Paul Krugman on the China-US tariffs deal: When an Arsonist Poses as a Firefighter
“What the hell just happened”:
This retreat probably hasn’t come soon enough to avoid high prices and empty shelves. Even if shipments from Shanghai to Los Angeles — which had come to a virtual halt — were to resume tomorrow, stuff wouldn’t arrive in time to avoid exhaustion of current inventories.
I guess it’s good news that Trump slammed on the brakes before driving completely off the cliff. But if you think that rationality has returned to the policy process, that the days of government by ignorant whim are now behind us, you’ll be sorely disappointed.
A short video where I talk about what’s hot at the FutureNet World conference: Network automation and orchestration, autonomous networks, and why telcos need to focus on demand rather than supply. Also: What’s with my teeth? I don’t do much video, so I don’t spend much time looking at my teeth.
Telcos trade faith-based buildouts for demand-based design. (Me / Fierce Network) — Telcos are moving past the “build it and they will come” era, focusing instead on networks built for monetization and developer collaboration, according to telco executives speaking at the FutureNet World conference.
Pritzker’s Total-War Message Is a Hit Among Angry Democrats. I love J.B. Pritzker right now.
Trading stuff for money — Dynomight asks: Is it gross to buy a kidney? A heart? Plasma? Hair? Food? Babies? Sex? Parking?
Doctor Who teaches many valuable life lessons, such as “Stay away from the mysterious space well.” Exploring the mysterious space well will not bring you good.
Today I learned Casey Jones was a real person. I just know the name from the Grateful Dead song.
We watched the series finale of "Bosch: Legacy" last night. It feels like a significant life event
We’ve been living with Harry Bosch since the beginning, ten years ago. I remember going to a conference in the late teens and having a Fat Tire beer at a reception, because that’s Harry Bosch’s favorite brand. A lot of real life has happened to me, Julie, and the world in the past ten years.
As I understand it, the show was canceled when this season had already been produced, so they couldn’t make changes to bring it to an end. I wish they’d given him a better sendoff. On the other hand, what other sendoff could they have given him, other than killing off the character, which would have been unsatisfying? Harry Bosch will continue solving murders as long as he is able; that is the nature of the character. Indeed, in the books, as I understand it, Bosch is currently in his 70s, but still solving murders.
I’m reading the books. I’m 20 years behind; I recently finished a Bosch book published in the mid-2000s. I won’t soon run out of Harry Bosch, and the Lincoln lawyer, and author Michael Connelly’s other great characters.
I started reading “Mistborn” by Brandon Sanderson and “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss, and couldn’t get through either one. I have decided I do not want to read books set in a medieval world where a band of outlaws meets in a pub.
On the other hand, I love the Donald E. Westlake Dortmunder novels, where a band of petty criminals meets in a dive bar.
Do you have a favorite feelgood TV series, something you can turn on and watch again and again and enjoy and never get tired of it?