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This is a very rosey interpretation of Al-Fayed and glosses over vast swathes of fraud and misrepresentation. A more balanced view can be gained from the Guardian, itself no fan of…

Where I live, they can only legally be sold to people ≥ 18 years old. Maybe that should be more commonplace?

Where can one buy an internet connection without being at least 18 years old? To use your analogy, it is parents who are paying for the alcohol and then leaving it in a place where…

Nice graphics, but the article misses what was the most interesting new (to me) idea in the books: the Droplets, which are made of "strong interaction" material so dense that minis…

The Dark Forest problem posits that in the time required to send a message to a distant civilisation, the sender could just as easily send something that would destroy the distant …

Those architectural decisions should be reviewed during the design and planning phase so mid/low-level devs don't waste time building the wrong thing in the first place.

See also Subtract by Leidy Klotz, which examines how problems can often be more easily solved by removing rather than adding, contrary to our natural bias.

Looks interesting, but I don't see any benefits over using conda. And given the network effect benefit, conda seems like it will remain the more useful tool.

That's the exact purpose I got a reMarkable 2 for, and have been so glad that I did. It's not perfect, but it's a far better experience than using a tablet, laptop or print-out.

As it mentions, there are many uses of plain white flour other than bread. > Flour can be engineered into a series of deeply likeable textures, from the softness of sponge cake to …

Docks are just for transitioning. If/when all devices use USB-C you just plug your first monitor in and then use it's USB-C hub to connect all other devices.

Just use an Upset plot already.

Link for convenience: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/cont... The package name is 'com.google.android.apps.podcasts'

One example of Slack's decision making process is discussed in Jake Knapp's Sprint book. Essentially, create rapid disposable prototypes and test on real people to address specific…