The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
It’s Time to Talk about the Burgeoning Robot Middle Class
How will a mass influx of robots affect human employment?
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514861/its-time-to-talk-about-the-burgeoning-robot-middle-class/
I am sure that this article is relevant, but not sure that it will have any impact. ‘Robots’ (really, …
Report questions benefits of salt reduction
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/14/report-questions-benefits-of-salt-reduction/?hpt=hp_bn13
Earlier I talked about the ‘deadly’ nature of salt (sodium chloride, the stuff that makes food so tastee) but mentioned I was far from convinced that the rather hysterical proclamations were scientifically valid. …
Student Debt and the Crushing of the American Dream
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/student-debt-and-the-crushing-of-the-american-dream/
I have waxed on the subject of student loans a number of times (see here, here, here and here for just a few examples). When the student loan …
Printing Electronics Just Got Easier
A new technique developed by researchers in China allows easier printing of electronic components onto paper.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130509-paper-printed-circuits-electronics-technology-science/
I think the next decade is going to be as eye popping as the last quarter century (in …
Crime and Privacy
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/crime_and_privacy/
I got to admit that Scott makes an interesting argument for more == less. For those too lazy to read the article, here is his summary:
…In general, whenever privacy is lost in a democracy, it
The bad joke called ‘the FISA court’ shows how a ‘drone court’ would work
Newly released data show that the government submitted 1,789 eavesdropping requests last year, and none was rejected
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/03/fisa-court-rubber-stamp-drones
More ‘droning’ on about the police state. I …
Too-Big-to-Fail Takes Another Body Blow
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/too-big-to-fail-takes-another-body-blow-20130501
I am reading a lot less news because I got booted out of my nice cushy half office and into a shared space with only a single access to the ‘net. Since I get …