31st Aug - W/E: Off-Topic & Finnish

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OFF-TOPIC

Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Vegas – The Daily

Retracing Hunter S. Thompson’s famous steps, 40 years later.

Microbes Found Beneath Antarctic Ice: What It Means for Alien Life Hunt – Space

An Astrophysicist in Search of E.T. – WSJ

Sara Seager of MIT thinks we could be able to detect life on other planets in just 20 years

Did Tony die at the end of The Sopranos? – VOX

David Chase finally answers the question he wants fans to stop asking

40 maps that explain the Roman Empire – VOX

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Virtual Reality – The Verge

In the wake of Facebook’s purchase of Oculus VR, can this revolutionary technology triumph anew?

The Silence of the BRICS – Project Syndicate

The world, it seems, is in the grip of geopolitical anomie, with no leader, group of leaders, or institution commanding sufficient authority to restore order. For many, this global rudderlessness recalls Europe’s sleepwalk into catastrophe 100 years ago.

Europe 25 years on: Communism remembered – BBC

Life Lessons From One of the World’s Oldest Men – TIME

Charlie White, who died at 109, was able to separate the things he could control from the things that he could not.

How to fly on a private jet for under $200 per person – MarketWatch

When private jets are cheaper than budget airlines – The Telegraph

Unusually aggressive discounting means savvy travellers can now fly via private jet for less than the cost of an easyJet flight

Airlines Mull First-Class Future as Business Beds Succeed – BB

Can 'World of Warcraft' Game Skills Help Land a Job? – WSJ

Some Job Seekers Add Experiences on Role-Playing Platform to Résumés, LinkedIn

  MIL/SEC/INT

Found: The Islamic State's Terror Laptop of Doom – Foreign Policy

Buried in a Dell computer captured in Syria are lessons for making bubonic plague bombs and missives on using weapons of mass destruction.

ISIS as Start-Up: Explosive Growth, Highly Disruptive, Super-Evil – Medium

$2,000,000,000 in the bank—thanks to military victories in the past few months. ISIS has become the most well-funded terrorist group in the world

UK terror threat level raised to 'severe' – BBC

Cameron promised new legislation would make it easier to take passports from those travelling abroad to fight.

The murky world of hostage negotiations: is the price ever right? – The Guardian

Hostage-taking is big business for the pirates and terrorists who increasingly use it as a lucrative source of revenue. But, more surprisingly, business is also booming for risk management experts trying to counter it – and western insurance companies

Dive the submarine! – Daily Mail

I’ve dreamed about going on a submarine since childhood, but now that my request to join one on exercise has been granted by the Royal Navy and the Ministry of Defence, I’m nervous.

  DRUGS

The White House is spending billions to combat drugs - but drug use keeps rising – WaPo

Drug czar approaches challenge from a different angle: As a recovering alcoholic – WaPo

Is medical marijuana the answer to America’s prescription painkiller epidemic? – WaPo

States with medical marijuana laws on the books saw 24.8 percent fewer deaths from painkiller overdoses compared to states that didn't have such laws

The Rise and Fall of a Software Star – BBS

Phil Katz Loved Code - and Liquor

FINNISH

Kun kaani lähti Länteen – Takkirauta

Lauran (kok) ja Lassen (kok) tuolileikki – IL

Kaverusten keskinäinen piirileikki on poikkeuksellisen pientä jopa kokoomuslaisiksi.

Näin Suomi selviytyy – ekonomistin vinkit hallitukselle – Verkkouutiset

Ekonomisti Roger Wessmanin mielestä hallituksen pitäisi suunnata energiansa siihen, miten julkiset menot saadaan kuriin pitkällä tähtäimellä.

                     

Tutkija: Suomessa on jo suurtyöttömyys – TalSa

Suomeen voi syntyä uusi pitkäaikaistyöttömien armeija, varoittaa pitkän linjan työttömyyden tutkija.

Soppatykkisopimus vaatii täysjäsenyyttä Natossa – Jukka Hankamäki

Naton kanssa ensi viikolla allekirjoitettava yhteisymmärryspöytäkirja isäntämaana toimimisesta on todellinen käsitteellisen koreografian taidonnäyte, joka tuo mieleen YYA-sopimuksen vuodet.

Tämän takia Putinia ei pidä sanoa hulluksi – TalSa

Omaa todellisuuttaan elävä Vladimir Putin ja muut Kremlin johtajat olisi helppo leimata sekopäisiksi. Näinhän me luokittelemme nykyään Hitlerinkin, ettei meidän tarvitsisi muistaa miten halusimme hyötyä hänestä.

Agenttitarinoita ja avainsanavalvontaa – Järkilehti

Petteri Järvisen tuorein kirja pikaperehdyttää valtiolliseen verkkovakoiluun ja siltä suojautumiseen.

Suomella on liikaa velkaa, valtiolla ei – Jan Hurri / TalSa

Budjettiriihen jälkipuheet ovat korostaneet huolta valtion velkaantumisesta kuin hypnoottista loitsua. Puheiden mukaan valtiolla on jo liikaa velkaa ja siksi velan kasvu on pakko pysäyttää. Tämä perustuu kuitenkin harhaan.