Here is the transcript and audio, and wonderful photos, over a Chinese meal at Mama Chang in Fairfax, run by the famous Peter Chang. I am not acting as lead interviewer, so this is more like a “Conversation with Tyler chiming in,” nonetheless numerous D.C. area food luminaries are present, as are other members of […]
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Read moreQUESTION: What proof do you have that there is higher volatility in weather? I think you just make this up. I have not seen anywhere else with claims of new high and low records. Humans are responsible for climate change. You are spreading propaganda yourself. JG ANSWER: Well here is the list published by the […]
Read moreCOMMENT: Good afternoon I would like to share a testimony to Marty: I am french and have attended a conference of technology in Germany last weekend, in which Barack Obama attended as a guest speaker. Though I am not American nor Republican, I was really surprised by the tonality and the comments different American speakers […]
Read moreCOMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; What I have witnessed from your Socrates and the private blog the past two days, Nov. 29, 30, 2017, has got to be one of the most incredible man-made technological wonders ever created. I am only a few years into your models but the past two days has left me stunned. The […]
Read moreGoogle will soon offer checking accounts to consumers, becoming the latest Silicon Valley heavyweight to push into finance. The project, code-named Cache, is expected to launch next year with accounts run by Citigroup Inc. C -0.70% and a credit union at Stanford University, a tiny lender in Google’s backyard. Big tech companies see financial services as a way to get […]
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Read moreWilliam Dalrymple is one of my favorite writers of non-fiction. He burst upon the scene in 1989 as a precocious, if occasionally a bit snotty travel writer, with In Xanadu in which he traced the path of Marco Polo from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to Xanadu in Inner Mongolia. He really […]
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Read morePaul Ohm, a former prosecutor in the Justice Department’s computer crime and intellectual property section, said the laws governing child sexual abuse imagery were among the “fiercest criminal laws” on the books. “Just the simple act of shipping the images from one A.I. researcher to another is going to implicate you in all kinds of […]
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Read moreNo, it is not one of the great Boomer rip-offs, as I argue in my latest Bloomberg column. Here is one excerpt: According to his [Blahous’s] estimates [link here], if no further steps are taken to shore up the finances of Social Security, the system will stop being able to meet its scheduled payment obligations […]
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Read moreQUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; First I want to thank you for your conference. It was my first time and I was impressed when your daughter asked how many people attended prior sessions. The number of people standing beyond 10 years was impressive. I spoke with one who had been at your 1987 WEC. He said you […]
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