A 19-year-old man from Arizona recently came up with a completely ridiculous plan to get the day off work. Usually when someone decides that they real… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/344178/man-kidnaps-himself-to-get-out-of-going-to-work…
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Bill Gates Questions Societal Value of ‘GameStop’ Mania, Argues It’d Be ‘Good to Get Rid of’ Bitcoin
The price of bitcoin — now over $57,000 — has nearly doubled in the last 7 weeks. Even Elon Musk tweeted that its price seems high — though one analyst tells Bloomberg that Tesla has already made a profit of nearly $1 billion from its recent Bitcoin investment, more than it earned selling electric cars in all of 2020. Yet speaking…
Stereo Eros
Get out your Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Dragonflies do a backwards roll to fly upright – even when unconscious
To get out of an upside-down position, dragonflies do a backwards roll to stabilise their flight – even when they’re unconscious, and if their wings are propped open they do it when they’re dead Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267165-dragonflies-do-a-backwards-roll-to-fly-upright-even-when-unconscious/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
No leap second for December 31, 2020
World timekeepers have decreed there will be no leap second on December 31, 2020. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/leap-second-june-30-december-31-why-need-controversy…
Why on Earth Is Someone Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts?
A phishing scam with unclear motive or payoff is targeting authors, agents and editors big and small, baffling the publishing industry. From a report: Earlier this month, the book industry website Publishers Marketplace announced that Little, Brown would be publishing “Re-Entry,” a novel by James Hannaham about a transgender woman paroled from a men’s prison. The book would be edited by…
Elon Musk On the Problem With Corporate America: ‘Too Many MBAs’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the biggest problem with corporate America today is that too many business school graduates are running the show. “I think that there might be too many MBAs running companies,” Musk said Tuesday at the WSJ CEO Summit. This “MBA-ization of America,” isn’t great, Musk said, especially…
One In Six Cadillac Dealers Opt To Close Instead of Selling Electric Cars
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: General Motors knows all too well that a fully electric future is coming. As a company, GM wants to have 30 EVs for sale by 2025 and Cadillac will reportedly be leading the Detroit automaker’s electric charge in the United States. Recently, it was reported that GM told dealerships to invest in…
Jaron Lanier Thinks Things May Have Gotten Better, or Facebook ‘Might Have Won Already’
Jaron Lanier helped design “Together” mode for Microsoft Teams, “where he has a post as an in-house seer of sorts,” according to a recent profile in GQ. (“Initially he’d conceived of Together mode as a way to help Stephen Colbert — in whose house band Lanier sometimes performs when he’s in New York — figure out how to host his show…
Psychology Today: How Programmers Can Avoid Burnout
An anonymous reader quotes Psychology Today:
While software development jobs sound great right out of the gate, technology roles don’t always offer a great career path. The entry-level salary is fantastic, and the job is fun. But five years on, the average developer reaches a senior role, and there aren’t many more rungs on the technology career ladder. An article from 1998…