I guess I'm a Republican now. How depressing. In a nutshell: the law here requires a referendum to raise the sales tax. The Twins got the state legislature to pass an exemption, because they thought the referendum wouldn't pass (!), and got their stadium. Now the Vikings want the same exemption, and some Democrats are saying they should get it. Damn rich team owners sucking at the public teat.
- Dan F
Interesting that researchers are trying to rigorously analyze this, though I don't think this result adds much to our understanding by itself. Also, that I didn't recognize many of the 50 top companies listed from the 147.
- Dan F
Interesting article. The question of the impact of this tight web of ownership is interesting. I'd love to see a Freakonomics-style analysis of whether the web of ownership appears to create economically inefficient behaviors, such as collusion. One idea mentioned in the article (taxing the trans-nationals to reduce the amount of tight interconnection) seems like a complete fail. The...
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- John Riedl
Best (long) article I've ever read about how Minneapolis has become light-years more bike friendly in the last 5-10 years. Voted #1 in the U.S. by Bicyling magazine. Lots of data about how many people bike, how many bike in the winter, the many different communities and approaches to biking, fun videos about great geographical features (midtown greenway, Sabo bridge). I have biked in many of these areas, and share the experiences and excitement of the author at how well things are going. Better than I knew. If nothing else, watch the videos. Pretty short and gives you a sense. Via Max.
- Dan F
Nice article about optional typing. I say, more types, more asserts, is more better. They seem to have done it pretty well if what you want is optional typing.
- Dan F
No more social features in Reader. Let's hope it translates to Google+ in some reasonable way. Almost everything I read is from Reader friends or Reddit. Via Wyatt and JT.
- Dan F