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isn't "delve" a classic tell of gpt-generated output? i'm pretty sure simianparrot is just trolling us. :-)

By design, a public blockchain is an immutable record maintained by a decentralized network where no central authority has the power to go back and remove something from the record…

At the same time, it's possible for the NYT to hire a curator who doesn't act in your best interest. Jayson Blair is a good example of that problem. If there were an economic incen…

This looks terrific! I was looking for something exactly like this not too long ago. At that time my parents were about to embark on a round-the-world journey, and it was so diffic…

That would be better than nothing, but there's still a long road between here and there! This also sounds like more of a soft landing or "acqui-hire" for a company that was running…

This feels like a huge loss. Readmill stood head and shoulders above other reading apps like Kindle and iBooks in terms of design. It was also one of the few services that would le…

"Looking so dorky" is actually fairly low on the list of ways in which Google Glass fails to be a usable product. Dustin Curtis wrote an excellent review in which he discusses thes…

At least as of July 2013, the appreciation in the stock price was due to the increase in the value of Alibaba and Yahoo Japan. "But Yahoo’s turnaround remains very much a work in p…

http://helios.io/ is an open-source backend framework.

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing as I was making the recipe. That brings up an interesting question: Is it fine to get 200% of your daily requirement for Vitamin A on one day a…

Thanks, that's a great tip.

Sure, it's at: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp

After reading the first Soylent post, I felt inspired to try and come up with a recipe for a "nutritionally complete" soup. I used an online tool that calculates the total nutrient…

That Forbes article seems highly politicized and doesn't cite a source for that number.

This reminds of a good friend. He got a job making six figures at Google straight out of college, and then lived in his van--in the Google parking lot--while saving every penny he …

When people say Maps is a "huge step backwards", are they actually using the product? I mostly use my phone for driving directions, and the addition of turn-by-turn navigation has …

Why are people calling it the "maps fiasco"? I just installed iOS 6, and the new Maps app is one of the best pieces of software I've ever used.

I would easily pay $500 a month for a service like this.

I just bought a mattress a few months ago, and I agree whole-heartedly with this post. My solution was to buy a foam mattress from bedinabox.com, which I would say is the Warby Par…

I think describing that linked product as "essentially equivalent" is a bit misleading. It takes 5 hours instead of 2 hours to charge, the top speed is 15mph instead of 20mph, and …

From the essay: "And since risk is usually proportionate to reward, if you can afford to take more risk you should." I think I understand the intent of what you're saying here, but…

Did Dropbox appear to be a bad idea at the time? I seem to recall that the market was pretty crowded when Dropbox launched, and that everyone was expecting Google to announce a "GD…

If you think coffee shops are too loud and coworking spaces are too expensive, you might appreciate this hack. I discovered it by accident while search for "wood paneling" on Yelp.…

I've been meaning to do some iOS tutoring for a while now, but unfortunately the site I was planning to use, TutorCloud, shut down recently. Is Tutorspree the best alternative? Doe…

thestoicjester, this is one of the funniest blog posts I've ever read. This line is especially good: "A 'co-founder of a mobile development startup in SF' was a humorous creature I…