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The Internet in 1973

Here's a map of the entire "Internet" in 1973:

 

Reddit via @WorkerGnome.

Wonder what that map would look like today?

Oftentimes, a small breakthrough has awesome and immense consequences.

Onwards!

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading -- December 31st, 2016

Any bold predictions for 2017?

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye recently.

Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• The Top 10 TED Talks of 2016. (YouTube)
• The Year in Pictures 2016. (Nyti)
• The 12 Key Science Moments of 2016. (TheGuardian)
• How I Process a Massive Amount Of Content. (Medium)
• The Top Jerry Jones Quotes of 2016: Ugly Babies, Jumping off Buildings and Circumcising Mosquitos. (SportsDay)

 

Trading Links:

• Who Benefits from Market Speed Bumps? The Exchanges. (New York Times)
• Where are They Now? the 12 Members of the 1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average. (BizInsider)
• It's So Hard to Get Cash in India that Some People are Ordering It Online. (Money)
• Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises to 75-Year High. (WSJ)
• Contrarian Views for 2017, Seven Dos and Don’ts for Your Portfolio, and Trump's Market Mirage (Globe and Mail)

Adam Sandler Plays a New Version of His ‘The Chanukah Song’ [Video]

It is Holiday Season again ... Wow, how time flies.

To my Jewish friends, Happy Chanukah.

And, as a 'gift' to all of you, here is a new version of "The Chanukah Song," performed by comedian Adam Sandler.  It became an instant classic, in 1994, when Sandler performed it on Saturday Night Live.

   

 

via YouTube.

 

Here is the Wikipedia post about the Chanukah Song.

Here are links to the Original Video,  Version 2, and, Version 3.  

Hope you enjoy them ... and best wishes for a happy holiday season.

 

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading - December 18th, 2016

It was cold in Dallas this weekend ... below freezing.

In contrast, it's officially colder than Mars in Canada

Don't stick your tongue on any flag poles. 

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Clinton Campaign to Participate in the Wisconsin Recount — Plus Michigan and Pennsylvania If They Happen. (TW)
• America’s Top Spy Talks Snowden Leaks and Our Ominous Future. (Pocket)
• The Strange Psychology of Stress and Burnout. (Pocket)
• A New Program Judges If You’re a Criminal from Your Facial Features. (MotherBoard)
• 3 New, Must-Read Quotes from Tesla Motors, Inc. CEO Elon Musk. (FoxBusiness)

 

Trading Links:

• How Apple Lost China to Two Unknown Local Smartphone Makers. (Bloomberg)
• ‘A Rude Shock’: Indians Describe Life after Narendra Modi’s Currency Ban. (New York Times)
• NASA's New 'Intruder Alert' System Spots an Incoming Asteroid. (NPR)
• Is the Age of Asset Management Over? (FinanceMagnates)
• Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs. (YouTube)

My Son Is Disgusting ...

This Thanksgiving, my son Zach made a stupid bet with himself – that he could gain 10 pounds in one day.

His mom and I both tried to tell him not to do it;  but we forgot a golden rule: Never tell a Getson they can't do something. 

The image speaks for itself.

  

 

He gained over 13 pounds.

Even considering the weight normally gained on a Thanksgiving, that's "disgusticating" (worthy of a made-up word).

Hope you enjoyed your holiday too!

 

Electoral Map Projection Cartoons [Humor]

Well, the Election Season is almost over!

 

via Time Magazine. 

It has been a crazy last few weeks.  Who do you think will win?

More importantly, what do you expect to happen?

 

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Clown Hysteria: 2016 in a Nutshell

This summer, South Carolinians started seeing menacing clowns in the woods.

As a response to clown hysteria,Target pulled clown masks from shelves , McDonalds scaled down use of Ronald McDonald, and people everywhere have been in a fervor.

Not everyone has been affected negatively though ... Surprisingly (to me), Pornhub has seen a massive increase in clown related searches. 

 

via TNW

There you have it ... hard data.

