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Big Bezos Is Watching You…
The sole fact that Amazon has the capability to remotely delete books from all Kindles is scary enough, but the fact that this incident involved Amazon recalling all copies of 1984 and Animal Farm made it particularly, how should I put it…Orwellian.
http://gizmodo.com/5317180/amazon-remotely-deletes-legitimately-purchased-books-from-thousands-of-kindles
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Investing Blog Spin-off
In the truest sense of a corporate spin-off, I’ve decided to start another WordPress blog focusing on the sole subject of investing (in stocks mostly). I considered posting my investing-related entries to TWB, but I figured that both the writer and the reader would benefit from the clarity provided by two separate blogs.
So, why investing? [...]
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I thought I’d bring your attention a fascinating article that a friend posted on his blog, Rising Stardom. I’m sure many of you have heard of the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, perhaps because he is the longest-serving current head of state (63 years!) or due to the harsh Lèse majesté law that can be [...]
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Whatcha doin’ this summer?
This question is bandied about quite liberally at Stanford, and becomes more frequently asked as the summer draws closer. Last summer, I had a quick and satisfying answer handy, which I now realize fit into a pretty common mold for answers around these parts. ” I’m [working/interning/researching/volunteering] at/in [prestigious company/academic department/tech startup/Africa].”
I unfortunately did not [...]
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And So My Summer Begins
I’ve taken the semi-rational/semi-ludicrous step of clearing my summer break of any long-term commitments. This is quite a drastic reversal from last summer, when I spent ten weeks working in a lab and then two weeks in the field doing more research. I’ll elaborate more in the future on my rationale for skipping out on [...]
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Time.com 100 Poll Hacked
Here’s be a good example why we need to be careful with electronic/Internet voting. It is also quite telling how they’ve more or less ignored these revelations (their Poll site is still up and doesn’t mention the fact the minor fact that, oh, all the results are invalid…)
http://musicmachinery.com/2009/04/15/inside-the-precision-hack/
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BBC NEWS | Special Reports | CIA shuts down its secret prisons.
The US has stopped running its global network of secret prisons, CIA director Leon Panetta has announced.
Our interviewers has confirmed that the CIA is sorry for telling a lie and will not keep secrets from you anymore. After being scolded by his mom, Leon [...]
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Prize for ‘Sun in the box’ cooker.
I’m glad to see such high publicity for solar cookers, but so far I am a bit surprised that such an established idea won a contest for “green ideas”. I built my own solar cooker on a whim last summer, and I [...]
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Lincoln’s irony
I happen to be wearing a shirt.woot.com t-shirt with the Gettysburg Address on it (in the shape of Lincoln’s head), which somewhat explains the reason for this post. A few lines into it, Lincoln says…
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Does [...]
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