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Re: the silent filter, I'm reminded of the McLuhan quote: "Man becomes, as it were, the sex organs of the machine world, as the bee of the plant world, enabling it to fecundate and…

There's also Geronimo's block-letter signature, which for some reason moves me. Sense in it his resigned adaptation to a shifting world and adoption of a new language, after years …

Primo Levi wrote a short story [1] about this. Our words/measurements are inadequate when tasked with describing the cosmos. [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/02/12/a-tra…

Why not display a Recent Phone Use option when both side buttons of an Apple device is pressed? * slide to power off * Medical ID * SOS Emergency Call * Recent Phone Use Report wou…

Reminded of advice my former boss, who spent a decade plus leading an elite military unit, received as he set out in his career: “Be careful how much you give this organization, be…

Reminded of this from an NYT article [1] about Tumblr: The features Tumblr eliminates are as important to the way it feels as those it adopts. Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital, an earl…

Reminded of these lines from a poem: We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.

Moore said investigators caught a break several months later, saying they were able to track her after she used an app on her new phone. Warfield's defense attorney, Joseph Balter,…

Key point here is that most people fail to consider the reader.

I'm with you wrt Twitter. It is an amazing source of information, but much of it is daily drama that is a form of entertainment -- a modern Jerry Springer. These tweets and videos …

Yes. This worked well for me.

The channel is the value. It's simple and every mobile phone has SMS. No need to keep a browser window open during a chat with support, nor is there a chance you'll miss a chat ale…

First I've heard of the suggestion that the cost of a car should be 50% of annual pay. To me that's insane, but then again I view my car as an appliance[0]. [0] https://oppositeloc…

Reminded of this line from Margin Call: "So, Mr. Sullivan, why don't you tell me what you think is going on here, and please speak as you might to a young child or a golden retriev…

FB's measure of views was dubious (3 seconds, even if the audio was off). So the #s looked great for them, but in reality the majority of views were just glimpses as people scrolle…

There are consultancies that specialize in compensation benchmarking. One is Radford Consulting. They survey companies for pay info. Imagine they also get intel from clients.