2016 continues to surprise ... Celebrities dying, phones exploding, the election, and this.

It will be interesting to see how 2016 ends, and what the future brings.

The world changes, but human nature remains relatively constant.

 

 

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading Enjoyment - October 23rd, 2016

Recent polls suggest that Trump has less than a 15% chance to win.  Makes you wonder how much the media influenced that ...

 

   

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Virtue Signaling, or … Why Clinton is in Trouble. (FinancialSense)
• Clinton's Former Prosecutor Endorses Her for President. (Bloomberg)
• How to Make a Relationship Last: 5 Secrets Backed by Research. (Bakadesuyo)
• U.N. Warns Trump May Be 7 Months Away from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons. (TheOnion)
• Over the Counter Comes a New Way to Mimic Calorie Restriction. (Technology Review)

Trading Links:

• How Google is Poised to Become a Dominant Investment Manager. (QuantNews)
• Musk’s Mars Moment: Audacity, Madness, Brilliance—or Maybe All Three. (ArsTechnica)
• A Legendary Morgan Stanley Banker Reveals the Importance of 'Emotional Intelligence' on Wall Street. (Flipboard)
• It’s Not Creepy, It’s the Future. (JasonZweig)
• This Man Wants to Upend the World of High-frequency Trading. (MarketWatch)

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading - September 25, 2016

At least in Pro Wrestling, there is usually a 'Hero' and 'Villain'

 

via Cagle

 Are you going to watch the Debate?  

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Wells Fargo Just Became the Poster Child for When External and Internal Values Don’t Match. (QZ)
• The Value Driven Product Roadmap – a New Approach. (OmriZiv)
• Mossberg: Apple, the King of Tech Taste and Daring, Takes a Breather. (TheVerge)
• The (Not So) New Data Scientist Venn Diagram. (KDNuggets)
• CIA Using Pokemon Go for Mass Surveillance. (USAPoliticsNow) 

 

Trading Links:

• Traders Watching for More Volatility. (CNBC)
• New Kind of Correlation Spotted in Factors Obsessing Wall Street. (Bloomberg)
• Wave of IPOs Could Hit Global Markets within the next 12 Months. (ValueWalk)
• AOL Co-Founder Steve Case: Third Wave of Tech M&A Coming…. (FoxBusiness)
• Apple’s Tax Avoidance Illustrates Gap between Law and Economics. (WSJ)

iRobot: Artificial Intelligence ... or Artificial Stupidity?

We often think of Artificial Intelligence as a relatively recent creation – but that's not necessarily true. 

Of course, to compare A.I. of the past with what create now would be unfair.  Nonetheless, A.I. has affected thought since Greek mythology. 

Stories of golden robots, homunculi and Golems have fascinated for generations.

More recently, a 240-year-old doll was found that can write any custom text up to 40 letters long using a goose feather and has eyes that follow what it writes. Imagine what the creator of that gadget could do with the tools we have today.

 

 

 

Seems pretty simple in comparison to all the different applications of A.I. we have today.

But as smart as Artificial Intelligence has become, it doesn't take much to thwart its purpose.

For example, iRobot's Roomba seems like a pretty cool piece of technology, right?  It'll vacuum for you, learn where your furniture is, etc.

Unfortunately, it's not smart enough to tell when your pet has left a "present" on the floor for you ... in which case, it just might spread poop over your whole house.

Yup, that's a real Roomba story, worth a chuckle while you read it here.  

This image shows A.I. isn't always a substitute for lack of the real thing.

 

via Facebook

People claim that they fear Artificial Intelligence ... I think artificial stupidity is pretty scary too  - even when it doesn't result in smearing poop across your carpet.

One of the biggest challenges in automated trading is how quickly we can recognize when things aren't going right, and get back to doing the right thing again.  It isn't just about making money, it's about making and keeping money, consistently.

As for the iRobot,  they are aware of the automated poop-spreading issue and are working on a fix. 

Onwards.