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Interesting 2-part documentary delving into Artificial Intelligence (the good; the bad; and the ugly) - considered the next major societal-revolution along the lines of the Industrial-Revolution and the Internet-Revolution: Artificial intelligence and algorithms: pros and cons…

The 996 working hour system (Chinese: 996工作制) is a work schedule commonly practiced by some companies in the People's Republic of China. It derives its name from its requirement that employees work from 9:00 am…

Entire Irish Rugby Team In International Tournament Refuses To ‘Take A Knee’ This week, the entire rugby squad of the team from Ireland unanimously refused to “take a knee” before they played against a Welsh team…

I know very-little w.r.t. cryptos – in the other Bitcoin thread by @FTS I asked how the government would affect cryptos going-forward. I had recently been browsing financial-topics on YouTube – earlier today I opened YouTube…

Marty Schottenheimer’s NFL coaching career was as remarkable as it was flummoxing. There were 200 regular-season wins, the eighth most in NFL history. There were a mystifying number of playoff losses, some so epic they had…

Well there's good news! Tufts University Urges ‘Rooting Out Racism’ Training For White, Christan Students Tufts University advocated that white, Christian students attend an online retreat on “rooting out racism.” The Tufts University webpage links out to…

There are some/many(?) that are predicting a serious cratering of our economy/stock-market at some point (perhaps in the too not distant future) – of course no one can say for sure if this *will* happen,…

For those it may interest - I saw this cool/interesting documentary on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jaH2YXqV28

CA Cities Demand Pay Raise For Grocery Workers. Then Stores Close. As cities across California target grocery stores, demanding they offer “hero pay” to employees in the form of raising their wages $4-$5 an hour, grocery…