Interesting reads
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Interesting, however with AWS propping them up, I’m not so sure that Amazon is actually in any real trouble. That article does make it look like they’ll have some reasonable competition from Walmart though, which is good. Were the anti-trust guys to break up Amazon, things would change very quickly.
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You know what people spend more on regularly than anything else? Groceries. Grocery shopping is basically joyless, so Amazon want to help you remove that almost entirely from your life.
That I think is the Amazon end game. Picture this. Each week you get sent two boxes.
One is full of your weeks groceries. Those are primarily things that Amazon's AI thinks you want, based on your purchase history, plus anything additional you have manually added to that weeks order.
The other box is empty, for you to send back anything you don't want. Anything you send back helps them tweak your preferences, so over time there is less and less you send back each week.
After a while, you become dependent on Amazon, and effectively lose your desire to do your grocery shopping any other way.
The combination of huge computational power behind their AI, leading edge machine learning and a robust distribution network (in large cities which is pretty much all they need to care about), they can do this better than anyone else.
A few years back when I was working at one of the big two supermarkets head office, I wrote a paper on this for the CEO, but the feedback I got from senior management when I did a presentation on this was that NZ was too small for them to worry about. Why not do it ourselves then I asked? Too much investment and not enough certainty on the return was the answer.
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How New York’s Bagel Union Fought — and Beat — a Mafia Takeover
How New York’s Bagel Union Fought — and Beat — the Mafia
The mob saw an opportunity. Local 338 had other ideas.
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@Stockcar86 Thanks for that - I also learned a new word "copacetic" although quite why it exists when there appear to be scores of better more copacetic alternatives I don't know
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The authors father had the rights to his story bought by Harvey Weinstein who never paid him for them . A few years she interviewed Weinstein later and he moaned about people lying and saying he never paid them . She had the last laugh giving Ronan Farrow some of the information and leads she’d gathered over the years and writing her own story about him .
My Father, The Inglourious Basterd
Quentin Tarantino's ultra-violent Nazi revenge movie may have plenty of drama but the real story is even better. Kim Masters on the heroic band of Jewish commandos known as X Troop.
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@jegga said in Interesting reads:
The authors father had the rights to his story bought by Harvey Weinstein who never paid him for them . A few years she interviewed Weinstein later and he moaned about people lying and saying he never paid them . She had the last laugh giving Ronan Farrow some of the information and leads she’d gathered over the years and writing her own story about him .
Quentin Tarantino's ultra-violent Nazi revenge movie may have plenty of drama but the real story is even better. Kim Masters on the heroic band of Jewish commandos known as X Troop.
Is that the correct linked story? It was interesting, but I thought it would be about the rights to the book issue.
I'd like to see a 'real' version movie made as well.
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@Nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
The authors father had the rights to his story bought by Harvey Weinstein who never paid him for them . A few years she interviewed Weinstein later and he moaned about people lying and saying he never paid them . She had the last laugh giving Ronan Farrow some of the information and leads she’d gathered over the years and writing her own story about him .
Quentin Tarantino's ultra-violent Nazi revenge movie may have plenty of drama but the real story is even better. Kim Masters on the heroic band of Jewish commandos known as X Troop.
Is that the correct linked story? It was interesting, but I thought it would be about the rights to the book issue.
I'd like to see a 'real' version movie made as well.
No that’s the story I meant to link to , I just finished Catch and Kill and she mentions this on the podcast that follows on from the book.
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@jegga said in Interesting reads:
@Nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
The authors father had the rights to his story bought by Harvey Weinstein who never paid him for them . A few years she interviewed Weinstein later and he moaned about people lying and saying he never paid them . She had the last laugh giving Ronan Farrow some of the information and leads she’d gathered over the years and writing her own story about him .
Quentin Tarantino's ultra-violent Nazi revenge movie may have plenty of drama but the real story is even better. Kim Masters on the heroic band of Jewish commandos known as X Troop.
Is that the correct linked story? It was interesting, but I thought it would be about the rights to the book issue.
I'd like to see a 'real' version movie made as well.
No that’s the story I meant to link to , I just finished Catch and Kill and she mentions this on the podcast that follows on from the book.
Is Catch and Kill worth a read?
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@Nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
@Nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
The authors father had the rights to his story bought by Harvey Weinstein who never paid him for them . A few years she interviewed Weinstein later and he moaned about people lying and saying he never paid them . She had the last laugh giving Ronan Farrow some of the information and leads she’d gathered over the years and writing her own story about him .
Quentin Tarantino's ultra-violent Nazi revenge movie may have plenty of drama but the real story is even better. Kim Masters on the heroic band of Jewish commandos known as X Troop.
Is that the correct linked story? It was interesting, but I thought it would be about the rights to the book issue.
I'd like to see a 'real' version movie made as well.
No that’s the story I meant to link to , I just finished Catch and Kill and she mentions this on the podcast that follows on from the book.
Is Catch and Kill worth a read?
