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Subtle reasons why Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a great show beyond the witty well-paced non-awkward writing.

This story is just nuts in terms of conflict of interest and oversight. Surveillance run amok, all to hide crimes against humanity.

Hear, hear. Probably never going to happen for so many reasons.

This is why monopolies are bad - they don't have to care.

This does not sound like a healthy leadership transition, but Nadella does seem to have good support now.

Nice parody of "the drug talk".

I've read a few of his books, so some interesting background on him.

Some big interesting changes, but I think still a fundamentally flawed metric.

Painful headline, but interesting concept when it comes to sovereignty.

Having female character avatars available matters.

Some good points about the gendered nature of the current Quantified Self movement.

Such a crazy subsubculture.

Interesting practical engineering story that also worked around some significant taboos about women's health. I wonder if he'll succeed in deploying the tech to other rural areas.

I think he makes some good if possibly naive points about the role of students and teachers in "taking back" higher education.

No source control? Seriously?

An important lesson about simulation: the results depend on your model's assumptions.

I think he makes good points about the advantages and flaws of Windows 8. i really want something like Contracts in iOS.

Interesting points about actresses that have taken on (and lost) the mantle of Cool Girl. I think a key point is that you can get in general only get away with these gender role violations, even today, if you're also very attractive.

A lot of the commenters point out correctly that it has generally been shown that there's no link between video game violence and real world violence; they then apply this to video game sexual objectification. What they fail to realize is that while the dehumanization may not make someone commit a sexual assault, Ben's point is that it could make them less sympathetic to the victim, and that that kind of victimization (of sex workers) is a real problem in our society.

"I refer to my clocks as my babies, and I must take care of them."

I imagine cabbies have all sorts of weird stories too. Most of my UberX drivers have been polite Eastern European men - just like a large chunk of the cabbies in Boston.

Good to hear some relatively aggressive infrastructure spending proposals, and centered on the Twin Cities' recent successes!

I had heard of this process, but some neat details.

It probably would have been impossible, but it makes me happy that the engineers considered the possibility.

A short clip from the original unveiling of the Mac. He was a rawer showman then, 30 years ago.

Apple has focus in a way that almost no other tech company does.

Having a single guy in charge of the collection is probably convenient now, but not very future-proof.

Nilay gets angry, but captures the core problem of telecom regulation.

Captures the setting and style well. Also a good break with cliche in that the woman is pining for the man she left behind.

This is absolutely nuts. Granted this is a demo, but I want to play with the API.