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I've used three apps to slowly teach myself a little Japanese. Human Japanese, Memrise, and Duolingo. And they all offer distinct advantages and disadvantages, and that's frustrati…

Slower not meaning safer is because a slower driver among faster drivers causes more lane-changes, which are a less-safe maneuver. Everyone travelling the same speed is the safest …

I understand that security is difficult, and that one can never be completely secure. But is wanting to know what my processor is doing, or wanting it to be free of undocumented, o…

If one only considers power / speed and cost, then open will certainly mean worse. However a processor with verifiable functionality has value. It's more trustworthy. It can be che…

Except in this case the regulation is saying that the ISP must just carry bits. It's not forcing the ISP to do something to be compliant, it's forcing the ISP to not do something. …

When I was backpacking, I entered Germany without a definite exit date and with no onward travel booked. Upon hearing this, the immigration official gave me a hard stare, and let m…

That's Julian Assange, not Edward Snowden.

I was born over eight weeks premature, in 1989, in South Africa. I got lucky, sure. But "any other country" letting premature babies die without intervention is perhaps too broad a…

Hang on, as much as I disagree with the man, this is not why. The man realised, during the course of his relationship, that he was unhappy with his life. So he made a change that m…

In this particular instance though, according to the article, some negotiation was done between the two governments to reach a no-spy agreement. As no agreement could be reached, a…

It's like crossing the street. You might legally have the right of way. Pragmatically however, you need to get out of the way of the moving car.

I'm a 24-year-old IT honours graduate, technically inclined, loved programming from high school. I started my career as a developer (as planned) but changed to a user experience ro…

While I'm not a professional typographer, I currently work in user experience, so I might have an answer. From a cursory glance at the CSS, it's solid black text on a solid white b…