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That's really nice, thanks for sharing!

At least in Belgium we fixed that with "septante"

I can recommend "The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay" by economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman for some concrete ideas on how to fix t…

Counterpoint here: I travelled for about 8 months about 7 years ago (already? damn!) and it even though it didn't change me directly as a person, it did instill an ever-present hun…

A bit far-fetched to link this book to the current COVID crisis, but I actually read it a few month ago and really enjoyed it! It's obviously very specific from the point of view o…

Indeed, been using DDG for a couple of years now, and since Google's redesign I've been using a lot less "!g".

While educating the elderly can help in the short term, I feel like this shows structural problems such as personal data protection and phone carriers' unwillingness to fix these s…

Some counter-anecdata, I was rather amused by the images. Congrats with your fascinating article, really enjoyed it!

What service do you use if I may ask?

Nice! The last time I had that fast feeling was with https://changelog.com/ , written in Phoenix (Elixir).

Having lived for a while in Chile (where according to the article financial literacy is below average), my experience very much agrees with this. I noticed many people struggling w…

Great stuff, like all of Bret Victor's talks. My favourite: is "The Future of Programming (2013)": https://vimeo.com/71278954 (I also liked this satirical blog post about that talk…

Wow! Didn't know this existed, thanks for the tip!

Great read. I've only been in the professional software business for a couple of years, but already many of his insights (especially the ones about terrible people management) hit …

Very much this. I was also part of Startup Chile (8th gen) and the demands of the program were very reasonable. Gaining the RVA points to foster the community was really a small pr…

I believe the increase in "phablet" users is also thanks to emerging markets getting connected. While living in South America the amount of "big phones" really surprised me, as the…

Agreed. It seems to me that the problem is that it is easy to get condoms for free/cheap in many places in western countries. However, my experience living in Chile is that in coun…

Clicking through on the article I ended up browsing through several of the projects on Zidisha and reading the founding story. Very impressive project! Having lived the last year a…

Very interesting read indeed, a very thorough insight into life in Egypt. I especially liked the relationship part, the female oppression and dominance at the same type. Seems almo…