Archive for April, 2013
The Terrifying Reality of Long-Term Unemployment
April 15th, 2013Via: The Atlantic: As long as you’ve been out of work for less than six months, you can get called back even if you don’t have experience. But after you’ve been out of work for six months, it doesn’t matter what experience you have.
Gitmo: Prisoners Force Fed, Not Allowed to Die from Hunger Strikes
April 15th, 2013Via: New York Times: I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 years and three months. I have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial. I could have been home years ago — no one seriously thinks I am a threat — but still I am here. Years ago the military […]
Contractors’ Next Payday: Commando Logistics for Africa Shadow Wars
April 15th, 2013Via: Wired: Here’s how serious the U.S. is about its African war on terror. The Pentagon is preparing to spend millions to create a privatized flying taxi service to fly its commandos everywhere from Libya to Congo. That’s according to details in a recent solicitation notice for a Defense Department contract worth up to $50 […]
DARPA Cyber Chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko Heads To Google
April 15th, 2013Via: The Security Ledger: Noted hacker and innovator Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a project manager for cyber security research at DARPA for the past three years- will be setting up shop in the Googleplex, according to a post on his Twitter feed.
GOLD GAP DOWN
April 15th, 2013Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Gold Set for Worst Two-Day Loss Since 1983 Via: Reuters: Gold headed for its biggest two-day drop in 30 years on Monday as funds accelerated their exits from the market, and investors also cut exposure to oil, copper and grain after […]
‘News Is Bad for You – And Giving up Reading it Will Make You Happier’
April 15th, 2013“I hear from people who had read Cryptogon for years, and report to me how their quality of life improved dramatically since shutting out this type of information.” —Comment to Cryptogon reader Via: Guardian: News is bad for your health. It leads to fear and aggression, and hinders your creativity and ability to think deeply. […]
Hacked Photos Show Colin Powell at Bohemian Grove
April 14th, 2013Via: cryptome (.pdf): Guccifer: Colin Powell and Bohemians April 9, 2013 Related: Guccifer Emails Link Tony Blair to Top-Secret Bohemian Grove Gathering
Shocker: Solar Panels Could Destroy U.S. Utilities, According to U.S. Utilities
April 14th, 2013Via: Grist: Solar power and other distributed renewable energy technologies could lay waste to U.S. power utilities and burn the utility business model, which has remained virtually unchanged for a century, to the ground. That is not wild-eyed hippie talk. It is the assessment of the utilities themselves. Back in January, the Edison Electric Institute […]
Guess At Satoshi’s Fortune: USD$100 Million
April 14th, 2013This reminds me of the proles debating aspects of the lottery in 1984. *chortle* But I went on to read both pages of the thread anyway. Via: Bitcoin Talk: I’ve estimated a lower bound of current Satoshi’s fortune. My estimation is that he owns more than 1M BTC, or 100M USD at current change. [sic]
Cliodynamics
April 14th, 2013Via: Wired: In Isaac Asimov’s classic science fiction saga Foundation, mathematics professor Hari Seldon predicts the future using what he calls psychohistory. Drawing on mathematical models that describe what happened in the past, he anticipates what will happen next, including the fall of the Galactic Empire. That may seem like fanciful stuff. But Peter Turchin […]
