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Opinion | Who Killed the Knapp Family? – The New York Times

Opinion | Who Killed the Knapp Family? – The New York Times:

“‘The meaningfulness of the working-class life seems to have evaporated,’ Angus Deaton, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, told us. ‘The economy just seems to have stopped delivering for these people.’ Deaton and the economist Anne Case, who is also his wife, coined the term ‘deaths of despair’ to describe the surge of mortality from alcohol, drugs and suicide.”

*Read this article. I’ve placed a hold on the book at my local public library.

January 12, 2020

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dependency, dignity, drug and alcohol abuse, Family structure collapse, George Kaiser Family Foundation, Human Capital, humanitarian crisis, messiness, Nicholas Kristof, NYT, social responsibility, suffering, unraveling, working-class communities
Email Newsletter Links and Recognition

So, when you read good email newsletters and want to share links, thoughts and ideas that were started in or sparked by the newsletter how to you establish credit to the author and give them a proper link to?

Perhaps every newsletter should have a number system? Or maybe an issue and date sections that is created for you to include in any posts you create and want to credit them back properly. Should email newsletters be posted to the web? If yes, then link there. Or maybe the author will have a link history that you can get access to by subscribing to their newsletter. Or maybe you get to see the issue and you are asked to subscribe if you like what you are reading.

Bob Lefsetz has a really interesting email newsletter. Think he’s been publishing his Letters since the mid 1980’s when they where on paper and distributed via mail. That I can not confirm. Was just reading a post by Bob that inspired me to write this post because I’d love to write about some things he shared and to properly credit him back.

January 6, 2020

9:32:08 PM EST

January 6, 2020

Musings

Blogging, Bob Lefsetz, Crediting, Link back, Links, Recognition
For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity – StarTribune.com

For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity – StarTribune.com:

“Tractors built in 1980 or earlier cause bidding wars at auctions. “

January 6, 2020

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Auctions, Farming, StarTribune, Tractors, Vintage
Seth’s Blog

Seth’s Blog:

“But the most reliably successful people I know are precisely the opposite. They are desperate to see and know what’s making other people tick. They actively engage, and they do it with empathy and generosity.”

*Surely this is a better path even if one never becomes hyper successful. It’s just a better way of operating.

December 18, 2019

Interesting Bits, Link-to

Seth Godin, Success
How self-driving car tech could help drones monitor power lines

How self-driving car tech could help drones monitor power lines:

“California has more than 150,000 miles of overhead power lines. Drones searching for downed lines could inspect the system a lot faster than human counterparts and alert crews to where they’re needed. “

December 18, 2019

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Drones, Fast Company, Industry of the future, Inspections, Safety
Sound waves used to separate microplastics from laundry wastewater

Sound waves used to separate microplastics from laundry wastewater:

“In lab tests, the BAW setup was found to capture 95 percent of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) fibers, and 99 percent of Nylon 6 fibers. Before the system can enter production, though, the fiber-separation process needs to be speeded up, as it would currently take washing machines quite a long time to drain.”

*Interesting advancement.

December 15, 2019

Link-to

Environment, Innovation, Microplastics, Technology, Wastewater
What 23andMe and other genetic testing tools can do with your data – Vox

What 23andMe and other genetic testing tools can do with your data – Vox:

“companies with fewer than 15 people are exempt from this rule, as are life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance companies — all of which can request genetic testing as part of their application process. “

December 15, 2019

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DNA, Genetics, Unintended Consequences, Vox
Hackers Can Use Lasers to ‘Speak’ to Your Amazon Echo or Google Home | WIRED

Hackers Can Use Lasers to ‘Speak’ to Your Amazon Echo or Google Home | WIRED:

“Hackers Can Use Lasers to ‘Speak’ to Your Amazon Echo or Google Home By pointing lasers tuned to a precise frequency at a smart assistant, researchers could force it to unlock cars, open garage doors, and more.”

*Interesting. Worth a read.

November 4, 2019

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Hackers, Security, Smart Assistants, Wired
Investigation: Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint

Investigation: Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint:

“And even if agencies do take a sample, residents are rarely informed of contamination.”

*This is what erodes trust in government. What is the right thing to do and why isn’t it being done?

November 4, 2019

Commentary

Government, Water Pollution
McDonald’s acquires AI company trying to automate the drive-thru

McDonald’s acquires AI company trying to automate the drive-thru:

“McDonald’s said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire a company that is trying to automate the drive-thru. It’s the fast-food giant’s third tech-focused deal this year.

Apprente, a Silicon Valley company founded in 2017, uses artificial intelligence to understand drive-thru orders, which could cut down on service times. McDonald’s said the technology also could be used someday in its self-order kiosks and mobile app.”

*Not only can technology be used to show people different menu items based on time of day to increase order size, AI could be used to reduce labor costs.

September 10, 2019

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AI, CNBC, McDonald’s