- World Snooker Championships start this weekend, so here's Ronnie O'Sullivan's crazy-fast 147 – http://t.co/cjKr7P28fR ->
- “I am a Mentat, You do not withhold information or computation lines from a Mentat.” – Dune (1965) ->
- We’re at insufferable point in breaking news cycle when journalists pass time by eating their young, & then complaining about the taste ->
- Gene data show China bird flu mutated extensively "under the radar" http://t.co/m5COSFKhnU ->
- California Power Market This Summer Facing Biggest Test Since Enron http://t.co/pR5vmd4cbo ->
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Twitter Digest: 2013-04-19
By · April 20, 2013 · ·
Twitter Digest: 2013-04-18
By · April 19, 2013 · ·
- Meant to post this sooner, but huge congrats to my friend @parand on Xpenser being acquired by Coupa. http://t.co/nvfUj3bRVl ->
- Nicely done new Bloomberg site on technology companies around the world (and outside U.S.) http://t.co/U2eXriPx3a ->
- Nice! MT @chr1sa: New @3DRobotics site, store, manuals. http://t.co/TYjGldMBrm (obDisc: Investor) ->
- Medium-term weather forecasters exist to make equity analysts look good http://t.co/nUg7eZ1q4X ->
- Current Economist cover piece on cars argues there will a future NRA-like organization fighting rearguard action for right to steer ->
- Agents of influence: On complex systems models http://t.co/GmAalBMFkf ->
- Wonderful: George Jedenof, the 95 Year Old (charging) Skier http://t.co/QddpyIUF8h ->
- Insert @dickc joke here _______: Saudi Arabia deports 'irresistible' men deemed 'too handsome' to women
http://t.co/5p2OaPSHxI ->
Twitter Digest: 2013-04-15
By · April 16, 2013 · ·
- Applies to all conferences: Why Are International Conferences so Bad, and What Can Be Done about It? – http://t.co/mR9B3jsOiU ->
- Vaccine development for H7N9 flu problematic – http://t.co/mDEKYu6cXe ->
- Job Growth vs Economic Growth in California http://t.co/DlegFiXZ4s ->
- In happier non-tax news, excited about a couple of investments that @defrag and I are closing at SK. More soon. ->
- [1304.3480] Friendship Paradox Redux: Your Friends Are More Interesting Than You http://t.co/DlL27jUacR ->
- Adult film permits in LA County plummet from ~500 /year to 2 so far in 2013 – http://t.co/FYaupSEuC0 ->
- Every year I as I wire money I remind me the reason April 15 is so taxingly painful is that I had a good prior year. It doesn’t work. ->
- New word I learned today: walksheds – http://t.co/2gSXTzMXmg ->
Twitter Digest: 2013-04-12
By · April 13, 2013 · ·
- Another day, another cloud security breach: Linode hosting service resets all passwords http://t.co/0qJyX8YlQj ->
- Notes from meetings. http://t.co/WOqIlFwWlt ->
- Loneliness, anxiousness, and substance use as predictors of Facebook use http://t.co/n9c6upzOVP ->
- The zoo hypothesis: We are in an extraterrestrial's petting zoo – http://t.co/ZnmmDD0xGw ->
- Just realized i have zero idea what top CPU speeds are in GHz. Weird how that went from critical to irrelevant over last decade. ->
- Clever @MammothMountain deal: Lodging discount goes up as temperature rises – http://t.co/HjGxprVZaY ->
- Bizarre: Kansas City uncovers subterranean suburb on northeast side http://t.co/JsrtADeoXQ ->
- On @BloombergTV at 3pm pst today talking messaging, Microsoft, Blackberry, etc. ->
Twitter Digest: 2013-04-11
By · April 12, 2013 · ·
- Cheap Mortgages Are Hiding the Truth About Home Prices – Businessweek http://t.co/kWTobjdOPH ->
- Amusing that a new currency whose main supposed advantage is its decentralized nature is flailing because it’s too centralized. ->
- For my many sins, I am on a packed, 3.5 hour Southwest flight. Again. ->
