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Some news are still worth to remember even when it goes old.

Ecownomics

Listen environmentalist and animal right activities. Factory farming is more environmental friendly for milk cows. It uses less water, releases less green house gas and produces more milk.

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Google Warns of China Exit Over Hacking

Bravo to Google. They really live up to their corporate motto: “Don’t do evil”. They have the guts say no to the Chinese government. No one know where history will lead, but Google may very well trigger the fall of the communist party.

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Y2K Bug Ten Years (Plus Six) Late

It would be interesting to find out what is the bug that causes the six years difference. Maybe it is just a stupid typo. The character 6 and 0 looks quite similar if you use a very small font.

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Secrets of the Economist’s Trade

I think I have the potential to be an economist, I think I am as cheap as them. Next time when my wife complains about me being cheap, I can tell her I am just concern about economy efficient.

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Tongue twisters

I always thought Chinese is the most difficult language to learn with its tonic pronunciation and different writing system than European languages. It turns out the grammar rules of the most difficult language is way more complicate than Chinese. I am a believer of universal language theory, why the world need so many languages. It would be a lot more convenient if everyone speaks the same tongue. But, I may revise my position after I take philosophy of language.

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