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Here are five long reads that have nothing to do with shares.. Put the kettle on, find a comfy chair. You have the time, don't you?
The most-read non-quiz non-Tom article this week is from Lucian Miers with ‘Thoughts on the FTX scandal and a Short idea from one of the few to emerge from it with credit’ at No 3 or No 8 including Bearcasts.
The most-read non-quiz non Tom article this week is from Nigel Somerville with ‘The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Takes A Breather’ at No 13 or No 19 including Bearcasts.
ShareProphets will be 10 years old next year, and this entire decade has been running on the tech equivalent of a BBC Micro merged with an Amstrad CPC 464. So we're moving to a modern server, with up-to-date versions of the underlying software. And I need you to poke around before it goes live to the public.
This graphic from Visual Capitalist is wild – it illustrated the depth of the fraud at crypto company FTX.
Here are five long reads that have nothing to do with shares. Put the kettle on, find a comfy chair. You have the time, don't you?
Honestly, considering the tech issues we've had for the past month, if this quiz appears on Sunday, give yourself an extra point. Also, a reader pointed out that last week’s question about self-driving cars talked about 202 legislation instead of 2022. He said since he can safely say there were no self driving cars in the year 202, he's talking a point. I suppose that you can, too. But's that's it! The sweet shop is closed! Put the kettle on, put your score in the comments, and No Googling!
The most-read non-quiz non Tom article this week is a brand new voice, Steve Brown of Orcadian Energy, with ‘EXCLUSIVE: North Sea Tigers: We are all up in arms’ at No 6 or No 11 including Bearcasts.
Once again blame those chaps in Texas - as well as Darren - for the delay. Put the kettle on, write your score in the comments, there are no prizes, and most important of all – no Googling!
