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I remember this from childhood and tried to find it several times. Nice story. I think of it often when certain software systems I work on become overly complex.

Well if you actually read the article and didn't find cause for concern, then I doubt a link will help, but here it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(American_polit…

Read the wikipedia article on Ratcliffe and see if he is such a great source for your rebuttal. But even if this is not Russia material, the NY Post story is very suspect. Even the…

Well the fact is the NY Times story is probably accurate and the NY Post story is extremely suspect. Twitter made a journalistic decision not to spread trash, possibly from Russia,…

I used to be proud of our flag and would display it. Now (past 3 years) it has morphed into a symbol of hate and oppression. When I see armed 'protestors' terrorizing a state legis…

Facebook is destructive to our society. Would you sign up to a KKK site just because it allowed you to share photos with your friends? Time to exit FB. I deleted my Facebook accoun…

Great! The more people strike, the more we'll get the kind of change we need.

Trade is one area where the president can act independently and assertively regardless of any 'deep state' (if such a thing even exists). So this trade war was initiated by Trump a…

Very predictable article from the WSJ. They hammer these 2 points relentlessly year after year: Tax cuts for the rich are good for the economy. A minimum wage for the poor is bad f…

How much are we all going to have to suffer before our governments actually take constructive action on the climate. Not to mention personal action as well.

I don't get the point of splitting hairs on the terms "climate" vs "weather". However, the term 'global warming' should be avoided in favor of 'climate change', for obvious reasons…

There is something they/we can do: vote for candidates who actually take the threat of climate change seriously.

What's wrong with this government? The policy in these cases amounts to this: 'We will kill illegal immigrants'.

A very enjoyable article.

Nothing like a bunch of privileged computer geeks laughing at the 'help' that isn't getting paid. And mocking them because they feel insecure dealing with all the hostility every d…

Sure we should all do our part. But farmers could reduce their use of herbicides SLIGHTLY so that milk weed could go on the fringes of farmland like it used to and the problem woul…

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should."

Glad I cancelled subscription and donations to eff. This blind devotion to 'free speech' is what led the tech industry to empower InfoWars and their ilk. The world is complex.

If someone makes money selling my messages - I want to know how!! I'll start selling them. Never thought this was a monetization possibility.

Of course on a web-site for nerds, commentaters are going to focus on an irrelevant technical detail and miss the larger point.

So many complaints about the system! Call your alderman, get it raised at city council. Local government can be responsive. Band with some others, hire a lawyer. Organize. Is a fun…

What a question! If you don't like what you're doing, do something else. Life is short. I'm 57. I've been programming since I was 14 in 1974. Engineering is an exciting profession …

so sad. but it seems like simple measures could make such a difference. how does one change the behavior of fishermen to reduce the suffering? new laws, but will we ever be organiz…

Do we have to be on the left to think Trump is a nut? Does Trump own the right?

That is not an accurate summary of what happened. Trump killed any possibility of compromise, insisting on extreme proposals once Congress started to act. Here are the details of w…