Interesting reads
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The Story of the Self Destruction of Deutsche Bank
For most of its 146 years, Deutsche Bank was the embodiment of German values: reliable and safe. Now, the once-proud institution is facing the abyss. SPIEGEL tells the story of how Deutsche's 1990s rush to join the world banking elite paved the way for its own downfall.
Very long article about the decline of Deutchebank, good read for anyone who liked Margin Call, Big Short, Too Big to Fail etc
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Venezuela, A Failing State
Once the richest country in South America, it now has the world’s highest inflation rate and is plagued by hunger and violent crime. How did this happen?
New Yorker long form on how Venezuela went tits up
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@Tim said in Interesting reads:
Inside Erik Prince’s Treacherous Drive to Build a Private Air Force
That whole family are interesting. Not wanting to get political but his sister Betsy has just been named as Trumps Sec of Education & is married to the heir to Amway. They also pretty much own Michigan...
Amway alone is one of those where the more you read the more you go "wow". and Wow as in "how are they not in jail?" not "wow" as in "I'm impressed!"
Basically, they are a top to bottom family of cock holes
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I might be biased but this is amusing read from a dentist with a real life personality!! I particularly like the answers to the fluoride question
The tooth hurts: talking to a non-scary dentist about looking after kids’ teeth
Emily Writes sits down with a dentist to drill him about kids and teeth and all of the stuff parents need to know about dental health. Open wide, this shouldn’t hurt a bit…
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Japan and the death penalty,
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Insight into Obama post-Trump winning
Inside a stunned White House, the President considers his legacy and America’s future.
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Research paper looking at the actual level of IT skills in the OECD -
The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think
Across 33 rich countries, only 5% of the population has high computer-related abilities, and only a third of people can complete medium-complexity tasks.
And the Reddit discussing it -
If you work in IT its pretty interesting. Basically most people can barely turn a fricking PC on
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Believe it or not this isn't limited to the stereotypical older people or technically un-savvy folk. You'd be astounded how many newly minted STEM Ph.D. researchers who are otherwise very intelligent and successful people who simply refuse to just try shit till it works. We bought a new gas chromatography instrument for one of our reactors 2 years ago. The company never actually sent a tech to install it so I just went ahead, read the manual, and did the whole thing myself cause I needed the thing to work. Two years later, after multiple multiple explanations on how this thing works, I still get random texts from a colleague at my same level of expertise because they aren't getting the data they expected.
Not sure whether I should find this post in Gollum's reddit link a bit unsettling?
What else didn't they send the tech to install in "your reactors"?
"So I just brought a bit of wire and a used baked beans tin from home...."
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@jegga No idea - I just read it in gollum's link.
Reminds me of the kid I knew growing up who you wouldn't trust to light a firework, who's now an aircraft engineer!
Or Homer Simpson.
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OV-10 Broncos Were Sent To Fight ISIS And They Kicked Ass - Jalopnik
Last year we lamented that the OV-10 Bronco the fact that the OV-10 Bronco was never really allowed to reach its full potential and discussed how valuable it, or other aircraft like it, would be in the wars of the last 15 years. Well, it turns out the Navy eventually came to terms with this fact...
America’s Antique Planes Battling ISIS
The U.S. military is testing a dependable, rugged little vintage bomber as it battles elusive ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq.
I love it when something that was designed 50 years ago is so soundly designed that with the necessary electronic upgrades its still useful today. Another is the b52 which is supposed to be retired in 2050, 100 years after it first took flight .
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@jegga said in Interesting reads:
OV-10 Broncos Were Sent To Fight ISIS And They Kicked Ass - Jalopnik
Last year we lamented that the OV-10 Bronco the fact that the OV-10 Bronco was never really allowed to reach its full potential and discussed how valuable it, or other aircraft like it, would be in the wars of the last 15 years. Well, it turns out the Navy eventually came to terms with this fact...
The U.S. military is testing a dependable, rugged little vintage bomber as it battles elusive ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq.
I love it when something that was designed 50 years ago is so soundly designed that with the necessary electronic upgrades its still useful today. Another is the b52 which is supposed to be retired in 2050, 100 years after it first took flight .
That belongs in the "awesome internet stuff" thread. Never heard of the OV10 Bronco until now - seriously ugly but very functional it seems. B52 is still a great machine.
@Chris-B The kid you knew growing up is why I only fly my own aircraft now (and do my own maintenance / engineering).
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@Snowy you fly ? Very cool, is it homebuilt?
The Bronco had a similarly ugly cousin in the Bronco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk
The successor to all of them is the a10 warthog which the airforce loathe and have been trying to kill off for years, heres John McCain calling them on their bullshit.
Dead Men Walking: Japan's Death Penalty - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
The Vietnam-Era OV-10 Warplane Is Fighting ISIS
