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Some great points about the ahistorical "heritage" argument in favor of keeping the stars and bars around.

This is a vile plan and I hope someone is intervening in this potential humanitarian disaster.

It's not about race. Right.

I think Arthur maybe goes too far Godwinning himself, but I appreciate the point that we have a cultural sickness here, not individual mental illness.

Concur, though I doubt it will ever happen.

There is a lot of history that turns a 21-year-old into a racist murderer.

More good points about how this whole thing feeds the worst reactionaries on the Internet.

I disagree with the split screen features having much to do with hybrid tablet features in Windows, but otherwise some good points, especially the old one about Apple not needing to make money except on hardware so they can include tons of built in services without ads and what not.

Interesting observation on the cynical centrism used by the Clintons to get elected.

Some further addition points about embracing an identity you always had, from a trans perspective.

Some more good points on how Rachel's fraud hurts black people, especially in the difference in news reporting.

Good points about the difference between race and gender as constructs because history.

Some good guidelines on unit testing.

Neat idea about repeated structure. Now I'm thinking about rap control flow...

Some interesting points about the future of TV and film with huge shares universes as mostly pioneered by Marvel.

Great points about the role of heroes in dark vs. light comic book settings,

I will miss the stories behind my old passwords (mostly Trek related), but the security of a system like 1Password can't be beat. Interesting "keepsake" stories here.

"Code is inert. How do you make it ert?" Great overview of code for people who use computers but don't know how to make software. Pity about the background art... though I do love the interactive graphics.

Interesting. Basically applying one drop rule, but mostly to people with any black ancestry.

Hmm. Maybe Tim exaggerates, but on message, he's considerably more privacy-focused than the other companies, because they can make money on hardware.

Its bad,

“Does that planet exist before you visit it? Sort of not—until the maths create it.” I cannot begin to express how exciting this game sounds... But then again I was disappointed by Spore.

I think this is close to summing up my distaste regarding the Democratic coalition forming up behind Clinton by default.

Fascinating. I think my favorite anecdote is that the green heart emoji is used to advertise Herbalife.

This smacks of "millennials don't want to be challenged", but the echo chamber does seem to be real. I'm not sure what to think on it exactly, but it is interesting.

Amazing that this kind of data fraud lasted so long.

The default encoding stuff, with databases set up by novices, has burned my team in the past.

Thinking our talent is bimodal, instead of normal, hurts everyone in the field.

Damning. As a military technology buff, in a little sad, but it's clear their time has passed (and in fact, their time may have just been a few years in WWII combined with Cold War dominance that left them untested). I particularly like the knight metaphor.