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“ This issue was initially discovered in 2016 by a RedHat kernel developer and disclosed in a public email thread, but the Linux kernel community did not patch the issue until it w…

Side note but I take offense reading things like this: "The company bet big on formalizing its program of worker misclassification, teaming up with Lyft and other gig-work companie…

So let me see if I get this. Uber has been struggling to become profitable and this blog has gone to town many times making fun of Uber for not being really profitable. Finally, Ub…

whose bills though? most people find one of the most high paying jobs they can, then adjust their lifestyle to that income, then if they miss the mark ('lowball offer') they have t…

When are we going to admit that DeFi is a regression, not progress, versus the status quo financial system? Crypto is all about disintermediation. But that doesn't work when people…

Olympic sports medals is a vain metric that all it does is hide the fact that authoriterian regimes are destroying their countries and pressing their people. In the Ancient Greek t…

Crypto bros say it's worth tolerating 100x cost (technical cost, energy wasted, etc) and 100x more complexity (as one example, we are 7 years in and ETH is about to be 'reborn' the…

What are the chances that this doesn't end in disaster? Honest question.

Like another comment here mentioned, housing is complicated. People don't want to live in a random house in the middle of nowhere ('roof over your head'). Some people prefer to be …

"Let’s say you want to make a $100 payment to a merchant. Using your credit card would cost the merchant $3, which is then passed along to you via hidden costs. " You also get 1-3 …

> How did this get to the front page? It’s Sunday.

Does this remind anyone else of FileMaker Pro? I remember I used FileMaker in my teen years (mid 90s) to build an application to help my parents manage my condo building expenses. …