Factualities for September 18, 2018
September 19, 2018
Believe ‘em or not:
- Zero. The change in the average age of the IBM workforce after reductions in workforce. Source: Poughkeepsie Journal
- $115. The cost of a holiday pine tree from Amazon. Source: APNews
- $100. The expected cost of Sony’s forthcoming PlayStation Classic game device. Source: TechSpot
- 63 million. The number of Apple OSX mobile phones sold. Source: Bloomberg
- 621 miles. The distance a Google Loon balloon can beam an Internet connection. Source: Fortune
- 40 percent. The percentage of economic experiments and studies which cannot be replicated. Source: Science Magazine
- 14 percent. How much larger the font Times Newer Roman is than Times New Roman. Source: The Verge
- 15. The number of employers who advertised on Facebook for job candidates of a specific sex. Source: ProPublica
- $9 million US. Amount of new capital injected into the vegan food delivery service Allplants. Source: TechCrunch
Stephen E Arnold, September 19, 2018