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Yeah but that convenience is very useful. I think we're just talking past eachother. Remotes make watching tv way easier. The question is whether some of these internet enabled dev…

Yeah but in order to reach that conclusion you have to abstract too much. We can all agree that devices are and will change how we live. But now we're not talking about VR, Smart T…

I agree that the chips could be cheaper with the right killer app. It's a matter of time. Tech "thought leaders" think that time is now. I think it's still a few years off. But wha…

Remember in the 90s when everyone said virtual reality and smart TVs were the next wave of high tech? And how all the big companies started putting money into R&D for said technolo…

Was your last landlord a jerk hellbent on ruining your life? Good luck being anyone's roommate. - The Future

Then how come half the blogs today show black pages when javascript's disabled? Not just applications.

No, the point is, people without a password manager tend to use the same password for every account. So you steal the bank password, and it opens your email, facebook, and everythi…

But only the abusive employers are going to buy the technology. Because the excellent employers will realize no good can come of this.

> I'm not going to lie, the social pressure is non-zero, and it is indeed another lever for micromanagers to pull, but I think you're being overly pessimistic here. Anyone who's ev…

Even believing in a lie? Not saying our choices don't matter, but we often attribute too much of our own success to our choices, and not our circumstance. Gives off a distorted vie…

"go out and find a new gig. " Isn't that exactly what he's trying to do? "If you ARE a programming fool (like me for example)" You must have a huge penis.

I'm sick of everyone shaming the guy for having 4 kids. It's not like he can reverse time and stop them from being born. So saying he can't afford kids only serves the purpose of m…

Thinking out of the box is not mutually exclusive with having a social life. I know many artists and musicians who are doing truly groundbreaking stuff. They all violate the social…

But not everyone can afford to have a business fail. And most do.

Why do we need another paradigm? Stop designing websites to be identical.

Key word: Material quality of life. So we're saving money on plastic deck chairs and pringles cans. But the cost of health insurance, real estate, and higher education has gone up.…

" I can't imagine someone like Steve Jobs or Warren Buffett actually wanting to keep people from resources or excess wealth if they had no use for it." 1. Na, some wealthy people w…

More standardized testing will mean more parents pushing their kids into test prep.

All the shitty things we do to websites is to make money. We stuff them full of ads because ads make money. We load 10 megabytes of JS trackers because it helps the ads make money.…