Pseudo-Random Interesting Stuff

The pseudo only applies to random in the title not to interesting ;-)

Linked in report on Jobs & Salaries for 2017.  Highlights:

• STEM jobs pay the best
• Highest paid undergrad = CS (shocker), highest paid grad degree = MD (even bigger shocker haha) 
• San Fran & Seattle are tops for overall pay...NYC no longer tops 

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/blog/LinkedIn-2017-us-state-of-salary-report

Finally there’s a new approved therapy for Cancer (leukemia) that isn’t just radiation and chemo. I have seen many amazing sounding therapies but all were in experimental phase (such as 2nd link), I can't recall every seeing one finally get approved...hope this is the 1st of many! 

 

https://science.slashdot.org/story/17/08/30/1912216/fda-approves-first-cell-based-therapy-for-cancer

 

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/biological-therapy/types/gene-therapy

Now on to a Quora topic on fave math puzzles...I only took a close look at 1, this one below is very cool.  I was too tired to really dig into it so gave an educated guess, it's nearly the right answer but there is an answer a bit better but requires quite a bit more thinking and imagination to come up with it.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-favorite-math-problem-puzzle/answer/David-Prifti-1?srid=uhhZL

The rest are here, some maybe good for little kids but most better for high school kids or us grown ups

https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-favorite-math-problem-puzzle

QUORA--Are scientists on the verge of finding out how to slow down aging and increasing how long humans live?

One of my fave topics...there's some smart and very informed (esp. wrt timeliness) people on Quora so I learnt a few new things reading this topic.  I'll highlight my fave responses but feel free to peruse the rest of the answers!

Actually after reading a bunch of answers, the 2 that were my faves are probably the only 2 that are sufficiently informed...one person points out that we should focus on raising the standard of living globally before working on reversing aging.  That's a nice well intentioned thought but very naive, based on a complete missunderstanding of how the world works (but I won't go on a long tangent explaining why...).

This one is great, perhaps 2 mistakes are making such a big deal about CEO Liz Parrish (patient zero) apparent age, considering the treatment she underwent was not focused on her outward appereance.  The other is perhaps being overly cautious about everything he reports (I guess it's a refreshing change since almost all news medium's these days do the opposite!)

https://www.quora.com/Are-scientists-on-the-verge-of-finding-out-how-to-slow-down-aging-and-increasing-how-long-humans-live/answer/Roey-Tzezana?srid=uhhZL

This next one is good, well informed, with shoutouts to the guru of Aging research Aubrey de Grey. I did a quick google to checkout the poster's bonafides, didn't find anything crazy so it should be legit (confirming my educated guess).

https://www.quora.com/Are-scientists-on-the-verge-of-finding-out-how-to-slow-down-aging-and-increasing-how-long-humans-live/answer/Johnty-Andersen?srid=uhhZL

QUORA -- How do I prove to you people in 2017 that I'm a time traveller from 3060?

I've seen questions like this on Quora a few times, maybe the poster believes they are from the future maybe they are just a Troll but often some of the answers are very interesting!

Here are 2 answers I found fascinating for very different reasons, I'll say little about the first one as I don't want to destroy the aura of mystery it generates!  Can read the comments after as I'm sure you'll have questions or ask me :-)

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-prove-to-you-people-in-2017-that-Im-a-timetraveller-from-3060/answer/John-Geare?srid=uhhZL

Then this answer which is very practical, scientific...perhaps the most interesting part is the comments, especially of "Shin Daniel", this 8th grade kid seems quite smart!

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-prove-to-you-people-in-2017-that-Im-a-timetraveller-from-3060/answer/Luveh-Keraph?srid=uhhZL

Found on Quora - Creepiest Scariest Unsolved Mysteries

I recently found a collection of cool mysteries...one's even localish (in Burlington -- saw a CSI episode like that)

https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-creepiest-scariest-unsolved-mystery

These days a new dimension of mysteries abounds from the internet, make sure to check the Reddit one called A858

https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-creepiest-scariest-unsolved-mystery/answer/Chaitanya-Vankadaru?srid=uhhZL