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On the eve of Hurricane Irma, my wife and I finally got around to seeing Christopher Nolan’s mesmerizing 2017 film Dunkirk at Regal Cinema in Winter Park. This movie is a masterpiece. Among other things, it brought to our mind Ernest Hemingway’s classic … Continue reading →

Check out this report by Scott McCartney describing the new Bombadier C Series airplane manufactured in Montreal, Canada. The Bombadier has wider seats and larger overhead bins and makes less noise than most other commercial passenger jets.

Is there a correlation between “Big Data” and the level of fraud? Following up on our previous post on Facebook’s false ad metrics, below are some links on the growing problem of data fraud: “Fabrication in survey data” (Mike Spagot) … Continue reading →

File under “fake it til you make it.” William Turton was the first to report (via Gizmodo) that you can “unfollow” Mark Zuckerberg but you can’t “block” him. On a different note, check out this report by John Glenday describing Facebook’s … Continue reading →

Why don’t any of the planets or moons in our solar system have their own flags? Calder Hansen proposes a new flag for Mars. More information about this proposed Martian flag is available here. Hat tip: kottke. [Update (14 June … Continue reading →

We just heard (via Tyler Cowen) that Judge Richard Posner has decided to retire from the bench, though we hope he will continue to write and teach. In his honor, here are a just few links relating to Judge Posner’s … Continue reading →

Update (3 Sep 2017): My wife and I binged-watched all 10 episodes of the third season of Narcos this Labor Day weekend. To avoid spoilers, all we will say are two things: (1) the show paints a compelling picture of … Continue reading →