January 2012
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Rob Cadwallader: My Letter to Senators Brown and... →
robcadwallader:
Dear Senator,
I am very concerned. PIPA has the potential to scar the internet as we know it. The Internet encompasses the purest form of communication and information ever known to man. It thrives on the creation, modification, and distribution of ideas. It is and has to be inherently free. To…
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“As of yesterday, the yields on five-, seven- and 10-year bonds were all still...”
– Despite the S&P’s boneheaded ratings and Republican obstruction of honest-to-goodness debt reduction efforts, U.S. debt was considered the safest investment in the world last year. Not just safe but lucrative too. It outpaced gold as the best investment of the year. But instead of using...
December 2011
5 posts
The Toil Index →
In 1970, rent equalled about 40 hours of work per month for the average worker. This chart shows that number now stands at 96.
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NIH cuts funding for most Chimp testing →
Looks like Andy Serkis’ performance got through to someone at the National Institutes of Health. Wonder if it’ll get through to Academy Award voters.
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“Last night I had a horrifying dream that a group of well-intentioned middle-aged...”
– Alexandra Petri exposes the farcical hearings taking place on the Stop Online Piracy Act - an incredibly harmful bill with bipartisan support that is making its way through the House. It’s sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act, is equally damaging to online innovation.
November 2011
6 posts
Fuck yeah, Oregon. →
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“Do they get 911 off too??”
– Fox News commenter foxxxxj on news that a Cambridge school has classified Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) a school-wide holiday. I sincerely feel bad for people that have this much hate stored up inside them.
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WatchMy Dad was considering selling his 1960 MGA, so I asked if he’d allow me to make a video with it first. The song is “Who Knows” by Marion Black.
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“I would staple a green card to the diploma of anyone that graduates with a...”
– Venture Capitalist John Doerr speaking about the shortage of engineers in the United States. According to the Wall Street Journal, “Foreign nationals in the U.S. now account for 70% of doctorates in electrical engineering and half the master’s degrees.”
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October 2011
18 posts
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Exxon Mobil Profit jumps 41% →
Good thing we didn’t get rid of their tax loopholes.
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The Siri/HAL iPhone dock →
I may get an iPhone 4s just for this.
“the man spray has been abused.”
– School officials from Minnesota are quoted after trying to ban Axe body spray in their district. Unilever’s ad campaign for Axe was so successful in selling to its targeted audience that it began to hurt sales. As geeky high schoolers lathered themselves in the hope of attracting girls,...
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“Today, I can say that our troops in Iraq will definitely be home for the...”
– It’s easy to get jaded in politics. But once in a while, something happens that feeds the altruism that got you involved in the first place. I couldn’t be happier for the fifty thousand men and women who will be spending Christmas with their families this year.
Know hope.
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“It’s wrong to create a mortgage-backed security filled with loans you know...”
– The best sign at Occupy Wall Street is actually a quote by conservative Atlantic blogger Conor Friedersdorf. Friedersdorf, who is currently spending his time “holed up in a redwood forest on the Northern California coast” found out about the sign somewhat serendipitously, and has a great...
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Primer on why the 99% are so pissed off. →
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“The media has no frame of reference for the Occupy Wall Street protests. It has...”
– Eric Wemple, Washington Post “Four lessons from ABC’s ‘This Week’” (via kylewrather)
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“No, Steve Jobs, your greatest accomplishment
is what you did to us.
You gave...”
– Dan Lyons in what will likely be the last Secret Diary of Steve Jobs post.
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September 2011
4 posts
Now This is web design. →
“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the...”
– Giamatti: The Green Fields of the Mind
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“In part, my annoyance with this is personal: I liked the feature the way it was,...”
– Laura June perfectly sums up my feelings about Facebook’s frictionless sharing. It used to be that I could share and discover new music through Spotify’s playlists, but now I can’t unless I agree to broadcast (and therefore tacitly endorse) every song I listen to. Panopticon?...
August 2011
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July 2011
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November 2010
2 posts
Good copyright defense: utter idiocy →
(Via Daring Fireball)
Socialists don't privatize →
“Saving GM was a harder call, but, with the benefit of hindsight, the right one… The lesson for American voters is that their president, for all his flaws, has no desire to own the commanding heights of industry. A gambler, yes. An interventionist, yes. A socialist, no.”
- The Economist