What I have learned today [2015/7/9]

1. More humane or natural funeral services are being offered. Personally, I think we should respect the dead but not spend a fortune.

2. Russians miss cheese after economic sanctions. Free trade is the way to go. Hope Putin stops the empire building.

3. Caffeine simulates muscle contractions in the large intestines that can increase the urge to go to the bathroom. Not going to drink so much coffee, when I have important business :p

4. A Detroit doctor faces health care fraud where he even treated healthy patients with Chemo. This is just sad. Stealing is already bad but causing more harm by putting patients into Chemo? Wow...better pray for this doctor and his victims. Also, always go to at least three doctors before deciding to get critical treatment.

5. Russians cannot have enough Teslas. Well...I guess they have to showoff wealth someway...Wish the rich Russians spent their money on investments and helping the poor.

 

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What I have learned today [2015/5/29]

1. Many traders have not seen a rate hike. Yup, this will be interesting. Hopefully, the older generation traders can help them so there is no panic.

2. Nostalgia increases creativity. I have not read the study but it seems to make sense. Thinking about the past makes you think more deeper and in detail and also you look at the past in another perspective, hopefully in a more mature sense. Also, you have the benefit of hindsight, which should help you think better and more analytically.

3. Swiss cheese hols disappeared as fully automated milking systems eliminated the growth of small hay particles that created holes in the cheese.

4. China is subsidizing inefficient farming, creating waste and pollution.

5. Paris city hall workers will cut the locks in Pont des Arts due to the concerns about stress on the bridge.

6.  Roughly 8,000 Chinese students were expelled from US colleges in 2014 mainly for cheating and low grades. This is not really a high number but still it concerning because China does not have its test centers due to cheating scandals. It is time that we stop academic dishonesty.

7.  Awesome pictures showing why archaeology is so cool and inspiring.




*From Snapshot Serengeti