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Thank you. I was a little disturbed by how quickly this turned to "you're an ass for not thinking this way." I expected disagreement, but not, well, so much rage.

I would argue other wise, on two counts. What I said was that I have no sympathy for him biting the hand that feeds. Second, I think that the situation has been vastly over complic…

Well, yes I am a dick, but I also think the situation is more nuanced than 'rah rah free Snowden'.

If he wanted to do the right thing, he should have gone to his Congressman, or the oversight arm of the NSA (it does exist, regardless of how inefficient it seems to be). I'm stuck…

I have very little sympathy for his monetary plight. He made his bed, let him sleep in it. Or rather, when your giant paycheck comes from the government, maybe torquing off that go…

I would argue it's less 'good' design and more that design is a secondary, or ever tertiary concern - which, from an engineering standpoint, it is.

Look at Western design/font choices - Helvetica. Helvetica everywhere.

Japan's engineering prowess - very distinct from any sort of design prowess. Look at the classic example of Honda and Toyota, two great engineering companies who succeeded in spite…

Well, one of Japan's coders. Matz was kind of revolutionary.

How did you incorporate data from Washington DC into this? I can almost guarantee that the reason Maryland has such a high rate on the HIV/AIDS chart is because of the District, an…

One day, when I have Karma.

If you go back through his archives (which took more time than I thought it would) you find a FAQ post about an essay concerning alleged sexual discrimination in his wife's tenure …

Not to be US-centric, but it would be interesting to see the breakdown between East and West Coasts of the United States.

I was mostly on board with this, until I saw Crypto-Cat front and center on their 'new projects' page. If anything, it's a step backwards for cryptography. Saying that you're secur…

Given the way we treat the productive, the non-corporate, and the individual, I'm surprised things haven't boiled over already.

...and not use that camera for anything other than posts made with that identity.

JK Rowling's dox was a result of a member of the publishing house's solicitors telling his wife, who then told a close friend who provided the initial leak on twitter, which gave t…