I'm tired of television networks doing this: Citing similarities between the show’s finale and today’s tragic shooting at a Virginia TV station, USA Network says it will postpone tonight’s finale of Mr. Robot.“The previously filmed season finale of Mr. Robot contains a graphic scene similar in nature to today’s tragic events in Virginia,” the network said in a statement. … [Read more...] about Postponing Mr. Robot
What I’m Doing About the Market Crash
Nothing.I'm certainly not panicking. I haven't even checked my balances. That's not because I'm so smart. It's because, when it comes to financial markets, I'm pretty dumb.I assume I lost money, but what should I do about it? Should I get out of the market now? It's too late to get the money back, and if it rebounds tomorrow then getting out now will just lock in my … [Read more...] about What I’m Doing About the Market Crash
Biglaw According to Ashley Madison
When I first downloaded a copy of the hacked database dump from the Ashley Madison adultery-oriented dating site, I naturally checked if anyone I know had been naughty. When that didn't pan out, I tried to think of something fun I could do with all that data.Then over at The Big Questions economist Steve Landsburg posted what he called "The Ashley Madison Test of College … [Read more...] about Biglaw According to Ashley Madison
Adventures in Ashley Madison
So, I thought I'd try downloading the recent dump of the Ashley Madison database just for kicks. I'm not really a hacking-the-dark-web kind of guy, so there's a bit of a learning curve.I started by Googling around for news about it, and eventually I found out the files were available via Torrent. So step one was to install a Torrent client.The next step was to find the … [Read more...] about Adventures in Ashley Madison
Trump v.s. Immigration
There's something surreal about discussing Donald Trump's policy positions. It's like discussing my cat's nutritional and exercise choices -- they both just do what they do because of what they are. Trump's plan for everything is that all things will be better because Trump will be doing them. His so-called "positions" are just the talking points his staff has put together. I … [Read more...] about Trump v.s. Immigration