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I'm with John Gruber, who is hardly a fan of this administration: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/10/state-departmen... "Calibri does convey a sense of casualness — and m…

Don't worry - the conversation in the anecdote does not reflect the true position in the major common law countries at least. The public shareholder model is not doomed or flawed o…

I raised exactly this possibility with them when they announced their new model. Their support would not engage with this even as a possibility. Just assertions that everything wou…

That's fantastic, thank you!

In (I think) the first edition of Zumdahl's chemistry textbook, there was a great summary of some of the things they had to do to preserve the statue, and it went beyond just repai…

With respect, that's not right. I've advised Australian companies of all sizes (from one-man bands to ASX-listed companies) for decades, and they are very heavily motivated by avoi…

This is a straight up case of negligence, just via a different means and with different damage from usual. The only impediment to suing is the cost of doing so vs the damage suffer…

Not facetious. Allow me to introduce the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 to you. [ https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C00956 ] Section 4 has the effect …

It seems to be an LGBTQ-focused website, so it looks to be doing nothing more than viewing things from the viewpoint of (presumably) its biggest reader base...

Her head ... https://www.seriouseats.com/allison-robicelli-5118529

> A corporation exists to make a profit, period. Suggesting otherwise is just emotional manipulation, albeit very profitable manipulation. This is wrong. A corporation is just an a…

There is a very interesting book about him that I read years ago: "In Search of Sugihara" by Hillel Levine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1119369.In_Search_of_Sug... It seems …

> Am I missing something? To me, this ruling means that if a person is granted technical access to a computer system, then that person cannot be held criminally liable for anything…

One of the big open questions is "are APIs copyrightable?" The Australian equivalent to the US Supreme Court considered this over 20 years ago, and imho got the correct result (not…

Sorry, but I think this is a poorly thought-out argument. Main reasoning: All in all, though, the desktop database industry has entirely collapsed since the early '00s. Desktop dat…

This all comes down to the statement near the end: "I believe Apple should simply refuse to cooperate with oppressive governments" Which is another way of saying "I believe Apple s…

Great quote. Also unintentionally (I think) humorous, given the manufacturing problem with Hubble referred to in the article was slightly inaccurate grinding of the lens' edges.

I don't think so, on my anecdatum. I've also had mine since early November last year, and also use them many hours a day, mostly at my desk. Never dropped. Either left on desk in c…

Agreed. He also got the "bicycle for the mind" quote wrong -- kind of hard to do when Steve Jobs' explanation is a youtube search away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTRzYjoZhIY

It's a great project, and a wonderful read, thank you. However, I can't resist pointing out something ironic in a post about a video about grammar: > The number 27 is referenced at…

No need to go that far back. One famous one is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrol_torpedo_boat_PT-109

Thanks - I've re-opened the article and will read it carefully now :)

My (probably ironic) interaction with their design: 1. Quick skim of the start. This looks interesting, and even worth saving for later detailed review 2. I go to save the page. Se…

This is not necessarily correct, and I suspect specifically not correct in this particular case. The first step in the synthesis of ranitidine is a Mannich reaction on a furan comp…

Great article, but I'm curious about a spelling error in it that I've seen more and more recently: > Move so you are peaking out of the right edge Obviously, "peaking" should be "p…