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Extreme names for your kids
Do you recall last year’s pop news featuring a child named Abcde (a bold parenting choice)? If you enjoyed that, you’ll love this short video. | learn more
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Your pay as an operating professional in private equity
“Here’s how much consultants get when they go to work for PE funds.” | learn more
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The world’s oldest hotel
It’s been in operation since the year 705 by the same family for 52 generations. | learn more
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Mexican airline trolls Americans with brilliant ad
Both clever and funny! “AeroMexico new ad brilliant trolls Americans with DNA discounts.” | learn more
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Straight to voicemail
I learned this week of a new iPhone feature that lets you send unknown callers straight to voicemail. I enabled it right away. One side-effect is that it makes Americans harder to survey. I’ll take that trade 😁. | learn more
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The woven air-conditioner
Two things to note here. First, industrial designer Maxime Louis-Courcier created a no-power A/C that naturally absorbs heat to reduce the temperature of a room during the summer using Phase Change Materials (PCM). Second, he documented the process of creating […]
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Where did the phrase “kicking the tires” originate?
The Chicago Tribune was asked this question in 1997. They received answers from “Goodyear’s high-paid engineers who design and develop tires and high-paid marketing professionals who devise ways to sell those tires.” | learn more
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Pricing niche products with Vickrey auctions
There’s a mechanical keyboard kit (not even a usable keyboard) that’s selling for $1,668. How did it get there? The Vickrey auction described here is quite interesting. | learn more
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Negotiating a $300k job offer in Silicon Valley
“In the span of a week, I had job offers to work as a software engineer at Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, LinkedIn, and Yelp. Here’s how I negotiated them.” | learn more
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20,000 startup ideas
The data comes from “the O*NET database, containing hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors on almost 1,000 occupations covering the entire U.S. economy.” | learn more