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

Preview of Black Mirror Season 4

While it is true the eps of this show can vary quite a bit in quality, I think even the worst ones are better than a lot of shows and the best ones like S3's San Junipero or Most Hated are priceless gems!

http://www.kurzweilai.net/black-mirror-season-4-coming-to-netflix

More on the Future of Jobs

Some more insights into an important topic for us and especially our kids.  But his comment on sustainable jobs, has a nice ring to it but I don't think there are any, sure some jobs like lawyers\doctors\bankers have stuck around for a long time but the distant future is likely to antiquate them as well.  New jobs are being created for now this is true and so for those who's fields have been wiped out have little choice but to migrate to them but I'm not convinced even that trend will continue.

Again I see a hopefully rising Universal Income being the only realistic solution, once 3D printing then Nanotechnology can build anything from the atom up...for fractions of a penny, not sure there would even need to be an Economy any more much less jobs ;-)  But there's going to be a few decades between us and this potential future so until then gotta earn however you can!

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6298520826526396417

Count the Triangles

Depending on your interest in puzzles esp. of a mathematical variety then this may be nearly trivial (I say nearly because I had to stop myself once or twice from declaring a too quick answer and look deeper).

I'm going to let Chiara tackle it, should be a good challenge for her and help teach her her to take her time and be thorough!

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/lifestyle/whats-hot/no-one-can-work-out-how-many-triangles-are-in-this-picture/ar-AAoUVES?ocid=ientp

Coding is the new Cursive!

Great article in the Globe & Mail...I've been saying this for awhile now!  This is why we'll be sending Chiara to coding camp in a few years.  Many great points in the article, the 1 I want to highlight is that kids learning coding now doesn't mean they are on the path to be software developers, 1 study estimates 65% of kids entering primary school now will end up in jobs that don't even exist yet!  And you can bet whether those jobs are in biology or media they will involve some futuristic form of coding!

A Climate Change Solution

One of my LinkedIn connections shared this link with the caption "someone please share this with POTUS"

The Story of Soil - not sure if it can solve all of the Climate Change problem but if we move to renewables and implement this, could make a big dent in it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08TI1RKj54g

Witty & Concise Summary of Politics

I saw this on LinkedIn, so true...so true

I told my son, “You will marry the girl I choose.” He said, “NO!” I told him, “She is Bill Gates’ daughter.” He said, “OK.” I called Bill Gates and said, “I want your daughter to marry my son.” Bill Gates said, “NO.” I told Bill Gates, My son is the CEO of World Bank.” Bill Gates said, “OK.” I called the President of World Bank and asked him to make my son the CEO. He said, “NO.” I told him, “My son is Bill Gates’ son-in-law.” He said, “OK.” This is exactly how politics works . . . HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND FRIENDS!