Riley Strong
  • Three Places Obama Could Teach

    www.newyorker.com
    Mar 19, 2016
    Cinque Henderson on why Obama should consider teaching at a historically black college, a community college, or a public school after his Presidency.
  • The Trouble with Transporters

    www.youtube.com
    Mar 14, 2016
    Star Trek wallpapers available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey & https://www.patreon.com/posts/4785156 Discuss this video: http://reddit.com/r/cg...
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    Jun 13, 2015

    “They found the poor are in some ways even more sophisticated with their finances than wealthier people, partly because it is so important that they get things right. The extreme poor personally manag...

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    May 15, 2015
    The dotcom crash in 2000-02 caused losses to shareholdersworth $4 trillion and a mild recession. Leveraged global banks notched up losses of $2 trillion in 2007-10 and the world economy imploded.
    —The ...
  • Language matters

    Mar 30, 2015

    Indiana Governor Mike Pence has decided to dig in his heels rather than bow to pressure that his state has passed a discriminatory law. Watch as he weasels & dodges direct questions about whether the ...

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    Mar 12, 2015
    Thomas Ptacek, a popular engineer and commentator, wrote a long post on his own approach to hiring. One point he made about his interviews stuck out to me. After candidates got through a simple phone ...
  • Pale Blue Dots and Golden Records

    Feb 24, 2015

    This post is an adaptation of a speech I gave during Square’s public speaking meetup.

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    I want to talk about my favorite photograph, “Pale Blue Dot” which recently turned 25. You can just barely make out...

  • Meant to Keep Malaria Out, Mosquito Nets Are Used to Haul Fish In - NYTimes.com

    www.nytimes.com
    Feb 7, 2015

    Not discounting massive progress of mosquito nets but the needy know what they need better than aid agencies. Programs like cash grants fix that.

  • Saving old voicemails with bash

    Nov 23, 2014

    After 3 years with my trusty iPhone 4S, I finally upgraded. But I wanted retain all my voicemails mostly for sentimental reasons because the only people who leave me voicemails anymore are my fiance o...

  • This is the most detailed map yet of our place in the universe

    www.vox.com
    Sep 7, 2014

    It still staggers me to try to comprehend how small our place in the universe is.

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Hello! This is mostly a collection of things I've read, but occasionally I write my own posts.