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How the Paleolithic #Diet Got Trendy
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/stone-soup #Paleo may look faddish, yet you could argue the reverse: agriculture is a fad

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Paleo may look like a food fad, and yet you could argue that it’s really just the reverse. Anatomically modern humans have, after all, been around for about two hundred thousand years. The genus Homo goes back another two million years or so. On the timescale of evolutionary history, it’s agriculture that’s the fad.
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Annals of Alimentation JULY 28, 2014 ISSUE
Stone Soup

AIs Have Mastered #Chess. Will Go Be Next?
http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence/ais-have-mastered-chess-will-go-be-next Random MC tree search now necessary for evaluating board position

Randomness could trump expertise in this ancient game of strategy

[#Truvia] Sweetener Is Toxic To Fruit Flies
http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/web/2014/06/Sweetener-Toxic-Fruit-Flies.html … #Xylitol kills dogs; #diet & #health

New York Yankees

Team Value: $2,500 M
Team Value calculated March 2014

At a Glance

Owner: Steinbrenner Family
Championships: 27
Price Paid: $10 M
Year Purchased: 1973
Revenue : $461 M
Operating Income : $-9.1 M
Debt/Value : 1%
Player Expenses : $225 M

http://www.forbes.com/teams/new-york-yankees

http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/14/07/31/rumor_apples_iphone_6_to_launch_on_oct_14_as_part_of_busy_month.html

.@evgenymorozov’s the internet of things could destroy the welfare
state http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/rise-of-data-death-of-politics-evgeny-morozov-algorithmic-regulation Insurance replacing ads as a business model

The rise of data and the death of politics

Lower premiums for insurance for good behavior in an algorithmic state

We’ll be closely monitored and …
the government will insure the transferability of our reputation

President #Obama Admits to Losing His Mind Over Chips & #Guacamole http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/07/president-obama-guacamole.html A tasty dish, though not so great for one’s #diet

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/stone-soup

iPhone, iPad, Mac Buyer’s Guide: Know When to Buy
Good roundup for every model…
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Retina_MacBook_Pro

Speed bump for Retina macbook pros…
http://m.tuaw.com/2014/07/29/retina-macbook-pro-gets-a-processor-bump-across-the-line

http://www.genomeweb.com/informatics/nih-working-revised-policy-permit-dbgap-data-analysis-cloud