irishjohnnie

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This Is Your Brain on Fish(theatlantic.com)
2 points by irishjohnnie 12y ago|0 comments
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Starting Anew(linkedin.com)
1 points by irishjohnnie 12y ago|0 comments
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by irishjohnnie 12y ago
Yes, "trying to get paid twice" is what "extract more rent" and "rent seeking" means in other replies including mine.
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by irishjohnnie 12y ago
The difference is how Comcast interprets its competitive position compared to its peers. The barriers to entry in the last mile is high regardless of the ISP but it is willing to leverage/extract rents/push the boundaries more com
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by irishjohnnie 12y ago
I think maxhou is referring to the segment of the network from Comcast's (or any other ISP's) local data center to its box (I think they're called ATM switches) and eventually your house
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by irishjohnnie 12y ago
I agree with you, but I'm betting that's not where the actual congestion is occurring (although there may be artificial rate limiting)
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by irishjohnnie 12y ago
Their gross margins are the result of their positions in the value chain which, in turn, determine their cost structure. What Comcast is trying to do is to extract more rent out of its position. As others have commented, consumers already p
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by irishjohnnie 12y ago
Unfortunately, some of these productivity gains have been in the wrong direction from a sustainability and health standpoint. One of the things that I'm looking at (as a hobby research topic) are automating managed intensive rotational
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With Farm Robotics, the Cows Decide When It’s Milking Time(nytimes.com)
54 points by irishjohnnie 12y ago|53 comments
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by irishjohnnie 13y ago
It looks like the Lemon King went public first and Tesla PR is just counter attacking.
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by irishjohnnie 13y ago
What Microsoft did was hire Charles Simonyi in order to productize the research into Word
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by irishjohnnie 13y ago
I was hoping they would update Rotor to reflect the new CLR
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The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage(theatlantic.com)
2 points by irishjohnnie 13y ago|1 comments
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by irishjohnnie 13y ago
Check out http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16500874
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by irishjohnnie 13y ago
Plus the Japanese diet tastes better than a fish oil gel cap ... speaking of which, does this mean that the incidence of depression in Japan is low?
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by irishjohnnie 13y ago
I don't know about countries exporting grass fed meat, but in the US there is a growing movement for raising grass-fed cattle and pastured chickens (for meat and eggs) usually within 100 miles of major cities, as opposed to grain-fed l
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by irishjohnnie 13y ago
Farming salmon contributes to overfishing http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-02-24/your-best-s...
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by irishjohnnie 13y ago
Grass fed beef is apparently also a good source of Omega-3 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16500874
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How Tesla Batteries Are Powering an Energy Revolution(theatlantic.com)
2 points by irishjohnnie 13y ago|0 comments
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Blame Rich, Overeducated Elites as Our Society Frays(bloomberg.com)
152 points by irishjohnnie 13y ago|187 comments
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Small-Shop Hiring Fueled by 3-D Printers to IPhone Tools(bloomberg.com)
1 points by irishjohnnie 13y ago|0 comments
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Steal This Research Paper (You Already Paid for It.)(motherjones.com)
1 points by irishjohnnie 13y ago|0 comments