My $500M Mars Rover Mistake: A Failure Story — Chris Lewicki
Panic!!!
Read
A Decade of Have I Been Pwned
Some fascinating insights on how his passion project pretty much became critical security infrastructure.
Ursula K. Le Guin — Ursula on Writing: A Rant about "Techonolgy"
Yessss
Technology is the active human interface with the material world.
He Wanted Privacy. His College Gave Him None – The Markup
The tracking is everywhere. Kudos to this student for trying to stand up to it.
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The Age of PageRank is Over [manifesto] | Kagi Blog
This sounds really good in the abstract but I wonder a little about their justifications for requiring user accounts.
Nostalgia Overload: Today’s Throwback Google Doodle Shows A Guy In 2013 Getting Usable Results From His Google Search
Pretty much spot on
How to Be Poor in America
Useful index of state programs.
Opinion | A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.
Yikes
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies
Now that's a headline that pulls no punches.
Please Buy Tesla’s Cybertruck, Which Is Cool, Not Stupid
You gotta get this Tesla Cybertruck, bro. It’s great. Am I a paid spokesperson? Sort of. I’m a person who paid $8 a month to “spokes” for them.
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The Bond villain compliance strategy
They're super screwed. Interesting metaphor. I also spotted some fun references by this writer.
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
It's just really sad. And the long term impact is going to be felt for decades as these states just become worse places to live which will in turn further entrench minority party power!
Man shot and killed by state police after exchange of gunfire in Franklin, N.H., attorney general says - The Boston Globe
Nate Landrebe, 42, who was fatally shot overnight during an armed confrontation with State Police in Franklin, N.H., had exchanged gunfire with troopers as his apartment caught fire, officials said.
Super Mario RPG is an endearing, perplexing relic
I think that makes it clear it's not one I would pick up?
Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI
They're all children.
Reptar
Wild how optimizations from decades ago still bite us.
NASA Built a 'Tire Assault Vehicle' From an RC Tank to Explode Space Shuttle Tires
Clever!
Elon Musk praises antisemitic replacement theory that motivated a mass shooting as “the actual truth”
Of course he did.
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The fight to save old video games
Keeping the last 50 years of games alive for the next 50 is an awful lot of work.
Protective vaccination rates falling out of reach in US; exemptions hit record
Love this for us.
Column: The Hollywood strikes are finally over. But we won't repair the damage anytime soon
Executives imagine a world in which their capital investments in creative industry generate profits with no creative inputs.
Opinion: Palestinian Christians are losing loved ones in Israel's bombing in Gaza. Where's the outcry from Western Christian communities?
I see it from Lutherans but not loudly and publicly.
The Eras Tour Film Is Sequined Asset Management
She's on a whole nother tier
Taylor Swift Did What Hollywood Studios Could Not
Definitely an exception to any rule.
Please Pay For a Year of Nothing
I think Disney+ still worth it with a kid but it's a lot
I Wish Americans Could See the Humanity of Palestinians as They Do With Israelis
Great piece from Sa'ed emphasizing how the plight of Palestinians is all too often ignored in the US.
Yet false accusations of antisemitism should not be leveled against individuals advancing informed criticisms of the Israeli state and its egregious human rights violations.
Apple is destroying the Mac by trying to make it safer
It's really annoying. I think aggregating the permissions requests to the installation and not the launch might be the way to go.
A transgender student, her crusading mom — and an English teacher caught in the middle
Tough to read. Sharla is a monster.
Jedi Knights and Vulcans Both Suck Now. What Happened?
Boom.
What happened to the supercomputer under the zoo?
Wild story of some missing funds and McConnell shady lobbying to build data centers under Louisville.