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Look, I am in no position to seriously critique the author’s writing. He clearly has linguistic chops. But what kind of bunk is this? We get it, the flowery, overdrawn language of …

The frequencies are alive with music in Brazil. Among the broad (and excellent) variety of local music are three stations that play an eclectic variety of foreign music from around…

I know that some think this is just some cold hard straight talk but this style of individualistic thinking lacks empathy. And more practically, it’s a trap. In context, the “doing…

It seems like no one else is bothered by the fact that more and more we are being forced to interact with third party companies - companies with which the consumer has no direct re…

There’s a cold reality that we in this profession have yet to accept: nobody cares about our code. Nobody cares whether it’s pretty or clever or elegant. Sometimes, rarely, they ca…

I’ve supported the EFF for a long time. I think what they do and stand for is important. But I can’t help but feel utterly disillusioned with all of it now. Each press release just…

This goes beyond just web design. In Japan, UIs in general steer toward being information dense. At first glance they look positively ancient. And while they take some time to beco…

These comments kill me. It sounds a lot like the “job creators” argument. If only these pesky regulations would go away I could create jobs and everyone would be rich. It’s a bogus…

I wouldn’t suggest anyone take this piece serious; you would be doing yourself a disservice. A strange thing I’ve noticed about street view. Whenever I show up to a new place that …

Aside from just plain bad luck, the things you list don't happen in isolation. Humans have fought bloody wars over land for as long as we've stood upright. Do you think we'll all n…

I’m inclined to agree. The goalposts will move once the time is right. I’ve already personally witnessed it happening; a company sells their AI-whatever strictly along the lines of…

I think there is too much associating taste with quality. We can see it in many of these comments and in the post as well: > And what I mean by taste here is simply the honed abili…

He also has a record label, Luaka Bop, that is a great source of discovery for anyone with diverse and eclectic music tastes. https://www.luakabop.com/

Is this supposed to be sailor rage bait? Running ALL the lights. Sleeping three hours at a time. Not even a mention of checking the weather?

I love this car already. It has character, a personality. It’s the friend who’s kind of a pain in the ass but someone you usually have a good time with. Reminds me of the car I lea…

> There are no guardrails, no warning signs, and definitely no liability waivers - just you, the weather, and whatever route the sheep decided made sense. I absolutely love places …

You realize that a sentence can be both factual and misleading, right? “Unfortunately, Senators have not agreed on the terms to pass HR 5371 leading to a lapse in appropriations.” …

Even as a jaded person I’m surprised how many people read this and immediately go to statements about hypocrisy, having no integrity, or bad leadership. Get a grip! Real life doesn…

> Instead of the clear, itemized pricing system that passengers currently rely on, airlines could hide fees until later in the booking process… They call what we have now “clear”? …

As an Olympus shooter this is good to know. But good gravy that troubleshooting path got expensive real fast. Replacing the laptop and the camera? Why not start by trying something…

You’re only looking at the most recent couple of years. Going over the entire set and Tokyo shows up toward the top frequently. Having lived there for a short while I would agree -…

Zero trust states that you don’t implicitly trust an entity even if they were previously authenticated. So is this a critique of zero trust? More productive might be to say that we…

For all the writing there is about writing, Orwell’s six rules have yet to do me wrong: 1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in p…

Very strange. Not only do I never see people using a phone being used to pay at full service restaurants but what happened to the lowest-tech solution of all - wave at the nearest …