Nazi Hunters, Burger Robots, and Xbox Hacking – Link Roundup

Articles

• ‘Get the Nazi out of New York.’ The secret operation to deport the last living Nazi defendant in the U.S. was a rare success. – these types of deportations are incredibly complex, but extraordinarily admirable and important. Reminds me of the documentary on Netflix The Last Nazis. [The Washington Post]
• The Young and the Reckless – a group of kids hack Xboxes and Xbox live, sell cheats online, and then get in way too deep. [Wired]
• The Mission to Build the Ultimate Burger Bot – making a hamburger with a robot is not easy! [Wired]
• Uber’s Secret Restaurant Empire – this is kind of fascinating – Uber gives data to local food purveyors about opportunities in their area (i.e. there aren’t any good burger joints), and the restaurants often open up delivery-only businesses to meet those needs. [Businessweek]
• The Unsolved Murder of an Unusual Billionaire – it is stunning that in this day and age a high profile murder like this can go completely unsolved with no apparent leads. [Businessweek]

Podcasts

• The Life Lessons and Success Habits of Four Presidents — Doris Kearns Goodwin – such a good conversation. I first became familiar with Doris Kearns Goodwin on Ken Burns’ epic documentary Baseball, and later read her best-selling book on Lincoln, Team of Rivals.[Tim Ferriss]
• The Runaways – a really sad story about police ignoring the murders of teenagers and instead classifying them as “runaways.” [This American Life]
• Betterment: Jon Stein – really fascinating story about the creation of Betterment. They cover a lot of good topics, like dividing up equity and building a financial service to help consumers vs banks [How I Built This]

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