Monthly Archives: March 2011

Answer to Robin Hanson about solar innovation — [REBUTTAL]

Because inventors and innovators have repeatedly lied to us in the past. Ever heard of tech bubbles? (Ever heard of the prediction market bubble?)

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Bloomberg Game Changers: Marc Andreessen — [VIDEO]

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Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, St. Petersbourg, Shanghai, Tokyo, New York and London — [VIDEO]

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Nick Denton of Gawker Media about their website redesign — [VIDEO]

[Download this post to watch the embedded video, if your feed reader does not show it to you.] Nick Denton mentions this during his talk: – Blogonomics: The End of Micropublishing? – by Felix Salmon.

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I enjoyed so much LeR3 and BarCamp Sophia-Antipolis. — [THANK-YOU NOTE]

My thanks go to: – Rivera Cube (LeR3). – BarCamp Sophia-Antipolis. – Pierre Haski of Rue89. – Sophie Gironi and Sylvain Thevenaud. – All the other contributors and participants.

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Japanese nuclear disaster and Japanese press coverage — [TRUTH SOCIOLOGY]

In response to Marginal Revolution. Here’s a French journalist covering the events in Japan. My translation. I got rapidly aware that information is blocked. It is not possible to assist to press conferences or to get accredited. And our Japanese … Continue reading

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Midas Oracle receives hundreds of visits per day. — [SCREENCHOT]

The Japan situation is of great interest to the Google researchers:

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Consumers in the U.S. will soon be able to receive and send funds to any eligible Visa credit, debit or prepaid account, anywhere in the world. — [NEWS]

“Bank customers of participating financial institutions will have the option to select a Visa account as the destination for funds when making a personal payment. By simply entering the recipient’s 16-digit Visa account, email address or mobile phone number, consumers … Continue reading

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The IAEA to upgrade Fukushima to a Level 6 accident before midnight ET 31 Mar 2011 — [PREDICTION MARKET CHART]

Right-click the chart to get the latest probabilities: NHK WORLD TV live on USTREAM. PREVIOUSLY: The Japanese professor who predicted the nuclear disaster — [PREDICTION POST-MORTEM] NEXT: InTrade was not able to predict anything regarding the Fukushima nuclear energy plant. … Continue reading

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The Japanese professor who predicted the nuclear disaster — [PREDICTION POST-MORTEM]

Ishibashi Katsuhiko: I had warned that a major earthquake would strike the Chuetsu region around Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, and about the fundamental vulnerability of nuclear power plants. The 6.8 magnitude temblor of July 16 caused considerable damage to the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa … Continue reading

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