Interesting reads
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@jegga said in Interesting reads:
If you've the stomach for it, check out live leak for examples of how high the Chinese venerate life. They're a different species. If you haven't been there, let me offer you one golden piece of advice; traffic laws mean nothing and a pedestrian crossing is an opportunity for you to play Russian roulette.
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@jegga said in Interesting reads:
I remember that and the seppo media blaming the leader for tripping the girl behind her. Lunatics.
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@antipodean said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
I remember that and the seppo media blaming the leader for tripping the girl behind her. Lunatics.
There was an upset with a boxing match involving a Korean too which they got payback with in Seoul on Roy Jones jr
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@jegga said in Interesting reads:
@antipodean said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
I remember that and the seppo media blaming the leader for tripping the girl behind her. Lunatics.
There was an upset with a boxing match involving a Korean too which they got payback with in Seoul on Roy Jones jr
I always felt sorry for Roy Jones Jr but he handled himself with a grace that was surprising.
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@antipodean said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
If you've the stomach for it, check out live leak for examples of how high the Chinese venerate life. They're a different species. If you haven't been there, let me offer you one golden piece of advice; traffic laws mean nothing and a pedestrian crossing is an opportunity for you to play Russian roulette.
I crossed a couple of big ones just for the excitement, fucking carnage. Cars, trucks, buses and scooters coming at you from all angles no matter where on the road you are.
Just set a steady pace and keep walking
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Me too, ironically, it'll go on the Kindle list
That book sounds interesting, what's the title?
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@gt12 Bean Counters: The triumph of the accountants and how they broke capitalism. By Richard Brooks
It's okay, I'm only a 3rd of the way through, still in the history lesson stage. I'm interested to see his conclusions (although I can already guess)
Next on the list is Utopia for Realists. Pretty sure I'm not going to agree with many of that authors views, but I'm reading to broaden my understanding of the other side of my economic beliefs.
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I went down a rabbit hole and stumbled upon this (by the way there are some great songs called maybe tomorrow)
Unlocking the mystery of The Littlest Hobo theme song | A.Side https://ontheaside.com/uncategorized/unlocking-the-mystery-of-the-littlest-hobo-theme-song/
"Maybe Tomorrow" we'll know the truth of Canada’s favourite superhero dog.
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A well written article on Stuff
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Copernicus, born 19 Feb 1473
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@Stockcar86 interesting article, thanks. Copernicus always make me think of the start of the first Blackadder
"History has known many great liars. Copernicus, Goebbels, St. Ralph the Liar. But there have been none quite so vile as the Tudor King Henry VII."
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Survivorship bias
A really long article, but lots of interesting history revealed on the way
Probably the best well known story about survivorship bias was where to armor planes during WW2 - when they were examining returning planes, they decided it was best not t put armor not where there are holes, but where there are no holes, since that’s where planes can’t survive getting shot
Makes me think about anti-vaxxers - arguing that their grandparents never got vaccinated and survived just fine
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@Stockcar86 Drawing a long bow, but an fairly extraordinary fact is that the descendants of those who survived bubonic plague (in villages infected with it) are highly resistant to HIV.
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I listened to the Podcast of this first (which could go in the podcast thread) - it's about a crazy Zimbabwean criminal who started off selling online legal pills somewhat illegally before.
Whoops, here's the main page: https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind