{"id":112,"date":"2013-08-07T20:11:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T10:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/?p=112"},"modified":"2013-08-07T20:11:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T10:11:26","slug":"this-week-i-learned-8-7-august-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/2013\/08\/this-week-i-learned-8-7-august-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week I Learned #8 &#8211; 7 August 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.piie.com\/publications\/opeds\/oped.cfm?ResearchID=2450\">The global economy is now distinctly Victorian<\/a>,&#8221; a very interesting read.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rakeshsharma\/2013\/08\/02\/will-ups-succeed-in-popularizing-3d-printing\/\">UPS to trial 3D printing in several stores<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/VwFq5zl6nA\">The moon affects our sleep patterns, even when we can&#8217;t see it.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-23546412\">An interesting profile of Machiavelli<\/a>. Amazon is selling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00433T3R6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00433T3R6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=petersacom-20\">the Kindle version of Tim Parks<\/a>&#8216; very good, clear translation for just $2!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/schumpeter\/2013\/08\/interview-george-mitchell?fsrc=rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20economist%2FZtnh%20%28Blog%20-%20Schumpeter%29\">An interview with the late George Mitchell<\/a>, shale gas pioneer.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2013\/08\/holy-sht-smart-toilet-hack-attack\/\">The problem with this smart toilet is that it can be hacked<\/a>: &#8220;Attackers could cause the unit to unexpectedly open\/close the lid, [or] activate\u00c2\u00a0bidet or air-dry functions, causing discomfort or distress to user.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/gulliver\/2013\/08\/taxi-apps\">This app tries to solve the problem with hailing taxis<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Bezos has bought the Washington Post, and the whole internet is talking about it. Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/jackshafer\/2013\/08\/05\/jeff-bezos-is-an-owner-who-knows-how-to-deliver\/\">three<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-08-05\/can-bezos-save-the-washington-post-from-print-s-dismal-economics-.html\">interesting<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/freeexchange\/2013\/08\/publishing\">takes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Articles &#8220;The global economy is now distinctly Victorian,&#8221; a very interesting read. UPS to trial 3D printing in several stores. The moon affects our sleep patterns, even when we can&#8217;t see it. An interesting profile of Machiavelli. Amazon is selling &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/2013\/08\/this-week-i-learned-8-7-august-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-week-i-learned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}