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I have previously been snagged by his books.

Certainly sounds like the corrupt contract awards process is a big part of the blame.

A bit about the long tail and how 21st century tech brings it about. A good point about disruption: "They had computerised their 20th Century shape.".

Jony seems like a great guy.

The More You Know(tm)

Some cool history of the development of the game, and other thoughts. I definitely want to watch their Tabletop Deathmatch series.

Impressive depiction of GLaDOS' initial takeover. I hope this is kosher with Valve?

Longer isn't better in this case.

Don't even let it come close to this, Congress.

Fun conceit, though I naturally disagree with some of his choices.

Nice metaphor.

I hope it keeps coming back.

A few simple tips on setting up an air gapped computer.

Yup. "If law enforcement can hijack any network in the country with a court order, how can anyone be trusted?"

Great points about political movements in general, and the divestment movement at Swat in particular.

Probably will go down in history as one of the most amazing product demos of all time. Some interesting new backstory from a former Apple employee.

Interesting, I hadn't considered the racialized aspects of evolution.

This worked for me after migrating, when I was otherwise stuck on "waiting for connection".

Some fascinating anecdotes from these focus groups, but more or less confirming what's happened to the party. I want the moderates to win.

Crazy story. I guess he thought he was above the law.

Sad but unsurprising. I did like this quote: "'As my mother always taught me,' she said, 'success is the best revenge.'".

Depressing. Hard not to see it as racially motivated, and about the "undeserving" poor.

I was really excited about Spore, and then ended up playing it through, once, for about a week.

I kinda miss shareware, although I suppose it lives on in zombie fashion with in-app purchase.

Some great metaphors in here.

Some really great points about the rights to data.

I think this article ignores how much money, in traditional hands, can preserve power structures artificially.

Fascinating video reporting, and a depressing indictment of our institutional failures in the US.

You never know when this could happen to you.

Even the original case was a stretch.