Technology
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Press Releases We’d Like to See: Iceland Embraces the Bitcoin Economy
Continuing our series of monetary-themed press releases we’d like to see (but probably won’t): Iceland Embraces the Bitcoin EconomyUnveils comprehensive program for 21st century financial leadership REYKJAVIK, Iceland — May 1, 2013 — The Republic of Iceland today announced a comprehensive program to make Iceland the leading nation state in the emerging Bitcoin economy. “Bitcoin…
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IBM: How Much Longer Do the Good Times Last?
by mcdlttx I have not written about IBM for a while (or really anything ;-), but one of my recurring themes is IBM’s wholesale transition from what was once the world’s premier technology company (admittedly this was decades ago, but their relative and inflation-adjusted historical dominance is clear) into a financial engineering company.…
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The Rise of the Machines – A Reading List
A recurring theme from this summer’s reading: The Fear Index – Robert HarrisHarris is best known for relatively highbrow historical thrillers spanning ancient Rome to the Second World War but has been inhabiting the present of late. Here he delivers a taut thriller where a quant hedge fund’s black box moves beyond trading the markets…