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No, it's a reflection of a white male internet world.

There was some speculation back when the first Ryzen came out that Anandtech (among other reviewers) were pressured to not do the gaming benchmarks at all, or to do them last, sinc…

Is anyone else kind of skeeved out by this site and the elektrec.co? Sites that are 90% worship of corporation X really rub me the wrong way, even for the companies I am a fanboy o…

Some of us are old enough to remember the web and other services before they had ads. I remember quite well when the first started showing up, people called them "banners", and it …

I recently visited SF for the first time in like 10 years, I was surprised at how safe and clean everything appeared after reading these sorts of articles for years. I walked 40 mi…

I generally love this blog but complaining about how irresponsible your valets are is just the most tonedeaf privileged nonsense I've ever heard. I didn't own a car until I was in …

I'm so tired of every corporation comparing themselves to others to justify everything. "Well GE hid losses for decades with fradulent accounting so we can too!" How about just sto…

It's the latter, 10% collapse in a 1 in 100 event. I used to do similar work in floodplain management. I don't even know what a 1 in 500 event is in earthquake terms, is it even po…

The fact of the matter is in a best case scenario, 10% of these buildings are going to collapse in a major earthquake. 10% of the newest, shiniest, up to code buildings. Best case,…

"He suggested there were a lot of reasons for that including competitors who would call after his meetings and deliberately sabotage him" It is depressing that this is (still) an e…

That a tech worker on a tech website knows some people at a major tech company? Guess what I know people that work at almost every tech company you've heard of, that's what happens…

So because IE6 was a trainwreck and you could dump dlls over port 80 you think Chrome needs anti virus? I don't think this is a "bubble" problem, rather a "statistical arrogance" p…

I know multiple people who work at Google that are quitting because of this. Lots of people have lines in the sand when it comes to violence and military work, but those lines are …

The last thing I want on my computer is anti virus. The last feature I want in my web browser is anti virus. What on earth?

I wonder if they will be ARM only or if there is some sort of x86 solution built in too. This report has basically zero info.

I've been wondering for a few years now what it would look like if one of these tech behemoths collapsed, mainly in the context of how intertwined and globalized they all are now. …

"And no, you can't get out of culpability by claiming statistical superiority" Every MBA student needs this tattoo'd on the back of their hand in order to graduate from now on.

When your yield moves from 6 to 8% and your debt is rated junk (seven levels below investment grade) yes it is free fall. The bond price/yield chart appears to be going parabolic i…