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Excited to learn about this. From my limited research, metal oxide VOC sensors are not very accurate due to sensor drift, instability, and cross sensitivity to temperature, humidit…

Maybe their market research showed that women were wanting a tablet-size device that could fit into a small purse?

If this were a story about the Kardashians, it might not matter, but journalists have a responsibility to do better than this when lives are on the line. This article does not meet…

I share your concern about journalists inserting their own bias. A good journalist would investigate the factuality of claims by all parties in a story, not just the ones they agre…

I agree that it’s not the job of news media to herd their audience into thinking the right things. However, it is their duty to uncover and report the truth. “If someone says it's …

Not to mention that less wealthy people often rely on extended family for support such as childcare. For many people, leaving family behind is a risk not worth taking.

Provenance is a frequently cited use case for blockchain. I wouldn’t be surprised if Amazon is working on some kind of “Amazon verified authentic” blockchain service that will lead…

Yes, but only if evidence is provided to justify calling the doctor a quack.

I’m also wary of accepting controversial opinions at face value, and fully support your skepticism here. She’s not my favorite messenger, either. I don’t think ad-hominem attacks a…

“Rather than some embarrassingly reductionist, one-deficiency-one-illness-one-pill model of mental illness, contemporary exploration of human behavior has demonstrated that we may …

Any plans to support Apple Music?

The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible, by Charles Eisenstein. I almost passed on this one due to the corny sounding title, but I’m so glad I didn’t. It renewed my op…

There is also the holochain-based Twitter alternative, Clutter: https://github.com/holochain/clutter Holochain is a blockchain alternative designed to avoid blockchain’s scalabilit…

Or “Homogenization”

“We must stop glorifying intelligence and treating our society as a playground for the smart minority. We should instead begin shaping our economy, our schools, even our culture wi…

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” -Socrates

No tax breaks for Ruby.

I use Apple Maps when walking because of the nice turn by turn integration with the Apple Watch.

You may not be working at a place where remote work is part of the culture. When everyone is remote, the tools and processes are built around it and it no longer feels like a “pain…

How did you determine that speed was what gave the site its first toehold? Did you collect some kind of data that supported your internal push to make that a priority?

This is awesome. Source? :)

I agree with your point that objectivity does not exist. Any scientific observation is ultimately a subjective experience. It is only replication of an experiment by others that le…

First person evidence is relevant when many people replicate the experiment and get the same result, no? This book makes a compelling argument that scientific progress is currently…

Sadly, anything that requires taxpayer funding toward the common good is a political non-starter in the US (socialism!). The best hope we have in the US for decent bus network is p…