Capitalism WeWork and Counterfeit Capitalism Matt Stoller writing about WeWork: Generally speaking, Softbank’s model is to manipulate private capital markets as a way of drowning out competitors with cash. For instance, there were several ‘rounds’ of WeWork investment where Softbank was buying more shares at higher valuations. WeWork
bot One man decides to eradicate the inbound Windows Support scam What could be better than a service that you can use to royally piss off telemarketers who call you without permission? What better that the guy destroys Windows and IRS support scam call centres by flood-calling them with bots? You can listen to the
Bernie Sanders Garry Kasparov on Bernie Sanders, Socialism and Capitalism. I don’t like politics (and will rarely post about it) for the majority of it is ill thought-out and sensationalist, appealing mostly to people who don’t want to think more than superficially about anything, let alone have any realisation of
Dearborn Inside the FBI’s Secret Muslim Network How politics may destroy the efforts law enforcement have made that have prevented terrorist attacks in the US. Ron Haddad is Dearborn’s chief of police, and he says he gets one question a lot when he travels around the country. “Someone will come
corruption How to Hack an Election Most of us have encountered at least one story of how supposedly a select few people manipulate world events, many of them quite far-fetched as they are spouted by conspiracy theorists. But here is the story of someone who claims to have been manipulating
General The disappearing art of making scissors by hand Having inherited a number of high-quality pairs of scissors and other medical instruments I appreciate that at least one company out there is still making them to old standards where you buy something and never have to replace it, instead passing them on to
Computers The 37 Best Websites To Learn Something New The 37 Best Websites To Learn Something New A very good list of sites with everything from bite-sized to university-level courses.
General History in Color History in Color. Even though the colours are false — the images are colorised by select members of this hardcore team on Reddit, the effect of viewing snapshots of history going back as far as the late 1800s is profound.
English The History of English in Ten Minutes - OpenLearn - Open University Where did the phrase ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ come from? And when did scientists finally get round to naming sexual body parts? Voiced by Clive Anderson, this entertaining romp through ‘The History of English’ squeezes 1600 years of history into
General The Honor System - Penn, Teller and Magic The real point of magic, Teller said during those lectures, is “telling a beautiful lie. It lets you see what the world would be like if cause and effect weren’t bound by physics.” It’s the collision between what
General The Ghosts of World War II's Past The Ghosts of World War II’s Past (20 photos) – My Modern Metropolis Taking old World War II photos, Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov carefully photoshops them over more recent shots to make the past come alive. Not only do we get to
aborigines Boys 'swore at cops' before hit by train Three Aboriginal boys struck by a train would still be alive if the train station police officer who they swore at minutes earlier had detained them and located their parents, the boys’ family says. They’d also be alive if the parents
General Instant-messaging me (IM'ing me) I feel silly writing a guide to sending me instant messages, but bear with me, I have reasons. If you’re going to PM me on Head-fi, MacTalk or any other forum I frequent, chatting with me via instant message (MSN, AIM, etc.
General Why Obama's socialism will fail (Origin unknown) An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be
cancer Pixar grants girl’s dying wish with home viewing of 'Up' The girl, only 10 years old, died a few hours after watching the movie. From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, she was desperate to see it. Colby had been diagnosed with vascular cancer about three years ago, said
General Jones’ Big Ass Truck Rental & Storage It could only come from Alabama…. Yes, this is a REAL advertisement that was aired on TV. While you’re at it, check out his web site and what might be called his CV on the front page.