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Saturday links: aspirin answers

September 19, 2015

Saturday links: aspirin answers

September 19, 2015

Book excerpt: An extended look at Jessica Lahey’s The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed.  (Slate)

Environment

  • A brilliant new model for solar panel adoption. (slate.com)
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  • California's snow pack is at a 500-year low. (scientificamerican.com)
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Transport

  • The battle for self-driving car talent is on like Donkey Kong. (washingtonpost.com)
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  • Tesla ($TSLA) should be afraid of the German automakers. (bloombergview.com)
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Cities

  • Infrastructure and planning help cities succeed...up to a point. (ft.com)
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  • London is the fifth most expensive city to live in. (ft.com)
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Technology

  • Your digital assistant is getting smarter all the time. (wired.com)
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  • A cheat sheet for the individual cloud storage wars. (sixcolors.com)
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  • Why micropayments will not be the future of publishing. (continuations.com)
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  • Why you shouldn't feel bad about using an ad blocker. (fortune.com)
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  • Why you should. (fortune.com)
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Offers

  • The new Amazon Fire TV seems like a worthy competitor to the Apple TV. (theverge.com)
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  • The new Amazon Fire TV ships in October. (amzn.to)
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Health

  • How modern furniture materials endanger firefighters. (theatlantic.com)
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  • Daily aspirin use is getting additional support from a panel to reduce the risk of heart attacks and cancer. (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
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  • Yikes! Ankle sprains can have lifelong consequences. (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
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Personality

  • It neuroticism necessary for creativity? (qz.com)
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  • How to be a better listener. (scientificamerican.com)
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Food

  • "Poke is the natural progression from sushi.." (bloomberg.com)
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  • Why don't more restaurants abolish tipping? (slate.com)
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  • Honey isn't as healthy as you think. (washingtonpost.com)
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Drink

  • Beer has been losing out to wine and spirits for awhile now. (bloombergview.com)
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  • Are cask beers worth all the fuss? (wsj.com)
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  • Now China is jumping on the craft beer bandwagon. (ft.com)
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  • Is your favorite bourbon crafted or sourced? (pastemagazine.com)
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Sports

  • A shocking number of deceased NFL players showed signs of CTE. (pbs.org)
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  • A complete history of the NFL. (projects.fivethirtyeight.com)
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  • On the professionalization of high school football. (nytimes.com)
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  • The case for rugby in the US. (money.cnn.com)
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  • Researchers are using AI instead of brute force to create a world class chess player. (technologyreview.com)
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Entertainment

  • What is a 'sadcom'? (slate.com)
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  • It's a good time to be in the record pressing business. (nytimes.com)
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Earlier on Abnormal Returns

  • What you may have missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
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  • Podcast links: salmon sushi. (abnormalreturns.com)
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Mixed media

  • Why e-mails can be romantic. (qz.com)
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  • Why assembling Ikea furniture inevitably leads to a fight. (qz.com)
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  • What professions are most likely to marry? (priceonomics.com)
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  • Why people cheat at when the end is near. (scientificamerican.com)
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