Unnecessariat
I remember AIDS. I’m older than you probably think I am, and I remember what AIDS in America meant in the eighties, when William F. Buckley suggested all “carriers” be tattooed, a…
Can Emirates Airline Dominate the Skies?
It flies the fanciest product on the biggest planes on the longest routes. There might not be much more room to soar
Hasnain says:
Really interesting read. I for one would be sad if the US airlines' lobbying efforts went through as they really don't fly to Africa/India/Pakistan and have nowhere near that level of service. And I doubt that would ever change.
Posted on 2017-01-08T09:16:04+0000
The Death Of Expertise
To reject the notion of expertise, and to replace it with a sanctimonious insistence that every person has a right to his or her own opinion, is silly.
Hasnain says:
"In politics, too, the problem has reached ridiculous proportions. People in political debates no longer distinguish the phrase “you’re wrong” from the phrase “you’re stupid.” To disagree is to insult. To correct another is to be a hater. And to refuse to acknowledge alternative views, no matter how fantastic or inane, is to be closed-minded."
Posted on 2017-01-07T14:15:18+0000
TV anchor says live on-air 'Alexa, order me a dollhouse' – guess what happens next
Story on accidental order begets story on accidental order begets accidental order
California braces for 'once-in-10-year' storm amid fears of flooding, avalanches, blizzards
Sierra travelers trapped by back-to-back storms that dropped more than 2 feet of snow have a brief window to pass, before the arrival of a weather system Saturday so wet forecasters are calling it an "atmospheric river."
Hasnain says:
Yay for rain, nay for the inevitable chaos it causes
Posted on 2017-01-06T13:45:33+0000
Grumpy: Go running Python!
Google runs millions of lines of Python code. The front-end server that drives youtube.com and YouTube’s APIs is primarily written in Pytho...
Hasnain says:
Interesting, but I wonder why they're announcing this so early and somewhat unfinished
Posted on 2017-01-04T19:12:28+0000
Notes for the New Year
I made some notes before my brother Jack interviewed me for How to Build the Future, where I mostly talked about how ambitious young people should think about their careers. I thought I'd clean those up to share for the New Year. Here they are.
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Posted on 2017-01-04T19:10:00+0000
How Video Games Satisfy Basic Human Needs - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
Grand Theft Auto, that most lavish and notorious of all modern videogames, offers countless ways for players to behave. Much of this…
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Posted on 2017-01-04T18:51:46+0000
India’s Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use: Swindling Americans
The availability of computer-savvy, young, English-speaking job seekers and efficient technology have contributed to the growth in cyberfraud against Americans.
Hasnain says:
"“I just wanted to become a great scammer,” Mr. Dubey said. “Everyone was scamming around me. I thought, ‘I will also become a great scammer.’”"
Posted on 2017-01-04T16:36:58+0000
Nonreligious Americans Remain Far Underrepresented In Congress
Only one member of Congress is religiously unaffiliated, but more than one-in-five Americans are.
Hasnain says:
This is kind of surprising in that I thought Muslims were hated more than atheists; and I'm surprised that socialists polled that high.
"Not only that, but atheist is still far more of a minus than a plus for voters. According to one 2014 Pew poll, just over half of Americans said that knowing a presidential candidate was atheist would make them less likely to vote for that candidate; only 5 percent said "more likely" (the remaining 41 percent said it "wouldn't matter")."
Posted on 2017-01-04T15:41:14+0000