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Reduction of entropy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_and_life

But that's not helpful. There was a saying on a bench, here in vancouver to the effect, that " You can't find yourself, you need to make yourself". But I suppose making yourself on a solid foundation requires introspection. I'm not sure where you are at but, eventually you will come up with answers/non answers and then watch your life pass you by. (similar to a stream processor) here's knausgaard.

"As your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also its meaning.  Understanding the world requires you to take a certain distance from it.  Things that are too small to see with the naked eye, such as molecules and atoms, we magnify. Things that are too large, such as cloud formations, river deltas, constellations, we reduce.  At length we bring it within the scope of our senses and we stabilize it with fixer.  When it has been fixed we call it knowledge.  Throughout our childhood and teenage years, we strive to attain the correct distance to objects and phenomena.  We read, we learn, we experience, we make adjustments.  Then one day we reach the point where all the necessary distances have been set, all the necessary systems have been put in place.  That is when time begins to pick up speed.  It no longer meets any obstacles, everything is set, time races through our lives, the days pass by in a flash and before we know what is happening were are forty, fifty, sixty . . . Meaning requires content, content requires time, time requires resistance.  Knowledge is distance, knowledge is stasis and the enemy of meaning. ".

I think the answers I appreciate the most, are the ones which emphasize noticing the world and the best parts of other people.

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/17/the-meanin...


Very interesting, column and row store in memory.


They have a lot of cash, no debt. Qnx finally has a beautifull gui. Still have contracts with chrysler group. Bunch of buildings, patents, and huge upside. If they can license Nokia maps, now that Nokia HW is out of the picture, bb10 will have satisfied my last complaint.


http://m.here.com does a great job in the BB10 browser, but I agree that Nokia maps in a native app would be a great addition.


I think this as well, but i'm also keeping my eye on graphene transistors. And then there is the quantum computer stuff which is beyond my ken.


Can you not use thumb print to unlock? The reason I gave my ipad to my brother, was his 1.5 year old could press the button and slide to unlock.


You can turn Touch ID off, no problem.


I don't think that's bad news. But the markets disagreed and the price took a hit. It's been awesome to see the new management's discipline, should have cut earlier but they got the major planks laid out, new os, android run time, backend services, browser. Just refinements left. Employee count to revenue is getting good. 6 devices a year. Simple. And the new phone has the paratek antenna, this is going to be close.


And the new phone has the paratek antenna, this is going to be close

So the new antenna is what will save BlackBerry?


No fiscal discipline, and execution. Battery life on the new 5" phone is a couple days. Maybe the tunable radio helps. App gap is closing, unity ports, android, bloomberg is now on it. Maps suck. I don't know if they'll make it, aka survive, it is going to be close.

Edit,I don't know if the app gap is closing. But probably not.


BB is beyond fiscal discipline IMO.

It's pretty clear they'll be gutted and sold for parts at this point. They're trying to lose weight before the fashion show.


I thought they had their own equipment colocated at tsmc, or somewhere. This is based on their earnings call last winter, but my mind is fuzzy.


I think opposition started with Scott Sumner in July. http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=22379 Very good news. I expect to see the markets react tomorrow, ala balmer on a much greater scale.


Opposition has been almost universal and started before Summers was even floated as the favorite. Here's Matt Yglesias in May:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/05/27/summers_for_f...

Ezra Klein's piece on gender that prompted the original "word" that Summers was going to be the nominee:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/19/t...

Krugman pro-Yellen case before annoucement:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/the-fed-successi...

Felix Salmon:

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/07/24/dont-send-s...

Wall Street:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/wall-street-yellen-...


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I read and enjoy Scott Sumner and recommend him to everyone. To suggest that he drove the opposition to Summers is bananas.


Scott Sumner (http://www.themoneyillusion.com) and Nick Rowe (http://worthwhile.typepad.com/) have done an incredible job at helping me understand money and its role in the economy even though I have no training in economics. It's worth going back and reading their archives.


and opposite side. The market will tank tomorrow by 1.5-2%.


equity futures are already up 1% during sunday's trade

http://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=ES


Depends on yellen vs kohn, but either one is better. If it's yellen I expect a response similar to japan's equity run last fall/winter, abeonomics.


Here's an in depth explanation from PIMCO as to why Summer's withdrawal will likely be very bullish for credit and equities:

http://www.businessinsider.com/el-erian-market-reaction-to-s...


The ending is good, imo.


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