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Thank you for that. As mentioned in some other comments, I've given up continuing to use Processing as an underlying application UI framework. It's unclear how long the OpenGL depe…

The majority of the source code is publicly available, though no longer under a traditional open source license. Over time I came to realize I was not really cool with it being use…

Mark here, creator of LX - thanks for posting! Apologies for the not-so-great state of that website and lack of documentation. I'm working on a proper repackaging and release of th…

If your goal is to have people doing creative, innovative work, then I would strongly disagree that there is any advantage whatsoever to be derived from making people feel "locked …

What a fantastic explosion of buzzwords and slightly bizarre assertions. I know you interned at Facebook and are familiar with the site architecture, but the majority of the things…

I'm consistently surprised by how supportive or neutral a position the tech community (or Silicon Valley tech media) takes towards the Winklevoss brothers when they provide an aven…

Your point is well taken that it's easy to treat fortune differently in different situations. Hard workers that don't make it are "just unfortunate." Lazy people that win the lotte…

This is an astute and important point. I have always found it flawed that a middle-class American family making around $100K in income will pay more taxes than someone with $10M+ p…

Tufte makes many good insights, but I always struggle to get over the incredible ego in his presentations. He has a tendency to make sweeping aesthetic judgments based upon what, i…

I'm curious why you consider that embarrassing to admit? It's completely natural for human groups to seek gender balance. Very few engineering schools let themselves get to such an…

Interesting, but I think this argument is flawed. The author notes that different professions tend to have different distributions of male personality types. Programmers tend towar…

Playing Devil's Advocate: if these simulations are truly modeled after humans, why are you so sure that they won't buy into many of the same religious ideas and reaffirm what many …

Interesting article. Can't help but think about how it's no coincidence that so many technology companies have come to exist in such close physical proximity in Silicon Valley. Thi…

I'm surprised the general response here is so negative. Besides the fact that it's obvious, research does in fact confirm that happier people smile more. And the average high schoo…

What a revelation: students who only study an hour per week are heavy Facebook users. ...and YouTube. ...and CollegeHumor. ...and probably a thousand other sites. This article is a…

One issue with data-driven design is that it can be incredibly inefficient for developing new behaviors. If you're changing hues, sure, it works. When it comes to building a novel …

> I would be sincerely interested in this topic, if you would like to go there. :) Sure, do you blame consumers for buying clothing products that were manufactured using sweatshop …

The vast majority of people who buy and use drugs are also usually not involved in large organized crime units. This argument doesn't hold water. Many illegal drugs are not addicti…

Jimmy Carter made an excellent quote about the penalties for drug use. "Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual that the use of the drug…

You're arguing for the other side now. You just (correctly, IMO) attributed the violence of the drug trade to the fact that it is illegal. There's no violence in the tobacco or alc…

You state: "But if you honestly believe that there is nothing morally wrong with intentionally and actively enabling people into addiction, I doubt that the gap between our views o…

Sort of a tangent, but are you sure your opinion of Ecstasy isn't just a result of propaganda from "the man?" I'm not saying it's safe, and the subject certainly warrants more scie…

I guess I just don't see the end goal of what you're proposing. What is the merit of having a drug-free society if it comes at the cost of damaging or destroying productive, happy …

This would probably work for about 1 month. After everyone finished reeling in horror from the senseless murders of many of their families and loved ones, some subset of the people…

Your argument seems a bit inconsistent. While I generally understand the spirit of what you're saying, claiming that "over 50% of the US population has tried it to little effect" d…