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Even though you are being down voted, I agree with the sentiment, perhaps it could have been put more diplomatically. I really don't understand why someone would publicly admit tha…

It's mostly a male, working class dominated genre in terms of audience, so it's ignored and ridiculed for not being glamorous enough to fit mainstream media's mindset. That's a goo…

Being able to swap the battery has been a feature in mobile phones for decades, I wouldn't buy a phone without it. Same with laptops. My current Apple laptop is eight years old and…

Referrer is the correct English spelling. It's so easy to accidentally create a bug by forgetting that the standard relies on a spelling mistake.

There's two things non-technology people don't seem to know about TED when they mention it to me. First that TEDx events have little to do with TED. Second the prices for proper ev…

There's also services like Blogger, which I don't think have advertising, but since Google is probably the biggest player in the ad industry then I guess its existence relies on ad…

I guess I'm fine with it as long as it's opt-in - by that I mean, so long as the customer has to actively look for the option. If all ISPs did this by default then a lot of content…

It's not just some markets and some people. They're a VC backed multinational that moves into markets and offers big discounts over local businesses. They are getting a taste of th…

I think it's better to enjoy life than worry about nutritional guidelines, which might extend our time in some retirement home. Especially something that's been in our diet for a l…

To me it seems like a mindset issue rather than a predisposition - having gone through it. Employment is mostly about taking on the burden of someone else's stress and handling it.…

I left Twitter last year when it looked like the 'professionally offended' were becoming too influential. They didn't affect me as I keep a low profile, but it was like seeing an o…

The Daily Mail (and The Sun for that matter) know the profits come from customers who are least likely to use the internet. That's why the Daily Mail differs so much between the in…

My main issue with Twitter is it grew out of the weird environment that is San Francisco and has all the baggage of people who live within that. That wouldn't be a problem if the s…