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This is part of Apple’s problem right now. They’ve lost focus. TV shows, cars, VR headsets, six different iPad models. So the small stuff suffers: iOS. OS X. AirPods. Airdrop. Aird…

Yeah, the US has a problem with spending more on healthcare than any other country, but it isn’t a “profit” or “administrative overhead” problem. (Insurance companies have legally …

Nah, I see it too. YouTube is especially bad.

Imagine sitting and complaining about “techno optimism”, when the very thing you write your screed on, is a product of it. Instant access to a world wide fountain of knowledge, a s…

Nope. First of all, healthcare in many European countries is often insurance based. Yes, in some cases it’s socialized. And in those places the healthcare system is rapidly falling…

Funny how the people always banging on about the evils of capitalism have never actually lived under a communist system. And also seem to believe there’s some sort of socialist Uto…

Don’t forget: “Entrepreneurs are evil!” Because you know, entrepreneurs aren’t an integral part of who helps shape the future. They’re evil capitalists. And in the future they’ll b…

Techno optimism wasn’t just a sci-fi thing, it was the spirit of the times to a large extent in the Western World and Eastern Block alike. All the “Better living through chemistry”…

If you look back at sci-fi from the 60ies, despite it appearing utopian today, it often dealt with the anxieties and issues of the day. Trek is a good example. It’s often hailed as…

I always liked SGA better, but you’re definitely right about SG 1. Which of course begs another question: SG1 was made in a time that we can call the Golden Age of TV Sci fi, along…

I just can’t take it seriously when the author presents such falsehoods as Western “vaccine greed”. (Both Moderna and Pfizer’s have made vaccines available at cost and promised not…

Thanks for the tip! Don’t know the guy/blog but looks interesting! Also, I kinda miss the early 10’s where everyone was slightly less insane. This guy’s writing reminds me of those…

The thing is that there are a lot of people out there who don’t particularly like fruits and vegetables (gourds or not), who can’t be bothered to spend hours every day on cooking “…

I lost 75 Lbs thanks to cutting sugar and a ketonic diet. I’m down to my ideal weight, but going back on the diet after a break, because I find that it works for me. Considering th…

Good for you! Glad to hear you found something that works!

There’s no doubt that Apple has the building blocks for a console, between the A X/M X SOCs, Metal, Apple Arcade and Apple TV. The only question is if they really want to further o…

Nonsense. Modern reactors are safe. Even the old (inherently unsafe) reactors like the Soviet Chernobyl style design aren’t some sort of apocalyptical danger. Less than 40 people d…

And that’s why the US has been falling behind in the Nuclear industry around the world. A growing number of countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa are looking to nuclear pow…

The increased prison population because the war on drugs, was far from a “Nixon and Reagan project” as the post and linked Netflix documentary tries to portray it. In fact it was a…

At this point it’s probably cheaper and easier for Apple just to pull in app painment from the Dutch market, and encourage local devs to use paid apps. The Netherlands is a tiny ma…

They can always just withdraw the dating apps in question. It’s Apples store and they get to choose who get to be there.

The Abraham Accords that helped promote and support this realignment was one of the major achievements of Trump’s foreign policies. Unfortunately, the current administration has sh…

Sorry, I don’t see this succeeding for some of the same reasons why you don’t see open source jetliners. Software is one thing. Anyone can sit down and write software. Chip product…