JPMorgan drops terms ‘master,’ ‘slave’ from internal tech code and materials
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-jp-morgan-race-exc-idUSKBN2433E4 NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) is eliminating terms like “blacklist,” “master” and “slave” from its internal technology materials and code as it seeks to address…
John Prine’s Last Song Was Also His First to Go No. 1: Watch Him Perform “I Remember Everything”
It feels cosmically ironic that Great American Songwriter John Prine died of COVID-19 in early April, just before the U.S. response to the virus was developing into what may well…
為什麼機會總是留給有準備的人？這是我聽過最好的答案
http://www.thevalue101.com/article.php?id=54425 真正的高手，從不僥倖，隨時都在做好準備 什麼是高手，就是當一件事請交給他，你從來不用擔心後果。因為他就是代表著穩定、高執行力，和確定感。 58歲的維克斯曾是加拿大國會侍衛長，他負責國會的行政和禮儀，每天扛著議會權杖步入會場。 但是八年來，他每週都會做好射擊和其他體能訓練的各項準備。 2014年10月22日，一名槍手殺死一人後衝入加拿大議會大廈。在對方正要開槍的時候，維克斯向左側扑地翻滾並開槍，冷靜擊斃槍手，從而避免了事態的進一步擴大。 事後，維克斯坦然地說：“我的一生都在為此刻做準備。”
When Police Kill
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/07/when-police-kill.html by Alex Tabarrok July 1, 2020 at 7:23 am When Police Kill is the 2017 book by criminologist Franklin Zimring. Some insights from the book. Official data dramatically undercount…
The Definition of Success Is Autonomy
None of us truly control our own destiny. Fate has too much power over us puny humans. Still, we often suspect that were we just a little richer, just a…