These People Are Responsible for the Cranberry Sauce You Love to Hate
https://www.wsj.com/business/ocean-spray-cranberries-cooperative-thanksgiving-c57febfc?mod=mhp [www.wsj.com]
2023-11-23 03:50
tags:
business
food
And if we’re talking cranberries, we have to start with Ocean Spray’s canned, jellied cranberry sauce, that jiggly staple of the Thanksgiving table. Somehow this cylindrical blob of sweet, glistening, ruby tartness has become synonymous with America’s most gluttonous day. You know it and love it, unless you hate it, in which case you might use homemade sauce cooked with some of the trillion cranberries that the company’s owners grew. Either way, Ocean Spray wins.
Her Packard Is a Work of Art That’s Hard to Park
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/her-packard-is-a-work-of-art-thats-hard-to-park-43123015 [www.wsj.com]
2023-09-16 03:13
tags:
cars
photos
Linda Velasco’s larger-than-life 1934 Packard evokes classic Hollywood; ‘It is almost like Errol Flynn is with you in the passenger seat’
‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Review: Paging Dr. Chance
https://www.wsj.com/articles/random-acts-of-medicine-review-paging-dr-chance-877170ec [www.wsj.com]
2023-08-06 22:14
tags:
book
hoipolloi
ideas
life
science
People who end up in the emergency room complaining of chest pains a few weeks before their 40th birthday are very similar to people who end up in the emergency room with chest pains a few weeks after their 40th birthday. But on a chart, the former are 39 years old and the latter are 40.
The point of these studies isn’t to titter or sigh at the peculiarities of human reasoning but to use these natural experiments to estimate the effect of medical procedures. If the only reason that near-18 and 18-year-olds are prescribed opioids differently is the semantics of “child” and “adult,” then we can use the discontinuity in prescriptions as a natural experiment—it’s as if prescribing around the age of 18 were randomly assigned. The authors find, for example, that compared to the just-under-18s, the just-over-18s were 12.6% more likely to later be diagnosed for an opioid-related adverse event such as an overdose. The greater rate of overdose is valuable information—but imagine the difficulty of trying to convince an Institutional Review Board that it would be ethical to randomly prescribe opioids to young people.
source: MR
The Padres Owe Fernando Tatís Jr. $340 Million. He Owes an Investment Fund Millions From His Payday.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fernando-tatis-jr-340-million-investment-fund-padres-11613732572 [www.wsj.com]
2021-02-19 19:58
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business
life
sports
Tatís signed a contract with Big League Advance, an unusual investment fund that pays minor-league players money up front in exchange for a share of their future MLB earnings.
The Big League Advance payouts aren’t loans. If the player never reaches the majors, he doesn’t have to reimburse the money, and Big League Advance loses its stake. When a player turns into a MLB star like Tatís, Big League Advance receives a huge payout. In effect, Tatís is now funding a bunch of minor-leaguers who will never make it. It’s similar to a venture capital fund that backs lots of startups that fail, in return for a gigantic payday from getting in early on a company like Facebook or Uber.
Venture capital for all the things.
'A Million Random Digits' Was a Number-Cruncher’s Bible. Now One Has Exposed Flaws in the Disorder.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rand-million-random-digits-numbers-book-error-11600893049 [www.wsj.com]
2020-09-25 03:25
tags:
investigation
random
retro
A 1955 Rand Corp. book had a reputation as the go-to source for figures used by pollsters, analysts, researchers; engineer Gary Briggs has ruined it
I would say ruined is more than a bit strong, but good story.
Mr. Briggs hypothesized a technician dropped cards and put them back in the wrong order. He envisioned running computer simulations to re-create the error by moving a card or two out of place.
