Covered this week; Let’s break up the big banks… why Bernie might not need the delegates… fuckin’ with Florida Governor Rick Scott… the Golden State Warriors go 73-9… Bernie working hard and looking for an upset in New York… the majority of pop music is written at a 2nd grade level… some of the world’s biggest tech companies trying to walk in Netflix’s footsteps… Apple’s attention to detail… looking at where Facebook started and what they’ve become…
April 11, 2016
Matt Taibbi takes issue with Paul Krugman… while making his case for why the big banks need to be broken up.
April 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders will become Democratic Nominee even if Clinton leads in delegates…. an interesting take by H.A. Goodman for the Huffington Post…
April 13, 2016
“It’s really criminal what he’s done with Medicaid. I just have my experience, and luckily I didn’t have any extenuating circumstances so I just rode it out, not having coverage, but the government estimate is that six people die per day in this state (Florida) just because they are in this Medicaid gap and they have health issues that they can’t get care for.” Meet Cara Jennings… the woman who yelled Florida Governor Rick Scott out of a Starbucks empty handed…
Congratulations to the phenomenal Golden State Warriors on their 73-9 season… if a record had to fall, glad it’s this particular crew that took it down… interesting enough, the Warrior’s made almost twice as many 3’s this season as the Bulls did in ’96… while allowing a full 12 more points a game to their opponents, interesting how the game has changed. As for the number “73”… “It is the twenty-first prime number. Its mirror, thirty-seven, is the twelfth. And its mirror, twenty-one, is the product of multiplying—hang onto your hats—seven and three.” He goes on to add, “In binary, seventy-three is a palindrome: 1001001.”
Bernie working hard in Washington Square Park….
April 14, 2016
“If you’ve already moved away from Billboard music, congratulations, you refuse to be insulted. But if you haven’t, or if you’re concerned about pop culture trends acting as portents of systemic dysfunction, you should probably pay attention.” How popular music’s lyrics perpetuate American idiocy…
April 15, 2016
Not sure how much of this is true, but it’s a wild read nonetheless… Since Netflix and Amazon proved that outsiders can thrive in entertainment, the world’s largest tech companies are getting in on the act.
April 16, 2016
The lengths Apple goes to when it comes to design details and product development.
April 17, 2016
Ben Thompson, writing for Stratechery, pulled together an excellent look at what Facebook was and what it has become.
