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Why Moore's Law, not mobility, is killing the PC
I think they're more or less right here - with a slower pace of change visible to consumers now that manufacturers have had to work on parallelizing things more rather than simply increasing the speed of a central component there isn't as big a rush to upgrade anymore.
Too big to make money?
"Profits of top 5 U.S. banks by assets, with and without taxpayer subsidy." This covers the past 10 year time frame and looks pretty mediocre.
Stop Requiring College Degrees
A deceptively titled article asserts that "Nearly 30% of Americans with associate's degrees now make more than those with bachelor's degrees" - given the irrelevance to many jobs of the subjects studied by bachelors degree holders perhaps that's a sign of progress.
Fla. high school student reportedly suspended after disarming gunman
Zero-tolerance policies for the win?