I think I would just ignore, it is local news doing a story on a lost dog. Their entire government is shut down and about to default and this is how the US media spends its time.
Category: links
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Dog loses airline – now THAT’s a story!
An Air Canada rep unintentionally candid response to a questions about a lost show dog from a reporter at a Sacremento CBS affiliate (via saila)Although I’m not usually one to side with Air Canada, she has a point. -
If Peter Thiel Calls…
I’m a crotchety old guy. I worry about all these new companies. I’m glad that they’re easier to start, but the problem is, they’re just as hard to finish as they have always been.
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We all think that nobody’s interested in us, we’re all simple folk,” said Doan Moran of Alexandria, Louisiana. “But you start looking at the numbers and the phone records … it makes you really hesitate.
NSA spying revelations prompt citizens to rethink computing habits h/t @gregcohn
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I doth protest
The Exhibition place is not someplace to come and get sick. Except of course, if we make you sick by putting you on a ride but that’s a different story.
David Bednar, general manager of The Ex, as quoted in “Food vendor remains closed during wait for test results after 34 fall ill at CNE” (via saila) -
Dude, Where’s My Car?
“With a massive database of one BILLION vehicle sightings and the addition of up to 50 million new sightings each month, Vehicle Sightings provide valuable information for both locating subjects and investigating the historical whereabouts of both individuals and vehicles,” advertises TLO, a data broker that caters to lawyers, private investigators, law enforcement and insurance firms, among others.
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Tutorspree Blog: How Google is Killing Organic Search
Google won search by providing the best organic results users had ever seen. Ever since then, organic has been fading from the SERPS, losing ground to revenue generating Google products.
13%
That’s the amount of real estate given to true organic results in a search for “auto mechanic” when…
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The Gong Show: Product vs Marketing Dollars Trade-offs
According to a quick scan of financial history in Google, Tesla has raised roughly $1.8BN in a combination of equity and debt over the past 4 years. The vast majority has gone to R&D, Manufacturing, Capex, etc…
In that same time frame Ford has spent roughly $16BN on Ads and Marketing.
That’s an…
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A bias towards potential as opposed to achievement
I am very susceptible to this kind of bias.