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LinkFest 2016-12-09

Venezuela's currency value depends largely on one guy at an Alabama Home Depot Venezuela is a messed up place, and it always amazes me what ordinary people can do. Mesmerizing Commute Maps Reveal We All Live in Mega-Regions, Not Cities Most US time zones follow state lines, but

Linkfest 2016-12-02

Meet John Knoll, the Special Effects Genius Behind Rogue One: A Star Wars Story A nerd, doing nerd things, making the world go round. This guy has just become one of my heroes. The Secret, Dangerous World of Venezuelan Bitcoin Mining Clever Venezuelans use Bitcoin to survive. Step In, or

LinkFest 2016-11-22

Abandoning Defensive Crouch Liberal Constitutionalism Here is someone on the other side of the culture wars advocating not only that the Cultural Left won, but that they should be roaming the battlefield looking to finish off wounded survivors. How we ban the creation of more of the most loved bits

LinkFest 2016-11-11

Veterans' Day Edition And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. Why did Medieval Slave Traders go to Finland? At the time, Finns were neither Christian nor Muslim. Down and Out at Del Mar A great vignette of life on the bottom. A Lead-Crime Study Passes the Gelman Test

LinkFest 2016-11-06

This LinkFest has been delayed three weeks. I had better publish it before the election and everything gets falsified! Divided by meaning A great piece on how Americans are divided by their attachments to hearth and home, or the lack thereof. Fascinating to me, since by education and career, I

LinkFest 2016-10-07

James Lovelock: ‘Before the end of this century, robots will have taken over’ I was introduced to the Gaia Hypothesis by SimEarth on a Mac LC. That was a great game, and it is a neat idea. James Lovelock also introduced me to John Brockman's Edge.org, through

LinkFest 2015-09-30

Wow, it has been a long time since I did a LinkFest, so here is one delayed 7 weeks. 48 Hours on the Dark Side of Vegas This reminds me of the hidden desperation in Tim Power's Last Call. Is the U.S. behind Fethullah Gulen? Not as