Of interest (Sun, Feb 6th, 10am)

Video: Uncontacted Tribe in Brazilian Jungle | Wired Science | Wired.com
Videos like this, released by tribal advocacy group Survival International and produced by the BBC’s Human Planet program, are legal proof that uncontacted tribes still exist, and deserve protection.

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Dropbox on Quora
[Grasping Reality with Both Hands - J. Bradford DeLong]

Best answers so far:
"(15) Dropbox: Why is Dropbox more popular than other tools with similar functionality?"
Michael Wolfe:
"Well, let's take a step back and think about the sync problem and what the ideal solution for it would do:
"There would be a folder.You'd put your stuff in it.It would sync.
"They built that.
"Why didn't anyone else build that?  I have no idea…"

entrepreneurship

Earl Warren-1952: Calls out Right Wing Extremists
[Crooks and Liars - Newstalgia dept. - Gordonskene]

Gov. Earl Warren:“I wasn’t pointing that at anybody, I was stating it as a fact, that there is a group in our party that is extremely reactionary, that would like to turn the clock back to former days if it could do so. . . . 
"You folks know exactly what I mean. You know the people who believe that anything that is done for them represents social progress but if it’s done for anybody else it represents socialism."

extremism

10 Things Conservatives Don’t Want You To Know About Ronald Reagan
…the 100th anniversary of President Reagan’s birth…
1. Reagan was a serial tax raiser. [proof redacted]2. Reagan nearly tripled the federal budget deficit. [proof redacted]3. Unemployment soared after Reagan’s 1981 tax cuts. [proof... you get the idea]4. Reagan grew the size of the federal government tremendously. 5. Reagan did little to fight [abortion].6. Reagan was a “bellicose peacenik.” 7. Reagan gave amnesty to 3 million undocumented immigrants.8. Reagan illegally funneled weapons to Iran.9. Reagan vetoed a comprehensive anti-Apartheid act.10. Reagan helped create the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden.

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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]

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