Interesting reads
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@jegga McCain video is pretty funny. The A10 is definitely substance over style but if it ain't broke don't fix it (and yes, I fly). Not a home built - a composite light sport 2 seater. Retired from commercial aviation earlier this year, but might do it again if I get bored with the fern...
Never heard of the 727 thing. Basically 2 guys decided to steal a large jet. Very cool and hard to get away with I would have thought.
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ESPN is haemorrhaging subscribers:
One of Disney’s most popular brands has investors really worried
Q4 losses included 621k in November 555k in December.
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The Private Heisenberg and the Absent Bomb
Interesting look at how Heisenberg and others may have dissuaded the German military from seriously perusing nuclear weapons.
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@NTA said in Interesting reads:
Some data about human things (poverty, mortality, etc) in the framework of "are things getting better?"
Back to this for a second: probably the single most important statistic for me is infant mortality. Longevity isn't as important because the baby-making years are the crucial ones.
So whenever someone says the population is growing because we're living longer, point out that its a minor part of it, compared to being able to fart out babies that live to adulthood much more often.
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@gollum said in Interesting reads:
Every year Ars Tech does a "tech companies that will go bankrupt this year" list.
Its a good read, given a lot here are in tech.
Hope they are right about twitter , surprised Yahoo has managed to hang in there this long.
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Cannibalism is nothing to be ashamed of. My Maori blood is feeling a pride surge right now.
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@jegga said in Interesting reads:
This is from the same company that used to own Gawker, even so if only half of it is true it's still pretty awful.
Completely different companies. They do employ Sam Biddle, who used to work for Gawker though (and was a dick).