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by cwal37 12y ago
Currently engaged in: -The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell. Just a fun read. Fiction sucks me in pretty easily, and I enjoy the time-hopping. -Dirty, Sacred Rivers: Confronting South Asia's Water Crisis - Cheryl Colopy. Not enjoying this
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by cwal37 12y ago
This seems like one of the most obvious media presses I've ever seen. I can't decide whether it's good to see the press that security is getting, and have the same terrible LE quotes show up, or bad that there is such widespr
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by cwal37 12y ago
No, he's not doing more to tackle climate change than anyone on this planet. Let's say 25,000 sales in 2013 and 35,000 sales in 2014 [1]. That's 60,000 cars. Now let's take the numbers for electric GHG emissions vs. conv
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Disappearing Darkness: Places to enjoy the night sky are few and far between(azcentral.com)
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by cwal37 12y ago
I actually threw together some very lazy (just trying to do a little something every day) graphs on VC yesterday[1] if you want to see the dot-com bubble in terms of VC disbursements and number of deals. Both the old bubble and the recessio
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by cwal37 12y ago
To go on, they're a result of two competing philosophies regarding natural areas and conservation from the early 20th century. The two schools of thought were essentially embodied in John Muir[1] (National Parks) and Gifford Pinchot[2]
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by cwal37 12y ago
I have 5 younger siblings (ranging from early teens to early 20s [8th grade on]), and everyone in my family has a smartphone so here are some scattered thoughts. It's always interesting to see what apps they have pinned or what they us
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by cwal37 12y ago
To get an idea of just how convoluted control of a single asset could get, here's a bit describing his Florida mansion. "Mr. Bilzerian's wife, Ms. Steffen, made a deal in 2002, opposed by her husband, to spring him from jail.
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For decades, Paul Bilzerian held off SEC efforts to collect $62M judgment(online.wsj.com)
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I don't think it's at the root, but I do think it's an important factor. I come from the world of environmental science and policy, and it's clearest there. Environmental law in particular, which was one of my favorite s
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by cwal37 12y ago
One thing that I think people are unaware of with respect to America vs. Europe is the implementation of the precautionary principle[1]. While it is discussed most often in environmental circles (probably one of the key differentiators in i
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by cwal37 12y ago
Related in that it concerns the Senate, I thought this 2010 New Yorker piece[1](which I found via the currently-open archives) was extremely interesting, but also troubling. If you have even a passing interest in the ongoing legislative dy
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U.S. Senate Handbook(usatoday.com)
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U.S. Scientists See Long Fight Against Ebola(nytimes.com)
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Uber sued for allegedly refusing rides to the blind(washingtonpost.com)
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Jeff Henry, Verrückt, and the Men Who Built the Great American Water Park(grantland.com)
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by cwal37 12y ago
No talk of water resistance or battery life is pretty disappointing. Those two things are key for something I would like to keep on my wrist for as long as possible.
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Right, I should have noted that, thanks!
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by cwal37 12y ago
STATS is the company behind SportVU, and one of the fastest growing sports analytics outfits out there. Despite knowing this, it still surprised me to see them grab Bloomberg sports, particularly since Bloomberg only created that business f
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by cwal37 12y ago
As someone who uses Python and R at work, used Matlab in the past, and used SAS, STATA, and SPSS briefly in grad school I found this really interesting. However, and I realize this might be difficult to account for, a lot of analytics actua
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by cwal37 12y ago
This is really a fantastic, in-depth article, and highlights a lot of pieces about Motorola's history of which I was totally unaware. The breadth of their innovations was far greater than I realized, and the early decision to set up a
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‘Mango, Mango!’ A Family, a Fruit Stand, and Survival on $4.50 a Day(blog.longreads.com)
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The Economics of Ebola Drugs(newyorker.com)
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And here's the paper describing their findings: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6151/1254 Of course as soon as I submit I think of a better title, mechanical-style gear is probably more appropriate
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Functional mechanical gear discovered in nature (2013)(smithsonianmag.com)
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You can find some data of mixed completeness/usefulness here[1]. Data.gov has gotten much better in terms of usability over the past few years, but it's still a crapshoot, and it's generally more effective to go directly to t
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by cwal37 12y ago
Based on your wall of text I have to assume that you're serious. I'm also going to venture a guess that you haven't looked into the literature on ozone depletion at all, or you're not well versed in the science and you d
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by cwal37 12y ago
I can't tell if you're serious. Do you really not see the distinction between bullets and portals in a phallic vs, non-phallic context? You are literally shooting phallus-shaped objects with the intent to penetrate your target. On
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by cwal37 12y ago
Way to take a quote out of context (literally cutting off part of a word). Here's the surrounding sentence: "Some of the most original games in recent years have been made by women. Kim Swift was the lead designer for Portal, whic
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by cwal37 12y ago
From the Article[1]: "The Times is now posting the raw data to GitHub here. With this data, which is being posted as it was received," The data they got was bad in general. Their original article[2] also discusses the lack of info

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