Holy Heck! Fiddlesticks! Amid Coronavirus, Potty Talk Torments Sports
https://www.wsj.com/articles/holy-heck-fiddlesticks-amid-coronavirus-potty-talk-torments-sports-11597931882 [www.wsj.com]
2020-08-20 16:23
tags:
essay
language
media
sports
This is a column about curse words, and the deployment of curse words in sports. Don’t worry: I’m not going to use a curse word here. At least none of the really good ones. I might use a drat, a rats, a Fudgesicles, or a phooey, or, if I get really agitated—and this is just a warning to the kids at home, curled up reading a print newspaper, as kids do—a gadzooks. But I’m not going to say $*#$@!. Or %&#*!, *#$#@, or #*$!(@%. And definitely not #$*#@*^!.
Google Erases Thousands of Links, Tricked by Phony Complaints
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-dmca-copyright-claims-takedown-online-reputation-11589557001 [www.wsj.com]
2020-05-15 20:49
tags:
article
factcheck
policy
valley
web
Dubious copyright claims citing 1998 law led the search giant to make unfavorable articles vanish
Google removed search links to the Vietnamese-language article after someone identifying as Long Hoang filed a complaint claiming the piece violated the copyright on an identical blog post about the tourists dated October 20, 2019, more than four months before the unnamed Britons visited. The blog consists of only eight posts, all cited in copyright complaints filed with Google.
Wanted: Somewhere, Anywhere, to Store Lots of Cheap Oil
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wanted-somewhere-anywhere-to-store-lots-of-cheap-oil-11589207580 [www.wsj.com]
2020-05-11 18:12
tags:
business
energy
Storage schemes get creative, with would-be investors looking to sock it away in giant pools, caves or anywhere else
The ‘War on Runners’ Is Getting Hot and Sweaty
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-war-on-runners-is-getting-hot-and-sweaty-11588597865 [www.wsj.com]
2020-05-04 14:37
tags:
essay
life
I’ve honestly never seen people more excited for walks. It’s the Great American Walk Renaissance. Even the dogs are like: OK, this is getting to be a bit much.
This is why the Big Walk is usually the highlight of the day, right up there with the 4:59 p.m. bourbon.
As for the runners…OK, let’s deal with the runners, because the runners are getting a lot of grief right now. Some folks are getting steamed at the runners—social media teems with accounts of runners barreling around sidewalks like getaway cars from a bank heist, weaving among pedestrians, not adhering to rules of safe distance and personal space. People are getting so mad at runners, they’re starting to call them “joggers,” which runners really hate, because a “runner” is someone committed to fitness, and a “jogger” is someone who waddles around in sweatpants while eating a turkey leg.
Coronavirus Mutations Map the Global Outbreak
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/coronavirus-mutations-map-the-global-outbreak/ [www.wsj.com]
2020-04-30 23:05
tags:
biology
maps
visualization
For the first time during a global outbreak, scientists have been able to use genomic data in real time to track how a virus is traveling around the world, revealing sources of outbreaks and shedding light on cases with unknown origins.
By identifying mutations in the genetic sequence of samples of the coronavirus, which are markers for various strains, researchers have offered clues to whether some cases came from a local source or elsewhere in the world.
WSJ Jigsaw Puzzle
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/wsj-jigsaw-puzzle/ [www.wsj.com]
2020-04-23 21:45
tags:
design
gaming
media
Play our game and also read more about these famous faces, quirky news subjects and other images in the stipple style
I appreciate that it works on phones.
The Panic of 2020? Oh, I Made a Ton of Money—and So Did You
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-panic-of-2020-oh-i-made-a-ton-of-moneyand-so-did-you-11584716442 [www.wsj.com]
2020-03-21 00:05
tags:
factcheck
ideas
life
Hindsight bias suggests that one day you’ll look back on all of this and... lie
In a classic experiment in 1972, researchers asked people to estimate the likelihood that various positive and negative outcomes might result from President Richard Nixon’s upcoming trips to China and Russia that year. We now call those visits “historic” because they thawed decades of hostility between the U.S. and the communist powers. In advance, no one knew whether the trips would accomplish anything. About two weeks after Nixon’s visits, 71% of people recalled putting better odds on his success than they had at the time. Four months on, 81% remembered being more sure Nixon would succeed than they had said beforehand.
