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I see your point; although if you look at the specs for a lot of easy-to-parse formats for computers, a stated design goal is also easy-for-humans (e.g. Markdown, YAML). Large, com…

One of JSON's selling-points is to be human-readable. I would struggle reading any JSON document with a nesting level greater than 6 or so. Why would I ever want a nesting level > …

Yes, iOS is a better example. I'm not a big fan of closed platforms in general. I like to be able to decide which software I run on my device, so my most recent laptop and phone pu…

I don't mind those features in and of themselves, and I see their value; it's Apple's paternalistic attitude that bothers me. I've used Macs for my entire life and always felt I st…

Add "System Integrity Protection" to the list of reasons why my next laptop won't be a Mac. Although based on a free operating system, Mac OS is gradually taking away users' contro…

Very interesting - thanks for sharing. Is there a corresponding brief by the plaintiff? I'd like to see both sides of the story.

Ooh, here come the Scientologists! I'm as skeptical of big Pharma as the next guy, but to say with such grandiose broad-stroked generalizing that psychiatry (or, perhaps you mean i…

Where's the privacy policy?

While I see your point, I don't think it's fair to chalk up the opposition to merely piracy supporters. There are a large number of people who fear the broader ramifications, and a…

That's not necessarily true. If you look at the corporate or organizational opposition to SOPA, you'll find eff.org, mozilla.org, etc. These folk aren't necessarily in favor of pir…

ITT: pedantry over the words "clean, crisp, and cheerful."

Great! Thanks for the info.

Interesting. So if I understand correctly, the goal is largely to promote guidelines that improve compatibility and performance?

This looks neat, but being a DIY kind of dude, I'm not sure what this is for. I'm probably missing something--I think I know "what" it is, just not "why". Can anyone give me a brie…

I'll bite. It's a fantastic idea. What is missing from it is how the infrastructure is and probably always will be under the domain (pun intended) of corporations. For example, how…

I think it's the principle of the thing. Criticism works when done right, that is when it's traditional criticism like we all learned in art class. "Your shading is inconsistent he…

Looks like a lot of people are assuming a solution would some sort of voting system like stackexchange, etc. Why not allow individual users to hide sites from their own search resu…

Forgive my ignorance, but when is this useful? Don't most self-respecting DNS providers allow you to do this?

Ah, somehow I missed the date the article was written. Apologies to Mr. Pincus for making it seem like he was an a priori hypocrite. Still, I find it a little ironic that he would …

Thanks for the source on Zynga's connection to Zwinky. I knew there was some sort of connection, but my face got horribly red when I realized "wait, he's right--Zynga didn't make Z…

An ethics lecture from a man whose company sells spyware (Zwinky toolbar) and highly profitable add-ons to games under the pretext of charity (Farmville "donations" to Haiti)? EDIT…

I don't think we can agree. I'm neither a pediatrician nor a viral pathologist, so I can't lend an opinion to whether spacing out vaccines is good or bad. Unless you're a medical e…

Hmm, on second thought--I didn't realize these were all daily mail links.

Cigarettes seem to be conspicuously absent from the list. Then again, I guess the link's been well established already.

At first I was like, "wow, that's offensive." But then I was like, "damn, how come I didn't get that email too?"