Gongol.com Archives: October 2019
October 22, 2019
Money comes after human well-being
Margaret Thatcher: "[T]he better moral philosophy of the free society underlies its economic performance". Is there a blimp with a giant messageboard that we could rent to hover indefinitely over Washington, DC, with these words?
Newer cop cars may be easier to break
With the Crown Victoria gone, Iowa State Patrol cars sustain more damage than they used to: "'The thing with the Dodge Charger, it runs low in the front end,' Pierce said. 'If you sneeze on the front end of a Dodge Charger, you'll cause at least $1,500 of damage.'"
Sometimes a feature is really just a bug in disguise
Free listening devices -- er, "smart speakers" -- may not be the incentive people really wanted
You don't want this new cell-phone case
An experimental cover that feels like (and "feels", just like) skin. Ew. It's unclear why anyone would want to pinch their phone.
