Monthly Archives: May 2011

Bernard Henry-Lévy is a pretentious clown who is 10 times the national embarrassment to France than Dominique Strauss-Kahn ever is. — [RANT]

BHL is a disgrace for the French, and DSK is a shame for France. UPDATE: Laila Lalami + Mike Masnick + other links listed here.

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InTrade floats Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s life. — [PREDICTION MARKET]

InTrade: New Prediction Market: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Tuesday, May 17, 2011 On May 16th 2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared in New York City Criminal Court and was charged with two counts of a criminal sexual act in the first degree , first-degree … Continue reading

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Cold fusion reactors are coming to America, so US energy economists (like Michael Giberson) cannot ignore LENR anymore. — [NEWS]

NyTeknik published an article today about Ampenergo, a newly formed US company which will be partnering with Andrea Rossi’s, company, Leonardo Corporation to commercialize his E-Cat technology. Hello, Mike, wake up.

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Conspicacy theory (involving credit cards) about coffee futures — [VIDEO]

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The right way to deal with invaders — [AUSSIE RULES]

- You’re not welcome! Australian ships boatload of asylum seekers to Malaysia in tough new immigration measure. – Kicked Out: Australian ministers have swapped a boatload of asylum seekers for refugees after making a deal with the Malaysian government. Chris … Continue reading

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Thomas Malone’s collective intelligence is an abyssal hodgepodge… “à la Prévert”. — [LINK]

Topics of interest include but are not limited to: human computation social computing crowdsourcing wisdom of crowds (e.g., prediction markets) group memory and problem-solving deliberative democracy animal collective behavior mechanism design organizational design public policy design ethics of collective intelligence … Continue reading

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Friday, the 13th — [HUMOR]

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The 2009 takedown of Jim Cramer by John Stewart — [VIDEO]

2011′s NYT on Jim Cramer. For more, follow our ‘Jim Cramer‘ tag, or read, “Jim Cramer’s Market Manipulation 101“. – The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c CNBC Gives Financial Advice Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things … Continue reading

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Why accountants don’t run start-ups — [VIDEO]

I just love the title of this talk:

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Google Prediction API gives you access to Google’s sophisticated machine learning algorithms to analyze a wide range of data and provide predictions for likely outcomes. — [FORECASTING TECH]

You can build a predictive model to find hidden patterns in financial data, or else. –> Google Prediction API – Machine learning for your business.

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