Bitcoin exchange chief kidnapped in Kiev
Reports say Pavel Lerner was snatched in Kiev by men in balaclavas.
MoviePass Adds a Million Subscribers, Even if Theaters Aren’t Sold on It
Users can go to the movies once a day for $9.95 a month. While multiplexes doubt that’s sustainable, the chief executive, who slashed the price, says, “We seem to have hit a nerve in America.”
Hasnain says:
This is basically an advertisement for movie pass but some of the data and industry trends are interesting
Posted on 2017-12-29T01:20:40+0000
'Honour' killings in Karachi shock Pakistan's largest city
Murders of teenagers show that poor communities in cities are becoming more entrenched in conservative values
Hasnain says:
This is extremely sad. Including the first two paragraphs here, but not the next two because they should come with a little bit of a trigger warning.
"The night Ghani Rehman was condemned to die, his father asked if they could share a last meal together. But Ghani excused himself, preferring to wait in his room. His sisters came to see him, and he gave them each a small token to remember him by: a plastic-wrapped mint drop.
The 18-year-old boy knew what was coming. Less than 24 hours earlier, the neighbour’s 15-year-old daughter Bakhtaja, with whom Ghani had tried to elope from Ali Brohi Goth, their poor neighbourhood of Karachi, had been tied down and electrocuted."
Posted on 2017-12-28T22:39:50+0000
WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition
In 2018, the World Health Organization will include "gaming disorder" in a list of mental health conditions in the 11th International Classification of Diseases.
Hasnain says:
Why is it always gaming and not, say, TV? Because TV has been around longer / is more socially acceptable?
Posted on 2017-12-28T20:49:30+0000
From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over
The long read: Vacuous management-speak is easily laughed off – but is there a real cost to talking rubbish?
Hasnain says:
This was a very engrossing read, and no I'm not just saying it because I used it as a distraction from writing reviews.
"Still, these explanations did not seem to fully account for the conquest of bullshit. I came across one further explanation in a short article by the anthropologist David Graeber. As factories producing goods in the west have been dismantled, and their work outsourced or replaced with automation, large parts of western economies have been left with little to do. In the 1970s, some sociologists worried that this would lead to a world in which people would need to find new ways to fill their time. The great tragedy for many is that just the opposite seems to have happened."
Posted on 2017-12-27T23:22:34+0000
The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone
Students don't seem to be getting much out of higher education.
A Tech Pioneer’s Final, Unexpected Act
Upon receiving a diagnosis of brain cancer, Eric Sun set out to achieve some lifelong musical goals.
Hasnain says:
A sad but very worth reading human interest story.
I only got to meet Eric once, and his advice and humbleness stands out to this day.
Posted on 2017-12-26T20:30:55+0000
Battle Scars
Amir Rajan tells the success story of his mobile game called "A Dark Room", which hit #1 on the App Store and grossed over $800,000.
Nicky Case
Who are you. What are you doing on my website.
Hasnain says:
This was a great short story about today's fast paced lives
Posted on 2017-12-26T04:51:08+0000
How NOT following my dreams enabled me to build a startup with 3.2 million users
Follow your dreams and the money will follow