Interesting reads
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Panama disease and bananas
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2017/12/27/banana-fungus-panama-disease/
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@chris-b said in Interesting reads:
https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/
Detailed crime story of how the FBI hunted down the founder of "Silk Road" (darknet market for selling drugs).
It's pretty long, but well told with some decent character development of the key players.
That was an awesome read Chris B. Wired have some great long pieces.
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New York City’s crime lab has been a pioneer nationally in analyzing especially difficult DNA samples. But the recent disclosure of the source code for its proprietary software is raising new questions about accuracy.
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Face facts. The west that won the cold war no longer exists
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@bones said in Interesting reads:
@jegga haven't read this yet, but reminded me of the fascinating Dollop episode on Uber.
Cheers, never heard of dollop before will check it out.
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@rocky-rockbottom I've read a couple of his other articles. They were pretty good. Not saying i agreed with everything he had to say, but certainly made me think about why i didn't agree.
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@antipodean I was working at a place that was playing his interviews on the radio every week or so. Seemed like a top bloke, good to read the full story .
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