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…