Saturday links: laptop hygiene

Autos

• If you take your eyes off the road for more than two seconds you are engaged in 'distracted driving.' (washingtonpost.com)
• Smart cities are planning now for the autonomous vehicle age. (wsj.com)
• How autonomous vehicles could disrupt how cities operate and generate tax revenue. (wired.com)

Water

• Temperature-wise the Arctic Ocean is rapidly merging with the Atlantic. (washingtonpost.com)
• 300,000 coastal houses in the US are at serious risk of rising sea levels. (wired.com)
• Why flash flooding is getting worse. (washingtonpost.com)

Plastics

• China's ban on plastic waste imports is forcing neighbors to rethink their policies. (asia.nikkei.com)
• Why are plastic recycling rates so bad? (bloomberg.com)

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Laptop hygiene

• How to clean your filthy laptop. (nytimes.com)
• What to do if you spill liquid on your laptop. (nytimes.com)

Health

• Do we spend too much on health care in the last year of life? Well, it depends... (statnews.com)
• People who see the same doctor have a lower risk of death. (newscientist.com)
• Good news: a new drug baloxavir marboxil is coming to help treat the flu in a single dose. (scientificamerican.com)
• Is there a limit to human lifespan? (livescience.com)

Psychology

• The Dunning-Kruger effect illustrated. (kottke.org)
• To their detriment, many older Americans don't think therapy can help. (blogs.wsj.com)
• We are expanding our definition of what constitutes a problem. (scientificamerican.com)

Fitness

• Moderate exercise isn't enough if you are sitting all day. (nytimes.com)
• Only 23% of Americans get enough exercise. (businessinsider.com)
• How going on a run changes your brain. (bigthink.com)
• America has been decrying the physical fitness of our children since the Kennedy administration. (artofmanliness.com)

Drink

• The top 10 beers chosen by beer enthusiasts across the US. (businessinsider.com)
• A CO2 shortage is putting a crimp in Britain's beer business. (bbc.com)

Cannabis

• The National Association of Cannabis Businesses (NACB) wants to the Finra of the weed industry. (wsj.com)
• California is undergoing some transition pains as cannabis goes legal. (bloomberg.com)

Food

• Living near a Wal-Mart ($WMT) is a positive for the food insecure. (bloomberg.com)
• Fast food restaurants are looking to increase automation. (wsj.com)
• Cottage cheese is making a comeback using the premium yogurt playbook. (nytimes.com)
• America's stockpile of cheese just hit an all-time high. (washingtonpost.com)
• What happens when bars and restaurants go cashless? (theguardian.com)

Entertainment

• What the (relative) failure of "Solo" tells us about state of the Disney ($DIS)-owned Star Wars franchise. (redef.com)
• What kids these days don't understand about the appeal of the CD. (slate.com)
• Apple ($AAPL) wants to sell you a new media bundle. (theverge.com)
• Netflix ($NFLX) consumes 20% of downstream bandwidth. (economist.com)
• A la carte television is a mess. (500ish.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

• Longform links: proof negative. (abnormalreturns.com)
• What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
• Podcast links: big mistakes by smart investors. (abnormalreturns.com)

Mixed media

• Longer life spans should change how we think about our work lives. (work.qz.com)
• Introversion is not an excuse to be lazy socially. (artofmanliness.com)
• People only frequent a certain number of places. (marginalrevolution.com)