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Inverse.com: Chemists Explain Crucial Difference Between Cold Brew and Hot Coffee

Edgar Benjamin Cabrera February 15, 2020February 15, 2020

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/chemists-explain-crucial-difference-between-cold-brew-and-hot-coffee

Hackernoon: What I Learned from Making a Bot That Executed $50M in Cryptocurrency Trades

Edgar Benjamin Cabrera January 24, 2020

20.2X…. Daaaamn, Mack. https://hackernoon.com/what-i-learned-from-making-a-bot-that-executed-dollar50m-in-cryptocurrency-trades-ca1q31h3?source=rss

WSJ: The Controversy Behind Nike’s Vaporfly Running Shoe, Explained

Edgar Benjamin Cabrera January 23, 2020

Things went pretty quickly from ultrathin minimalist to now thick foam & carbon fiber plating. We’re now in the post Vaporfly era… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVXrIaPuP7c

The Economist: The world is better prepared than ever to stop the Wuhan coronavirus [link]

Edgar Benjamin Cabrera January 22, 2020

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/01/22/the-world-is-better-prepared-than-ever-to-stop-the-wuhan-coronavirus?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/20200122n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/NA/385692/n

Why I don’t really mess with social media, even though I have a Facebook account

Jennifer Allen January 22, 2020January 22, 2020

Back in 2018, I had this total revelation. I was in the middle of posting something super clever on my Facebook page when I stopped. I deleted my post and had this conversation with myself. I said you know no one really cares right? No one cares that your son lost a tooth, or that […]

The Economist: What the semiconductor industry tells us about the world economy [Link]

Edgar Benjamin Cabrera January 21, 2020

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/01/16/what-the-semiconductor-industry-tells-us-about-the-world-economy?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/20200120n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/NA/384183/n

New Year, New Decade, Same (kind of) me and other randomness

Jennifer Allen January 8, 2020

I think this is my first online blog post EVER. I kind of feel like this is a journal of sorts, but one that the entire world is able to read. Not really, because, like, how many people will actually read what I have to say? Probably no one. But anywho… I promised someone that […]

Ted Talk Feature: ‘What obligations to social media platforms have to the greater good?’ by Eli Parser

Edgar Benjamin @BMC November 9, 2019

Poignant Ted talk on the power of virtual spaces: “What obligations to social media platforms have to the greater good?” by Eli Pariser. My take: I hear you, Eli, but it’s not so easy to do the right thing when the competition is infinitely more resources. These “virtuous” spaces still require resources, and there isn’t […]

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