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I wish Pornhub had that feature.GrundleStiltzkin said:Pro Libby tip: If you're listening to a book before you go to sleep, set a bookmark and then the sleep timer. If you ass out before the timer, you'll know roughly where to go back to.
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Just started this, enjoying so far.
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Are you “reading” it pod?GrundleStiltzkin said:Just started this, enjoying so far.
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I was watching the news so decided to read something that is more instep with the times
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This was quite good. Narrative overview of 400 years of human energy sources and consumption. Concluded with a full throated defense of nuclear power.GrundleStiltzkin said:Just started this, enjoying so far.
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Breezed through this whilst doing yard work last weekend. Infectious story.
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I loved Mad magazine as a kid.LebamDawg said:I was watching the news so decided to read something that is more instep with the times
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Might have already posted this in this thread, but Preston's books are all similarly themed and all good. If you want a shit-your-pants fiction-but-plausible book, read The Cobra Event. That, Demon in the Freezer, and The Hot Zone are the three of his books I've read. All totally worth it.GrundleStiltzkin said:Breezed through this whilst doing yard work last weekend. Infectious story.
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From a while back, it's actually a very nice feel-good story.
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Newfies are like retarded Irishmen.GrundleStiltzkin said:From a while back, it's actually a very nice feel-good story.
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I've probably gone through a dozen or more War on Terror books in the last year. A certain side-ism has come through between them.- #TeamFBI - FBI was doing things the right was, but was undermined by the CIA and underutilized by policymakers.
- #TeamMilitary - The armed services—SpecOps in particular—have the training and tools necessary for the job. FBI & CIA just make trouble on the periphery.
- #TeamCIA - This team is smaller. CIA has infrastructure and methods for the job, but has been underfunded and mismanaged.
Bush gets smacked around, as is custom. However, the author has harsh assessments of Obama. To wit, perhaps weº didn't give him enough credit as a ruthless killer of brown people around the Middle East. The extrajudicial killing of Anwar al-Awlaki and his son, both US citizens, is a central part of the book. The Bush admin harassed al-Awlaki. Obama vaporized him and his kid. I probably cheered it at the tim. The author makes a strong case that al-Awlaki had nothing to do with 9/11 hijackers, as alleged. - #TeamFBI - FBI was doing things the right was, but was undermined by the CIA and underutilized by policymakers.
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Got my woke on too.
Warrior Cop was probably the better of the two, because it covered more. Some shocking stats on SWAT team usage. It triggered my libertarian sensibilities pretty good.
I Can't Breathe, a story well-told. The way Eric Garner was killed is pretty fucked up.
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Just create another google account like "twogaydadsintohardcore@gmail.com"(probably taken) and then have THAT account share the doc. That's what I did for the first couple of podcasts.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
I’ll add them and figure out a way to post the Google sheet without Doxing myself.ThomasFremont said:Those were books I’d read recently that I liked.
Official recommendation list would include:
Blood Meridian
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1984
The Thrawn trilogy
1776
The Hunt for Red October
Moneyball
The Right Stuff
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The late @Crow_T_Robot might appreciate Sowell's tracing of what is essentially Fast Strategy culture in the South to the shitty parts of Great Britain. Good book. -
Reading currently: For whom the bell tolls
Was reading: The Plague by Albert Camus but had to put it down when shit got real in February or so, been slowly getting back into that.
Other shit I've been picking up and putting down this year: Democracy in America, the Elminster series from Forgotten Realms(DnD nerd shit), Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond(can't have a desert compound without water)
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@UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?
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Longer than it needed to be, don't remember a ton from it except: Mosquitos exist primarily unto themselves, not a major food source for birds or bats; and they carry nasty diseases sometimes, wear long sleeves. The end. -
Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?GrundleStiltzkin said:@UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE
At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV
I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.
Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.
Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.
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Wall Street stuff, I guess, not from a picking stalks standpoont, but systems & such.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?GrundleStiltzkin said:@UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE
At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV
I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.
Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.
Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s -
Autisticpotd.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Wall Street stuff, I guess, not from a picking stalks standpoont, but systems & such.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?GrundleStiltzkin said:@UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE
At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV
I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.
Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.
Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s -
but irregardless, A Random Walk Down Wall Street will make you both hate finance but also make you marvel at the efficiency of a decentralized system.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Autisticpotd.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Wall Street stuff, I guess, not from a picking stalks standpoont, but systems & such.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?GrundleStiltzkin said:@UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE
At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV
I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.
Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.
Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s -
1834 kilometers of fiber from Chicago Mercantile to NYSE. Fastest route through the Allegheny.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Autisticpotd.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Wall Street stuff, I guess, not from a picking stalks standpoont, but systems & such.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?GrundleStiltzkin said:@UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE
At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV
I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.
Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.
Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s
1834. Saves 2.4 microseconds.
1834.
Fastest.
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Hold placed.UW_Doog_Bot said:
but irregardless, A Random Walk Down Wall Street will make you both hate finance but also make you marvel at the efficiency of a decentralized system.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Autisticpotd.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Wall Street stuff, I guess, not from a picking stalks standpoont, but systems & such.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?GrundleStiltzkin said:@UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE
At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV
I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.
Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.
Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s -
Taibbi is THE guy to read when it comes to the 2008 financial crisis. He was doing amazing work for Rolling Stone back then.GrundleStiltzkin said:Got my woke on too.
Warrior Cop was probably the better of the two, because it covered more. Some shocking stats on SWAT team usage. It triggered my libertarian sensibilities pretty good.
I Can't Breathe, a story well-told. The way Eric Garner was killed is pretty fucked up.
Recommend both.
