Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Convenience, Waste, and Nutrition

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Cornell gets credit/blame for initiating the rise of sliced apples, which has increased sales of apples, in this study. That's just th...
Monday, May 30, 2016

I'm With Trump, for One Time Only

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What could possibly put me in the same camp as Donald Trump? His position on Rolling Thunder--it's not all it's cracked up to be...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

The Future of Jobs? From Linen to Games

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We've gotten into Game of Thrones, now on season 2.  Last night the commentary mentioned Banbridge.  Banbridge is a town in County Dow...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

No Violence, Please

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Having lived through 1968, I'm maybe a bit more sensitive to violent protests at political functions.  I hope the scenes outside Trump...

Myths Never Die: Millions of Slaves Imported

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Since the NYTimes doesn't offer a comment section on this article about what DNA tests of African-Americans show about their migrations...

Long Overdue Warning on DNA

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There's DNA in your food.  Labels should reflect that. (Note the label.  Thanks to Somin at Volokh.
Friday, May 27, 2016

Strawberries of the Past

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Slate has a piece on strawberries of the past, linking to this USDA resource with pictures of old strawberries. See the previous piece.

Surprise: African Immigrants More Educated than Asian

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In an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Journal of Blacks in higher education, African immigrants to the United States were found more...

Autonomous Vehicle: Top Down or Bottom Up? Trainable Cars

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I've posted several times on "self-driving" cars, also known as autonomous vehicles, or driverless-cars.  If I understand, Goo...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Eight Inch Floppies, COBOL, and Windows 3.1

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No doubt we'll hear a lot about them--GAO has reported on the aging government technology here, To those of us who date from that er...