What in the World Is Causing the Retail Meltdown of 2017?
In the middle of an economic recovery, hundreds of shops and malls are shuttering. The reasons why go far beyond Amazon.
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Posted on 2017-04-15T21:02:25+0000
Vanguard Is Growing Faster Than Everybody Else Combined
Thanks to the power of its index funds, Vanguard is pulling in more money than all of the other fund companies in the business.
Hasnain says:
"In the last three calendar years, investors sank $823 billion into Vanguard funds, the company says. The scale of that inflow becomes clear when it is compared with the rest of the mutual fund industry — more than 4,000 firms in total. All of them combined took in just a net $97 billion during that period, Morningstar data shows. Vanguard, in other words, scooped up about 8.5 times as much money as all of its competitors."
Posted on 2017-04-15T17:35:02+0000
Princeton’s Ad-Blocking Superweapon May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking Arms Race
An ad blocker that uses computer vision appears to be the most powerful ever devised and can evade all known anti ad blockers.
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Posted on 2017-04-14T22:08:09+0000
Mardan university takes action against victims; launches probe into 'blasphemous activity'
Day after student's murder, notification posted by university says three students will be investigated for blasphemy.
Hasnain says:
I didn't think this situation could get any worse, but it just did.
To re-cap, one student got killed and another got seriously injured by a lynch mob for allegedly posting blasphemous content (with no proof/verification).
The university decides to investigate some students for the blasphemy allegations, conveniently sweeping aside the issue of an actual lynch mob taking the law into their hands.
I don't even...
Posted on 2017-04-14T17:16:13+0000
Why United Was Legally Wrong to Deplane David Dao
On Sunday, United Airlines passenger David Dao was forcibly removed from his United Airlines flight when he refused to relinquish his seat. The incident has caused a PR nightmare for United Airlines. Videos of the incident have reinforced the public perception that airlines care too much about their
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Posted on 2017-04-14T17:06:24+0000
The Latest San Bernardino Shooting Reveals A Far More Common Form Of Terror
Extremist attacks don't pose a daily threat to American women. But their partners do.
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Posted on 2017-04-14T16:53:50+0000
Let university students sleep in. Science suggests they might learn better
Cognitive performance is better at 11am or after.
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Posted on 2017-04-14T05:06:11+0000
How We Built r/Place
Brian Simpson, Matt Lee, & Daniel Ellis (u/bsimpson, u/madlee, & u/daniel) Each year for April Fools’, rather
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Posted on 2017-04-14T04:37:07+0000
Mardan university student lynched by mob over alleged blasphemy: police
At least 45 people arrested; university shut down until further notice.
Europeans Have Just Discovered Miswak, And Are Selling The "Revolutionary" Toothbrush For £3.90
Someone please stop this.
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Posted on 2017-04-13T16:43:00+0000