I watched this last night, while plausible it's hard to digest that a simple accounting technique caused so much mayhem. The real truth about the 2008 financial crisis | Brian S. Wesbury ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrFSO62p0jk Dec 3, 2014 - Uploaded by TEDx Talks This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The Great ...

It's not the main point of the article, but I see in the middle of this essay another signal that it's time to end all income discriminating social programs and replace it with a flat guaranteed income system. https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-people-dont-get-about-the-u-s-working-class

The inventor of the Roomba, is developing a bot to weed your garden.   In the near future it will be able to test soil, moisture and send garden health updates to your smartphone.

Wire-framing is the process of mocking up what an app could look like once it is prototyped.  Lots of friends have approached me with ideas about apps and the main strategy I suggest is to learn wireframing.  The more clearly you can illustrate what you want to build, the faster you can find someone with programming and UX skills to join the project.  The more clear the app concept the faster and more affordable the development will be.   With that said, I went through the process of learning LucidChart since it's a multipurpose diagramming tool that includes wireframing.   At first test, LucidChart's main advantage over Google Slides is the library of shapes that come included.   However, if you are willing to do lots of image hunting yourself you can get by on the free version of Google Slides.   LucidChart is probably worth the $8/month if you need to import/export quite a bit to Visio. Also, there's a few extra tools to easily connect shapes...

Two brothers are shaping innovation of the early 21st century:  Elon Musk in energy, and multiplanetary travel, Kimbal musk in food. http://www.eater.com/2016/6/29/12013076/kimbal-musk-restaurant-new-kitchen-kitchenette

California can safely donate 120,000 Democratic voters to Florida and remain a Democratic stronghold by a couple million voters.  The Sales Pitch:  You will save $100's of thousands on an equivalent mortgage. You will save 13% on state income taxes.   You will save $100's monthly on rent. The water is nice and warm.  Thunderstorms wash the dog poop off the sidewalks almost daily. 

Well that just happened. Good News: Mike Pence isn't Dick Cheney. Although, he considers Cheney a role model, Pence doesn't have deep ties to Big Oil, the CIA, or Halliburton or other companies that made billions on the Iraq War. ( Pense wiki ) Medical and Recreational Marijuana won in several states,  which means $ billions taken away from drug cartels, millions of American won't have their freedom taken from them for a nonviolent drug offense, and $ billions in new tax revenue for the respective states ( mashable ). Bad Things I doubt will happen: Shutting off immigration isn't likely.  The new First Lady, at least, is an immigrant from Eastern Europe.  ( Melania Trump wiki ) weak argument but I'm hopeful.  Marriage Equality and Bathroom law (whatever that issue is called) won't be overturned. Peter Thiel the biggest tech celebrity supporting Trump's campaign with $1.25 million helped make Gay Republican a recognized thing at the Republican...

It's the fastest site I've found for figuring out how to vote in any district: https://www.vote.org/