A vid...
Friday, December 27, 2019

Vaclav Smil: "Good Eats"

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We usually introduce the good Professor with some version of " Meet The Guy Who Taught Bill Gates About Energy " or " Vaclav ...

"The Fallibility of Memory"

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From Delancey Place, December 24: Today's selection -- from  The Body  by Bill Bryson.  The fallibility of memory and perception: ...

The journalist who exposed the Jeffrey Epsteins of Victorian London

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So, completely unlike ABC News and Vanity Fair then. They both had stories but sat on them, leaving the girls to their fate, because runnin...

"Everything Is Connected: What the Dollar Means For Emerging Market Gross Returns"

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Since the denizens of da ville seem to have flown da coop we'll reach back into their archives for a post that might make you a buck or ...

Congo investigates possible money laundering in $222 million loan linked to Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler

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From Reuters: Congo prosecutors probe Israeli billionaire's loan to state mining company Congolese prosecutors are investigating a 20...

Natural Gas: EIA Weekly Storage Report

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A big draw, 161 Bcf vs expectations of 150 to 153 Bcf but there is a lot of gas around. Soon to be front futures (Feb.) 2.199  -0.086 with ...

Questions America Wants Answered: "Are Oreos Part of a Mindful Diet?"

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From the Wall Street Journal via Hormel Foods, July 23: Are Oreos Part of a Mindful Diet? Snack Makers Promote Chewing Thoughtfully Consu...

And Speaking of Fusion, China Is Close To Turning On Their "Artificial Sun"

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It was in the outro from the post immediately below, " Tesla Patents A Battery Technology (TSLA) ". The headline story from Xinh...

Tesla Patents A Battery Technology (TSLA)

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Always keeping in mind how freaking hard it is to scale new battery tech from the lab bench to commercial applications, this goal of extendi...

"Quantum Computers on Path to Extinguish Current Encryption Techniques"

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From the uberwonks at EE Times, December 26: In the coming years, large-scale quantum computers will make most current cryptography techn...
Thursday, December 26, 2019

Fairness, Capuchin Monkeys and Wall Street

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This is a few years old but contains some good lessons so is probably worth reposting The speaker, Frans de Waal, is one of the heavyweigh...