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Hardware & Technology / Baidu replaces Google to become number two in smart speakers
« on: October 16, 2019, 10:53:00 PM »3
Water Cooler / Alternatives to plastic
« on: October 16, 2019, 09:46:35 PM »
This soap-packaged shampoo bottle will leave no waste behind
https://mashable.com/video/soapbottle-soap-packaged-bottle/
Drinking straws that are made of pasta
https://boingboing.net/2019/10/16/drinking-straws-that-are-made.html
https://mashable.com/video/soapbottle-soap-packaged-bottle/
Drinking straws that are made of pasta
https://boingboing.net/2019/10/16/drinking-straws-that-are-made.html
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Water Cooler / What a Universal Basic Income Policy Looks Like for Greg
« on: October 16, 2019, 03:11:40 PM »6
Economics & Investing / The Millennial Lifestyle Is About to Get More Expensive
« on: October 16, 2019, 02:14:55 PM »
"It’s easy to spend all day riding unicorns whose most magical property is their ability to combine high valuations with persistently negative earnings—something I’ve pointed out before. If you wake up on a Casper mattress, work out with a Peloton before breakfast, Uber to your desk at a WeWork, order DoorDash for lunch, take a Lyft home, and get dinner through Postmates, you’ve interacted with seven companies that will collectively lose nearly $14 billion this year. If you use Lime scooters to bop around the city, download Wag to walk your dog, and sign up for Blue Apron to make a meal, that’s three more brands that have never record a dime in earnings"
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/say-goodbye-millennial-urban-lifestyle/599839/
(For a decade or more, I said the same thing about Amazon.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/say-goodbye-millennial-urban-lifestyle/599839/
(For a decade or more, I said the same thing about Amazon.)
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Traffic / Twitter publishes rules for 'World Leaders,' specifies banned behavior
« on: October 15, 2019, 10:15:19 PM »8
Water Cooler / Fire blankets can protect buildings from wildfires
« on: October 15, 2019, 10:10:29 PM »
Great! Now how are you going to deploy it?
Fire blankets can protect buildings from wildfires
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-10-blankets-wildfires.html
Fire blankets can protect buildings from wildfires
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-10-blankets-wildfires.html
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Hardware & Technology / UMaine unveils world’s largest 3D printer
« on: October 13, 2019, 12:52:26 AM »10
Water Cooler / PG&E shutdowns....
« on: October 12, 2019, 02:34:44 PM »
....are going to cause a substantial jump in home generation tech.
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Water Cooler / Costco is going to extremes to keep its rotisserie chickens at $4.99
« on: October 11, 2019, 01:11:19 PM »
"91 million were sold last year, double the number from a decade earlier."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/business/costco-5-dollar-chicken/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/business/costco-5-dollar-chicken/index.html
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Water Cooler / The Cities Where Emissions Are Dropping
« on: October 10, 2019, 10:13:06 PM »
Austin, Copenhagen mentioned.
https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/10/c40-peak-carbon-co2-emissions-highest-cities-climate-summit/599644/
https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/10/c40-peak-carbon-co2-emissions-highest-cities-climate-summit/599644/
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Economics & Investing / Workers Losing Wage Bargaining Power to Automation
« on: October 09, 2019, 09:30:11 PM »
"Conclusion:
The labor share in the United States has declined roughly 7 percentage points over the past two decades. The decline started in the early 2000s and accelerated during the Great Recession. After the recession, the labor share failed to bounce back despite strong employment gains, particularly over the past few years.
...Having the option to automate jobs strengthens firms’ bargaining power against workers. This keeps wage increases stagnant despite productivity gains. We find that automation contributed substantially to the decline in the labor share since the early 2000s."
https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2019/september/are-workers-losing-to-robots/
The labor share in the United States has declined roughly 7 percentage points over the past two decades. The decline started in the early 2000s and accelerated during the Great Recession. After the recession, the labor share failed to bounce back despite strong employment gains, particularly over the past few years.
...Having the option to automate jobs strengthens firms’ bargaining power against workers. This keeps wage increases stagnant despite productivity gains. We find that automation contributed substantially to the decline in the labor share since the early 2000s."
https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2019/september/are-workers-losing-to-robots/
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Traffic / Mobile: How to Get Google to Let You Know When the Price Drops
« on: October 06, 2019, 02:19:54 AM »
New? Google Shopping feature
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-google-to-let-you-know-when-the-price-drops-1838810254
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-google-to-let-you-know-when-the-price-drops-1838810254