- Laughing in the Face of Death: A Vonnegut Roundtable http://t.co/3X8N4iFZVD ->
- More or less less echoes my views: Why I'm selling stocks – http://t.co/Tswlr53Np5 ->
- QotD: I think this subreddit should seriously consider having suicide hotline info posted. (via /r/Bitcoin/) http://t.co/SZ4kmwiEFh ->
- The HTC One Deserves Its Place in the Spotlight – http://t.co/dsVztR7qrS ->
- Photos: The Strange Beauty of Salt Mines – http://t.co/YRISY8HGUD ->
Twitter Digest: 2013-04-08
By · April 9, 2013 · ·
- Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones was like Mickey and Mallory Knox joining the Society for Creative Anachronism ->
- 100 mi/h+ wind gusts on Mammoth Mtn last night. Fun. http://t.co/zMNMujX3cc ->
- Animals, influenza and humans as 8% virus – http://t.co/QHbRxfkBYV ->
- Truly impressed at how iTunes so regularly finds ways to underperform my already abysmal expectations for it. ->
- Mind you, @MammothMountain staying open to at least May 15, thus shortening the inter-season annoyance known as “summer” a little. ->
- We’re now into the part of the end of ski season where I have to pretend I like spring skiing much more than I do. ->
Twitter Digest: 2013-04-07
By · April 8, 2013 · ·
- Wonderful documentary: Rise of Silicon Valley http://t.co/ESFWKnP9sB ->
- From a Japanese TV gameshow, Lionel Messi vs "RobotKeeper". How could it not be … strange. http://t.co/XCJHC14CVc ->
- A central puzzle in behavioral finance is why behavioral finance nags won’t shut up about behavioral finance. ->
- It would be about 20 min work to make this postmodernism generator mimic a certain prolix tech critic http://t.co/KonWTvAba9 ->
- Fish on boat set adrift by Japan tsunami land in U.S. – http://t.co/7LqoE4wVVL ->
- Bizarre piece in NYT about confs like TED/EG/SXSW/RW as dating venues. Rare @dgould appearance tho. http://t.co/SxGBkl2wO7 ->
- Flawed but interesting: The passing of the pandemic epoch http://t.co/n0dFgXIGbF ->
Twitter Digest: 2013-03-11
By · March 12, 2013 · ·
- Breaking the 4th Wall – Movie Supercut – http://t.co/aoWihEyTDV ->
- Peaking at 25.6 ft, US NE swells were larger during last week’s storm than during Hurricane Sandy http://t.co/SyhdeW8upj ->
- Luis Suarez will be best player not to win if overlooked for EPL Player of the Year award. Discuss. http://t.co/mGRj461pwZ ->
- Neither. RT @emilychangtv: Samsung vs Apple: Which company will be on top in 5 years? http://t.co/c4lNxJCOEK ->
- Map of Whole Foods vs Walmart in Bay Area – https://t.co/TzembiBd99 ->
Twitter Digest: 2013-03-06
By · March 7, 2013 · ·
- Martinussen er ikke her akkurat nå. Ringe tilbake senere, takk. ->
- There is a sub species of highly evolved Wordament players out there. If attacked by 4×4 grids of scrambled letters I know where to turn. ->
- Some say he knows two facts about ducks, and that both of them are wrong … ->
- A little Stompin’ Tom to play him out tonight: Big Joe Mufferaw http://t.co/Kt15lmv9fl ->
- Sad news: Canadian country-folk singer Stompin’ Tom Connors has died at age 77 http://t.co/oUTz6T33Na ->
- I appreciate everyone stress testing my SXSW regex for Tweetbot. They’re fixed now, so you’re dead to me again. ->
Twitter Digest: 2013-03-05
By · March 6, 2013 · ·
- Here’s news reporting for you: “It’s snowing and it sucks here” http://t.co/HW26kUjUd1 /v @briantimoney ->
- Just when things were getting fun: Oaktree's Marks Warns Pre-Crisis Behavior is Back – http://t.co/GJTEgbCaMj /v @stockjockey ->
- I have this longstanding grudge against Lange ski boots. Think I need some sort of intervention or therapy or something. Near pathological. ->
- Peak oil 2.0 – http://t.co/7TBIozrBo0 ->