Month: December 2021

Don’t Look Up

You must see this movie on Netflix. [from wikipedia] Kate Dibiasky, a Michigan State University astronomy PhD candidate doing work with the Subaru Telescope, discovers a previously unknown comet. Her professor, Dr. Randall Mindy, calculates that it will impact Earth in about six months and is large enough to cause a planet-wide extinction event, which […]

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Large ocean fossil discovered in Nevada could hold key to aquatic evolution

An 8-foot-long skull discovered in the Augusta Mountains of Nevada is the largest fossil ever found from its time. The research team believes that the remarkable discovery could provide insight into how modern whales developed, and how to preserve their presence in our oceans.  The fossil — a newly discovered species of ichthyosaur, a type […]

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Why bitcoin is worse than a Madoff-style Ponzi scheme

A Ponzi scheme is a zero-sum enterprise. But bitcoin is a negative-sum phenomenon that you can’t even pursue a claim against, argues Robert McCauley. Reference: https://www.ft.com/content/83a14261-598d-4601-87fc-5dde528b33d0

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Why You Are Not Saving the World By Driving an EV

If you are wondering where they come from, think about brake pads, tires, and the pollution already deposited on the roads. When any vehicle crosses them, whether it is electric or run by combustion engines, tiny particles of tire, asphalt, and brake pads flow in the air, waiting to get into somebody’s lungs. References https://www.autoevolution.com/news/fully-charged-shows-why-you-are-not-saving-the-world-by-driving-an-ev-175242.html

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The most dangerous divide in America isn’t what you think

In the face of such profound questions, the traditional view of American politics as a partisan struggle between left and right, Democrat and Republican, does not fully capture the historical moment. In recent years, a new dimension of politics has revealed itself, exposing a fundamental divide that defies political labels or traditional policy positions. On […]

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Ben Affleck: I would’ve ‘still’ been drinking if I’d stayed married to Jennifer Garner

More questions than answers. [Editor] Ben Affleck felt “trapped” in his marriage to Jennifer Garner — and thinks he wouldn’t have gotten sober had he stayed. “We probably would’ve ended up at each other’s throats. I probably still would’ve been drinking,” Affleck, 49, recently said on SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show.” “Part of why I […]

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Fresha, a business platform for salons, spas and beauty and wellness pros, extends Series C by $52.5M at a $640M+ valuation

Ingrid Lunden@ingridlunden / 2:06 AM EST•December 14, 2021 The beauty and wellness industry, annually worth some $4 trillion, is underpinned by tens of thousands of businesses and millions of professionals carrying out haircuts, treatments and workouts. Today, a company called Fresha, which provides a software stack to help them run those operations, is announcing new funding of […]

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the essentials will be engineering and human-interactive careers.

Elon Musk advises young people on what careers to study so as not to be ‘useless’ in the future. he production and distribution of all sectors is probably in the hands of technology. What will be needed in this futuristic society will be human interaction. “If you’re working on something that involves people or engineering, it’s […]

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