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Mistakes happen: https://apnews.com/article/ncaa-portland-3point-line-d78742b...

I guarantee it’s a human typographic error, where the superscript was lost when converting the text from the print layout. (Source: I used to work at the magazine and am painfully …

Yeah, it seems like it. You can see how the budget ballooned here: http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/the-life-cycles-of-failed-pr... (select the 5th project)

One of the authors here- we have another graphic coming about Queensland Health. The craziest part was when IBM estimated it at $6 million.

What's worse is that they didn't try to even hold those requirements on paper.

Hi, I'm one of the authors of the piece. As my co-author would say, the industry is fueled by failed projects. But because outright failure is common, huge overruns can be seen as …

A Spectrum editor here- yes, we know the layout is far from ideal, especially on large monitors (I'm painfully aware-my primary monitor is a 30-inch cinema display). We just had a …

Yes, and the idea of comparing Africa to other countries is certainly not new. Here's an example from 2006: http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/35-the-size-of-africa At the time, the …

Presumably you could also use lossy compression across users, especially for the boring parts. I imagine that, within the confines of my bowl, my milk and cheerios look pretty simi…

The IEEE's datacenter in New Jersey has been without power for days and eventually ran out of generator fuel. There were some intermittent DNS issues after Spectrum moved to backup…

That's right-it will be fully implemented in an upcoming redesign, but we've already shifted our production and design process to a non-paginated model. Usually when our articles w…

Agree completely with font size and column-width critiques, both of which are addressed in an upcoming redesign. And, for that matter, I've always had issue with Slate's UX and des…

I'll ignore your general disdain for writers and editors, and point out that not all readers want the same thing. I've pushed for non-paginated articles at my publication, but I ad…

>there are copycats that don't do the testing, don't optimize for their niche of readers, and are probably losing both money and readers because of it. I think this is much more co…

I think the term's a bit too old to be considered hip and trendy. Did you have any specific criticisms about the way cypherpunks were represented in the article itself, or is this …

My boss works in a different city, and we're on the phone all the time. The simplicity of this is priceless. I especially appreciate that the viewing side requires no setup. That m…

It's because it's their mobile website. The text on the normal version of the story seems to zoom fine: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/02/daniel-ellsberg-li...

I think you have to consider that not all submissions are equal. Some stories are likely to shoot to the top of the front page regardless of their competition. For those, you would…

That's because it's totally optional, and anyone who doesn't like it can stick with the default. I'd wager that if they switched the main site tomorrow, there would be some negativ…

A couple more: Miter limit will behave differently, as it will revert to bevel instead of cutting off the joint. (65 occurrences) Adjusting the font kerning within dynamic text is …