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A couple studies indicating benefits from Khan Academy, just from a cursory search: 16% lift in overall test scores: https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/sprojec...…

Cue the "You wouldn't download a car" memes.

One of them knows how but plays along. Cicada 3301 here we come.

We changed DNS for all devices to use OpenDNS familyshield [0] for starters. It's a passive way to throttle some of the worst of the worst out there. Of course setting some limits …

What a great post to start off a weekend - thanks. For anyone excited about this, you may want to check out the amazing collections at Rijksmuseum [0] as well. [0] https://www.rijk…

I checked out the site and leadership out of curiosity. Mostly I'm thinking gritty => tenacious.

This is remarkable stuff. Suggestion: A hotkey (in or out of the virtual computer) that allows you to reset to the default orientation without having to reload the page. On a lapto…

Call me crazy, but I think it's only a matter of time before windows in our living spaces will be monitors with overlaid ads. The in-app purchase will be "allowing us" to remove th…

I'd love to see a "Can-I-use" browser extension when looking at articles like this. Occasionally a project requires IE 10/11 support (state government work) and it's such a shame t…

I wonder if this explains the occasional "Ghosts in the machine" behavior I've seen in Fiddler. Hoo boy.

It was Clubhouse, and it was down for a while yesterday (I stopped checking after an hour or so)

I tried clubhouse.io after seeing your note, and a few minutes into the demo (which was impressive) the site died (which was less impressive). And now "Unable to log in. We were un…

I'm happy to hear about the new file format. The prior "piles of files" were a problem when saving to folders watched by Dropbox / OneDrive. Thanks Audacity, for an excellent tool!…

On a longer timeframe, PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) / PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) models[0] are common, and I run into them frequently in non-profit social/community work. The "Do" part o…

Maybe I'm the outlier here, but with the pandemic came a significant cultural shift, reducing office politics, and it's been something of a productivity renaissance for my organiza…

I keep expecting this to tie back to a Borat sequel.

Per the website FAQ [0]: Q: "Can I see a demo of Webiny in action?" A: "We don't host a public demo at this time. You're welcome to install it yourself, or book a call with us and …

I suppose trying this on VirtualBox (Win10 system) could be an exercise in frustration, but I'm tempted...

Congrats on completing a book, on an interesting topic, and with a reduced line spacing option.

Fresh fruit and veg prices have practically quadrupled in the last 10 years here (Florida). Beef is significantly up. On the other hand, chicken is ridiculously inexpensive. For un…

"The Inspiration4 crew will receive commercial astronaut training by SpaceX on the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft, orbital mechanics, operating in microgravity, zero…

Hunched over a bitter + savory hotpot in Nanning, China was both dizzying and delicious. A tour-de-force of sinus-clearing, palate-disorienting goodness. Boiling roiling fungus and…

On our devices with Windows, we use the built-in tools, 7-zip and WinRAR (on a single workstation). Mentioning WinRAR was a bit of a joke.

We do, and thanks for mentioning it, it's worth bringing up. We donate to various projects: on Github, FSF, EFF, direct to a developers, and even Patreon in one case. Autodesk had …

Following up: 50 minutes in chat and 5 rounds of back and forth like a used car dealership before they would agree to cancel. Adobe: "Have 3 months free!" Me: "We are no longer usi…