on the blockchain
78% of crypto ICO projects in 2017 were scams.
Well, what did you expect? | learn more
Month: July 2018
tech, startups, internet
Slack one step closer to winning the chat war.
Software company Atlassian had two competing products: Stride and HipChat. Now it’s shutting both down and selling the IP to Slack. It’s also making a small investment into Slack because, “if you can’t beat them, join them.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
AI facial recognition deciphers your personality.
“The Biometric Mirror, the only one of its kind in the world, is tucked away in a foyer at the University of Melbourne. … It has been programmed to read faces based on thousands of photos of people that were […]
oh, chicago
Marijuana use no longer disqualifies Chicago police candidates.
The city needs more cops, and this new relaxed policy on prior drug use should help build the top of the funnel. I didn’t know that prior marijuana use had been a roadblock to becoming a police officer! | learn more
oh, chicago
data: men make $27k more than women per year.
This article is based on a very rich data set, which makes its conclusions (and charts) very interesting. | learn more
fun facts
Why do so many TV shows have 65 episodes?
I got hooked on this article in the intro where I learned that The Fresh Prince of Bel Aire was modeled after another Bel Aire show with a different demographic. “How the calculus of ’80s television programming lives on into […]
fun facts
Why does the TI-83 still cost $100?
I ran into one of these at Target last week, and my jaw dropped when I saw it still costs so much! Someone shared this article with me that explains how Texas Instruments has locked up the education market. | learn more
big ideas
Why cryonics makes sense.
Tim Urban from Wait But Why became a believer in cryonics – freezing yourself after death – in 2016. He lays out an interesting case, though I’m not quite ready to sign up. | learn more
big ideas
Technology that can double the efficiency of the power grid.
If even part of this pans out, it’s a huge deal. I learned a lot about electricity from this article. | learn more
thoughts of food
Meal-kit company Chef’d shuts down.
Two links related to this. The first is a Forbes article by industry consultant Brittain Ladd pronouncing the death of standalone meal-kit companies. The second is a LinkedIn articleby Chef’d former SVP of Retail Sean Butler expressing a totally contrary opinion.