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Ponzi & Facebook

An excellent read on how Facebook keeps growing it's market and increasing it's "value":

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/07/facebook-mark-zuckerbergs-fake-accounts-ponzi-scheme.html

I gave it up, then recreated it, don't play that game but in the Kootenays it was a way for people to find you (many of whom couldn't afford a phone). And find the good parties...

 

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Category: Link of the day
Created: 23 July 2019

The New Prospectors

Just a link to a topic of interest. Not exactly how I approach it, and while I scoff at a 4 ounce summer it's still 4 ounces better than I've ever done...

Link: https://www.topic.com/the-new-prospectors

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Category: Link of the day
Created: 14 July 2019

Wal-Mart owns Value Village

I was sad to learn this. But it was never a favorite thrift shop, just another one on the route, a little more expensive than most, but it just made my treasure hunting a lot easier.

Link: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/12/20/25643598/value-village-brings-in-1-billion-a-year-and-gives-very-little-to-charity

Yeah, you wonder but never get around to googling it and when finally you do this is what you find out. Never again.

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Created: 11 June 2019

Diamonds in Alberta

I've been telling everyone, but nobody believes me. Then they send me articles that confirm what I already know:

Link: https://edmontonjournal.com/business/local-business/david-staples-new-thinking-in-diamond-exploration-points-to-beautiful-stones-in-alberta

Of course, arguably the best proof would be a mason jar filled with them, but I'll be getting on that soon enough...

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Category: Link of the day
Created: 25 May 2019
  1. The Peculiar Blindness of Experts
  2. The Arctic
  3. Fearing for His Life
  4. The Psychiatrist Who Believed People Could Tell the Future

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