August 2012
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“If authoritarian rulers were serious about upholding a social contract with...”
– Political instability guru Jay Ulfelder takes on the trope of authoritarian states as “tough but effective modernizers” in response to a Foreign Policy essay on China’s infrastructure growth.
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“This could turn out to be really, really bad for everybody. Creating new...”
– Lukas Mathis (Ignore the Code) on Apple vs. Samsung verdict
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“It’s like the opposite of a bend-don’t-break defense. It’s...”
– Hope he’s right
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“Apple won’t be getting the more than $2.5 billion it had asked for, but it...”
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WatchCalifornia company resurrects a 1960s-era hover bike design
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“Those worried about the decline of U.S. power can exhale. This is still a world...”
– “What the Olympics Medal Count Says About Who Runs the World” -CFR President Richard N. Haass
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“While Dan Gilbert composes angry letters about the NBA’s lack of parity in Comic...”
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“America’s top economic forecasters – Macroeconomic Advisers, Moody’s...”
– Michael Grunwald on Foreign Policy, just in case you, like me, are getting bombarded by Republican attack ads to the contrary…
It actually really makes me want an opt-out service for ads on TV, just like Hulu has (used to have? haven’t used it in a while). THIS AD ISN’T WORKING...
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Google's DARPA Director Finds a Home at Motorola?
Amid the reports of the Google’s move to cut thousands of jobs at Motorola is the news that they’re also appointing Regina Dugan, a former director of the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to senior vice president of Motorola’s Advanced Technology and Projects.
According to Technology Review, she is reportedly “hiring metal scientists,...
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“In preempting Nokia’s tablet with its own effort, Microsoft has disarmed...”
– Vlad Savov on The Verge.
One thing that could save Nokia is if their flagship tablet is a 7 incher – they could still have the premier product there, and the Nexus 7, Kindle Fire, and much-rumored iPad Mini show there’s demand. Just speculating…
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“Being designed for distance means our legs are largely composed of slow-twitch...”
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