Yep . The I listened to the audio version, he did himself and did a great job . It’s not just about Weinstein though . There’s a lot of creeps he uncovers along the way. His dad would be proud, shame he’s not around to see this.
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@jegga said in Interesting reads:
@Nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
@Nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
The authors father had the rights to his story bought by Harvey Weinstein who never paid him for them . A few years she interviewed Weinstein later and he moaned about people lying and saying he never paid them . She had the last laugh giving Ronan Farrow some of the information and leads she’d gathered over the years and writing her own story about him .
Quentin Tarantino's ultra-violent Nazi revenge movie may have plenty of drama but the real story is even better. Kim Masters on the heroic band of Jewish commandos known as X Troop.
Is that the correct linked story? It was interesting, but I thought it would be about the rights to the book issue.
I'd like to see a 'real' version movie made as well.
No that’s the story I meant to link to , I just finished Catch and Kill and she mentions this on the podcast that follows on from the book.
Is Catch and Kill worth a read?
Yep . The I listened to the audio version, he did himself and did a great job . It’s not just about Weinstein though . There’s a lot of creeps he uncovers along the way. His dad would be proud, shame he’s not around to see this.
There is something about him I just inherently dislike so I've been putting off reading his book even though I have it on my iPad. I might start it next then.
Are they all still pretending his Dad isn't his Dad?
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@Nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
@Nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
@Nepia said in Interesting reads:
@jegga said in Interesting reads:
The authors father had the rights to his story bought by Harvey Weinstein who never paid him for them . A few years she interviewed Weinstein later and he moaned about people lying and saying he never paid them . She had the last laugh giving Ronan Farrow some of the information and leads she’d gathered over the years and writing her own story about him .
Quentin Tarantino's ultra-violent Nazi revenge movie may have plenty of drama but the real story is even better. Kim Masters on the heroic band of Jewish commandos known as X Troop.
Is that the correct linked story? It was interesting, but I thought it would be about the rights to the book issue.
I'd like to see a 'real' version movie made as well.
No that’s the story I meant to link to , I just finished Catch and Kill and she mentions this on the podcast that follows on from the book.
Is Catch and Kill worth a read?
Yep . The I listened to the audio version, he did himself and did a great job . It’s not just about Weinstein though . There’s a lot of creeps he uncovers along the way. His dad would be proud, shame he’s not around to see this.
There is something about him I just inherently dislike so I've been putting off reading his book even though I have it on my iPad. I might start it next then.
Are they all still pretending his Dad isn't his Dad?
Interesting, I’m the opposite. I think he’s hilarious.
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On August 4, 1911, Germany Schaefer was the last MLB player to steal first base, forcing a rule change. Also in 1914 he randomly walked in to a Chicago court room and successfully defended two drunks and got them acquitted.
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The real CSI: what happens at a crime scene?
From the diver who finds body parts, to the forensic specialist who identifies paint flecks... Craig Taylor goes behind the yellow tape of one crime scene
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@dogmeat Interesting stuff “ I have to bring them to the scene at the right time and usually deal with egos. They're experts: they come to a scene and think they've got answers to everything. They haven't. They're just a cog in the machine.” From the first guy, scene manager, obvs doesn’t have an ego himself!
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Book recommendation:
Gangland by Jared Savage
About the meth industry in NZ. Charts and examines cases from the mid 90s to present. Info from court docs and some sources.
Easy to read and very interesting what's going on under the surface of nz society.
Main culprits are motorbike gangs, and Chinese criminals importing the ingredients. Lately the main players are exactly those deported from Australia. You know, those ones that learnt everything in Oz and then dumped in NZ. Can't really blame Aus for alleviating their problems so expediently but it hasn't been without it's pitfalls for a NZ that had nothing to do with creating these scumbags. Like I say, give them Tarrant in a quid pro quo....
The US DEA has offices in Wellington and Auckland now to combat the influence of Mexican Cartels in NZ. Yep, that cancer is in Aotearoa now.
A must read for all Taniwha supporters as the cases described will have you knowing the locations and possibly some of the people. Max Beckham for example.
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The death of Gloria Ramirez, also known as ‘The Toxic Lady’, whose blood’s exposure caused 5 medical staff to be hospitalized and 23 to experience symptoms
Analysis of a Toxic Death
A year ago two dozen emergency room staff were mysteriously felled by fumes emanating from a dying young woman. Investigations turned up nothing — until a team of chemists from a nuclear weapons lab got involved.
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@Stockcar86 Interesting read. How the hell did you come across an article that was published nearly 30 years ago.
Did a bit of a google it seems with time that the Livermore theory has become more accepted
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@Stockcar86 that was amazing, so interesting 👍🏻
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The story of the bees in Brooklyn who produced red honey, which led to an investigation at a nearby marachino cherry factory, which led to the discovery of a marijuana farm beneath the factory.
The Maraschino Mogul’s Secret Life
Ian Frazier on how Arthur Mondella’s Brooklyn-based cherry factory mysteriously turned Red Hook’s bees red, in 2010.
Germany Schaefer