In short, learning what did happen impedes you from retrieving what you thought would happen.
Quite a few studies in this area, all with the same result.
Admit It: You Have a Box of Cords You’ll Never, Ever Use Again
https://www.wsj.com/articles/admit-it-you-have-a-box-of-cords-youll-never-ever-use-again-11578590154 [www.wsj.com]
2020-01-10 02:06
tags:
life
tech
There’s a box that moved with Sarah Loveless and her husband from San Diego to Charleston, S.C., from Charleston to Dallas and from Dallas to Richland, Wash. The box, never unpacked, went into a closet or the garage each time. Contents: 20 to 30 electronics cords.
In Carlos Ghosn’s Escape, Plotters Exploited an Airport Security Hole
https://www.wsj.com/articles/plotters-exploited-airport-security-hole-in-ghosns-escape-11578270953 [www.wsj.com]
2020-01-06 18:06
tags:
flying
hoipolloi
opsec
Our Favorite Rides of 2019
https://www.wsj.com/articles/our-favorite-rides-of-2019-11577720932 [www.wsj.com]
2019-12-31 03:55
tags:
cars
links
photos
Every week The Wall Street Journal’s My Ride column profiles vehicles and their owners, with surprising back stories. Here’s a look back at 2019.
A young Studebaker fan, a historic race car made newly famous by a Matt Damon movie and a Corvette expert’s Corvette are among the My Ride column’s highlights this year
A Decade of ‘Unicorns’ Ends With a Little Less Magic
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-decade-of-unicorns-ends-with-a-little-less-magic-11576630801 [www.wsj.com]
2019-12-19 02:27
tags:
business
finance
valley
visualization
Despite their growing numbers and valuations, the performance of unicorns has been a mixed bag. On the whole, an investor in the second half of the decade was likelier to have put money into a unicorn that was unprofitable and whose value has dropped as a public company than an investor in the decade’s first half, The Wall Street Journal found.
source: ML
The Berlin Wall Fell 30 Years Ago. Where Did It Go?
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/the-berlin-wall-fell-30-years-ago-where-did-it-go/ [www.wsj.com]
2019-11-06 23:32
tags:
history
maps
slides
visualization
NCAA Clears Way for Athletes to Be Compensated
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ncaa-clears-way-to-allow-athletes-to-be-compensated-11572372807 [www.wsj.com]
2019-10-29 19:07
tags:
academia
business
sports
The move came amid growing pressure from legislators, a month after California passed a law requiring schools in the state to allow college athletes to earn endorsement money, and represents a stark shift in policy.
In a concession the NCAA had long resisted, the organization’s governing board directed its three divisions to immediately consider changing the rules governing such benefits for athletes, and to make all such changes no later than January 2021.
California Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Earn Money
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-governor-signs-bill-allowing-college-athletes-to-earn-endorsement-money-11569855344 [www.wsj.com]
2019-09-30 16:21
tags:
academia
business
policy
sports
Goldman Sachs Tries Banking for the Masses. It’s Been a Struggle.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/goldman-sachs-tries-banking-for-the-masses-its-been-a-struggle-11569643252 [www.wsj.com]
2019-09-28 14:47
tags:
business
finance
valley
Goldman’s new consumer bank, which operates under the brand Marcus, has lost $1.3 billion since launching in 2016. It spent heavily to buy startups and cloud-storage space, hire hundreds of techies, and build call centers in Utah and Texas. Loans have gone bad at a higher rate than that of rivals.
A credit card developed with Apple Inc. was a coup, but a costly one: Thousands of engineers across Goldman were diverted to finish it in time for an August debut, delaying other projects. Apple ads for the card carried the phrase: “Designed by Apple, not a bank”—a line that didn’t appear in a giant banner ad in Goldman’s lobby this fall.
Plus some other interesting details in here.