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The life and death of Vincent van Gogh — [VIDEO]

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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 — [VIDEO]

http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/ Bio. Bio. Music. Tyrant. Daniel Eran Dilger. Transcript. Critique of the Stanford commencement speech. Walt Mossberg. Former Gizmodo editor. WikiLeaks stuff (probably fake). iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed The World from georgy thompson on Vimeo. Walter Isaacson.

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John Delaney’s OB — [RANT]

When I die, I want the doctor Pennock to write my ob. Then, I am sure only the good things will be highlighted. On InTrade: All the economists blogging about their prediction markets never mentioned the numerous disputes about the … Continue reading

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Robin Hanson’s wife sent the ABC News reporters packing. Don’t mention ‘cryogenics’ to her. — [VIDEO]

Contrary to her husband, she is not a publicity whore. ABC News video. ABC News article. NYT.

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No that many InTrade traders paid tribute to CEO John Delaney (whose corps remains on Mount Everest). — [LINK]

Only 2 pages on the InTrade forum, whereas other topics generated dozens of pages, in the past.

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CONFIRMATION: John Delaney’s behavior was irrational. — [LINK]

“Bizarre“.

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Midas Oracle’s stats about John Delaney’s death. — [ANALYTICS]

Out of curiosity for SEO, here are some key stats about our coverage of the InTrade CEO‘s horrific death. Note that these stats don’t encompass the frontpage readers and the feed subscribers (so, we would add many hundreds more, actually). … Continue reading

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6 days later, the NYT on John Delaney’s death. — [NEWS]

They sheepishly re-publish the unverified PR-delivered factoid that InTrade has “more than 100,000 registered users“. What counts are the active traders, in fact. Not a word on how come a CEO can afford to take months off, and how come … Continue reading

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Nate Silver criticizes InTrade for its short-lived Obama bounce following Bin Laden’s assassination. — [CHART]

Scenarios.

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Red Bull’s event marketing lead to the death of an athlete performing a stunt for money.

Zurich, Switzerland: Ueli Gegenschatz, 37, died a few days later.

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