Tag: history
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Two Hundred Good Books by C.F. Braun, List Two
In my previous post, I detailed the books recommended by famous industrialist and inspiration of Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett, C.F. Braun in his publication, Two Hundred Good Books. I did this as a bit of a public service, as the contents of Braun’s book is not available in print or online despite the availability…
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Two hundred good books recommended by C. F. Braun
Reading Poor Charlie’s Almanack, it’s fascinating to see that the good ideas in life and business seem to be repackaged for each new generation. For Charlie Munger (and by extension Warren Buffet), one of their oracles was C. F. Braun, the founder of the C.F. Braun Engineering Company of Alhambra, CA, which at the time…
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Cheems, the most famous Shiba Inu in Mexico
This is a post about a Shiba Inu from Hong Kong named Balltze who is a superstar in Mexico, where he is known as Cheems. KnowYourMeme traces the birth of “Cheems” to r/dogelore, an American Reddit group focusing on dog memes, in June 2019. In his original incarnation, Cheems was a floating dog head that…
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