New Yorker magazine alert thread

otoh the whole thing kind of sets off a lot of libertarian alarms in my head but still

Yeah, in the article, the people who are ideologically all over it are the ones who are against fiat money, but, like, from my layperson's understanding, bitcoin doesn't have a fixed value/isn't backed by Ron Paul bucks??

bitcoins are like, if money was backed by gold but we could magically conjure up a pound of gold every few days or so

Enjoyed thing about Lexicon, the naming agency, although a lot of the 'insights' seemed kind of obvious and intuitive.

some1 transcribe the whole article itt

which one, bitcoin?

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bitcoin dot pdf

o wow

It took me a good two or three weeks to notice that my subscription had run out. Tsk on you, New Yorker, for being off your game!

not new yorker but for fans of the grann article about the guy who was executed for arson in texas

http://discovermagazine.com/2011/nov/12-spark-truth-science-bring-justice-arson-trials

there was an amazing frontline or some pbs show ep years ago abt arson investigation, i wont say more for fear of spoiling it but its truly amazing

not the recent one abt the guy

ah it was actually nova

In the vein of Midwest pharmacist, here's an article about an Indian cow broker (paywall).

NOVA: Hunt For the Serial Arsonist << recommend

In the vein of Midwest pharmacist, here's an article about an Indian cow broker (paywall).

― hounds heidegger (Leee), Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:34 PM (7 minutes ago)

just started reading this actually, seems promising

i liked that one - the part where his family admits they partially blame his line of work for his son's death was kind of heartbreaking

you seem to be a few weeks behind too, what's your excuse?

my issues have been arriving hella late

my excuse is i lost my mail key and haven't seen the inside of my mailbox in 2.5 weeks

ipad, bro

Some choice: do I want to pay a $400 premium to make sure I read each issue of my $40 New Yorker subscription on time?

yes, it is a shame there's so little you can do with an ipad except read the new yorker, but what can you do?

in any case, my point is that it tends to release on the pad the day before they distribute by mail.

forks takes time out from polishing his monocle and lighting cigars with hundred dollar bills to frown grumpily at those of us unable to drop $400+ on an iPad

There's a lot that you can do on your iPad ... that I can also do on my phone ... that I can also do on my computer ...

or you can get a kindle for $100 and pay $3 a month and get the issues the day before they mail also

That is so cart before the horse to me.

Or you could already own a Nook and be kinda fucked on that front, so continue reading your hard copies as they come in.

So for the cost of approximately a three year subscription to the New Yorker, you can get it a few days early?

FYI you're only screwed if you have a Nook Color; the New Yorker is available for the original Nook.

I do have the Color so, yeah, still screwed. I do sometimes regret the Nook because of missing out on a few things like this, but otoh I love it because it worked out perfectly for me by being sort of a midpoint between a reader and a table - i.e. I can still access the internet and use apps with it.

or you can go work in the printing press where they actually MAKE the new yorker and read it really quickly as it comes down the line

this option actually EARNS you money

aw nook color reminds me of game boy color /lolyoung

I had a game boy color and a game boy pocket and a game boy advance and a DS boy nintendo really got a lot of money out of me

I only ever had the original Game Boy. Played the shit out of some Mario Golf on that thing.

my ipad screen is all cracked up top from where i dropped it
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anybody read that (long) piece on art pope and the influence of money in north carolina state politics?

i think i almost finished it and then got distracted. iirc it was v depressing? i maybe mentioned it upthread bc i needed to repeat the line about "mucho taxo adios senor!" that was up on a shopped poster of a dem opponent.

i read it -- was kind of curious what aero thought of it

fucken tar heels amirite

noticed him popping up in the news a bunch after that. was very happy to see that most of the wake county school board members he was backing were recently voted out:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-carmichael/populist-backlash-crushes_b_1006307.html

you seem to be a few weeks behind too, what's your excuse?

Most of my (dwindling) free time reading has been focused (or focussed, going by TNY's style guide (blah)) on catching up on ASOIAF, which means I'm piling up my issues in my room. Also, I think my delivery is now a full week behind -- the one with the Wall Street fat cats occupying Wall Street on the cover only arrived on Monday.

anybody read that (long) piece on art pope and the influence of money in north carolina state politics?

Yeah, finished that last week (hah), imo vital companion piece to her article on the Kochs. But yeah, maddeningly depressing -- Pope is supposed to be wonkish and well-lettered, yet he can't resist throwing around indisputable falsities and fallacies (lol Republicans).

favorite part of the art pope one was where he's saying he's not an heir, he just happened to buy out his dad's equity at the company after working there for his whole adult life. clearly something anybody who was as smart and hard working as he was could have done.

i thought the short lethem piece this week was really strong

some historical dynamite in this planned parenthood piece

did anyone read the mindy kaling thing serialised a few weeks back, btw? i'm kinda behind & need an endorsement before tracking down & uncrumpling whichever issue it was in

it was a shouts and murmurs, right? i remember enjoying it but it was pretty light and i don't remember anything about it today

idk, i just saw her on the daily show & realised i'd missed an issue. i'm really behind though generally, i shamefully couldn't motivate myself to engage with the money issue, which is deeply shallow of me & apparently meant i missed out on that article about maybe an indian guy, i forget

the money issue was great! from it i'd recommend, if memory serves, the article you mentioned, the bitcoin piece, the piece on keynes, and (i think) atul gawande's piece on coaching

ty man. am going away for a couple of weeks & will pack a couple to catchup, will def make a concerted effort with it. the bitcoin one sounded amusing.

the pp article i mentioned before is good, btw; better historically then on the present (which it depicts as a kind of doubly partisan gridlock, which i don't think is totally accurate). i kinda "met" c3cil3 r1chard5 once, she talked to a bunch of us in ny, she was v inspirational

the bitcoin piece was really really good

kaling is super light just in general. her ny piece was wafer thin.
i'll also cosign on the money issue, it was fucking great front to back. The cattle broker! Bitcoin! The Carolinian powerbroker!