A profile of Barak Obama by Michael Lewis (of the Moneyball and Big Short fame). Politics aside, it’s a rare look inside of what it means to be president.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/10/michael-lewis-profile-barack-obama
Category: interesting
Why Johnny can’t stream
A good article about the insanity which is the American copyright law and perpetuated and litigated by RIAA and MPAA.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/why-johnny-cant-stream-how-video-copyright-went-insane/
TCP Ants
Amazing discovery, but it’s a misleading URL. I am pretty sure it’s not the ants that are mimicking the internet. They may have been around a couple of years longer. I bet their interwebs don’t have lolcats though.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/august/ants-mimic-internet-082312.html
Microsoft Surface
There are rumors that the RT version will sell for $199. If that’s true, it can be huge. I don’t think MS has any other option than to subsidize the device in order to gain market share. It definitely will have a wide ranging appeal, especially at that price point. To share a little anecdote; I have a completely non-tech friend who put off his tablet/laptop purchase based on what he heard about Surface so far. To him, it sums up as “a tablet that can run all my apps”. I am sure he is not the only one. (though that doesn’t apply to RT version).
Beyond 7 Billion
LA Times ran a series last week about the explosion of population growth on Earth. A very interesting set of articles. To me, it seems unsustainable. There is no way that everyone can afford to eat meat every day and drive an SUV. The alternative appears to be billions of people living in absolute poverty.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/population/
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