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The key thing is time horizon. Bell Labs invested in research that would bring payoff 20+ years in the future. That's in part because they were a quasi-monopoly. (Also because ther…

Context: This is about the FCC. More from The Verge in Nov https://www.theverge.com/23437518/biden-fcc-gigi-sohn-fox-ne... Today, we’re just talking about a problem. That problem i…

There's also NIH which does lots of computational biology and medicine: https://datascience.nih.gov/ https://hr.nih.gov/jobs https://irp.nih.gov/

Yes. Abrams presided over the plea on Dec 19. Now Kaplan has the case. Abrams' husband works at Davis Polk, but Davis Polk (firm w/ ~1000 attorneys) has represented FTX in the past…

The maximum total is not the realistic maximum that she would get if tried. Criminal offense category, concurrent sentences, and criminal history all need to be taken into account.…

Before judge Ronnie Abrams, an Obama judge.

Duopoly. Plus cost of switching away once you sign up. Network effects and monopolistic (anti-competitive) features allow bad companies to survive today. Monopolistic practices are…

the improvements have come in confinement and fuel if this approach works, you'll see laser innovation over time to improve energy per shot. You'll also see engineering to contain …

Maximus / Squish Fido sysop here. Long ran on a 300 baud modem (I think it was one bit per transition!.) Upgraded to a 2400 baud Hayes smartmodem full-duplex (V22bis!) and eventual…

The context of when and why (and to who) asbestos causes cancer is simply ignored. Asbestos causes a very, very nasty cancer - mesothelioma - that causes almost certain death. Pain…

Author is Arthur Brooks, longtime head of AEI. https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/611199663/arthur-brooks-head-...

So great! Today, this wouldn't even be possible - Newsweek doesn't even have a print edition. (Also, just as bad: Newsweek is now a zombie publication who sold its name and tradema…

Toyota just released their first EV and it was developed in a collaboration with Subaru. https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2021/06/29/at-last-to...

This is important work, and this award choice is a good one.

Dictators lie about everything. Modern (semi)fascism is built on lying. What we are seeing is co-option of liberal democracies by a minority of wealthy oligarchs that have to lie t…

Yes, exactly. Toyota is refusing to take the L on this because Toyota is the market leader in gas-electric hybrids and Toyota is not the market leader in EVs. This is business stra…

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/climate/toyota-electric-h... "Toyota Led on Clean Cars. Now It Works to Delay Them." The auto giant bet on hydrogen power, but as the world moves…

Let's be clear. The reason Toyota isn't all-in on EVs is because Toyota is the dominant player in a rival technology: gas-electric hybrids. This is extremely clear business strateg…

It's not just the word liberal, which means something different for most Americans than its meaning in other countries. In Australia, the Liberal party is the conservatives who are…

Volokh is a conservative attorney who is intellectually aligned with the 5th circuit judges who wrote this opinion. A few other sources: - Lawrence Tribe, a very senior center-left…

Agree (on sentence 2 and 3.) Gödel, Escher, Bach doesn't go very deep.

This was what Andy Grove wanted - more investment in chip manufacturing. Good news. Grove was a visionary in many ways and his writing on this back in 2010 or so impacted my thinki…

This is true for large digital integrated circuits. There's also analog fabs, MEMS fabs, LED/photo/laser fabs. Places like Analog still have smaller fabs like that. Those fabs also…

Unlikely, because many states then cut those assistance programs when given the opportunity. It's more likely that the 'state' argument is a way to achieve their ideological ends (…

Rupert Murdoch's WSJ. Just be a little careful as Murdoch has pressured/selected editors that will spin news in the way he wants.