"But as the website became more prominent, Tommy realized there was a big problem: Weirdly positive reviews. Tommy suspected they were being written by supplement companies themselves." So we writes a program to spot bad reviews. ReviewMeta.com which also has browser plug ins.
So besides misunderstanding (and attempting to appropriate) the politics of Ian Banks, Elon Musk feels he can rip-off ceramics artist Tom Edwards and not have to do anything about it. Dude, seriously, the guy offered to talk and you shit all over it. It's a pretty clear case of copyright infringement. (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)
"A rush to pump oil out of the West Texas shale field has vaulted the United States to record-high production levels… But the gangbusters growth has created serious challenges. The Permian Basin is rapidly running out of pipeline to carry all that crude. Companies are struggling to find talented workers. And the region's infrastructure is buckling under the pressure." Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.
"Their new study suggests that 'Oumuamua is a cometary interstellar object. They were able to determine this by accounting for the motion of the object itself."
"One of the more fascinating and horrible details in Reuters' thoroughly fascinating and horrible long-form report on Trump's cruel border policies is this nugget: ICE hacked the risk-assessment tool it used to decide whom to imprison so that it recommended that everyone should be detained." The computer made us do it. (Grokked from Xeni Jardin)
"An immigration lawyer said she fractured her foot after being pushed to the ground by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer as she followed her client, a 3-year-old boy, into an ICE building in Kansas City, Mo."
Association health plans, "(Critics) point to 'the long history of fraud and scams and insolvencies' for these plans, says Timothy Jost, professor emeritus of law at Washington and Lee University in Virginia… 'I think consumers are going to be in for a pretty wild ride," Jost says.'"
"Satellite images from last week show that North Korea is making numerous improvements to the infrastructure at a nuclear research facility, according to a new study." This is my shocked face.
"ProPublica spent the past several days interviewing seven current and former employees from Southwest Key facilities in Texas and Arizona who spoke on the condition of anonymity. 'We have too many kids and not enough staff,' one employee said." Privatizing government functions is a Bad Idea™. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)
"Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, setting the stage for what promises to be an epic political battle over his replacement." Note that Kennedy, now considered "moderate" was a staunch Reagan conservative. He didn't change positions, it's just another metric of how far to the right conservatives have gone. Let the horse race betting begin.
"Details of a summit meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be announced on Thursday, a US official has told CNN. This official would not offer more details, but Helsinki, Finland, remains a leading site contender for the two leaders' meeting." It's annual review time.
"A Russian oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin loaned jailed former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort $10 million, Reuters reported." I'm sure it was all normal business. (Grokked from Dan)
"First daughter Ivanka Trump’s company received approval from China to register three trademarks on the same day her father, President Donald Trump, agreed to lift sanctions against a Chinese telecommunications company, according to a government watchdog group." I'm sure it's just a coincidence that the president, Ivanka's father, overruled his commerce department and national security advisors to remove penalties and reinstate trade with a Chinese government owned entity that had been sanctioned for both trading with Iran and possible espionage. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)
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