2024-12-20: [Tailwind 4.0: a True “Mea Culpa” Moment | That HTML Blog](https://thathtml.blog/2024/12/tailwind-4-a-mea-culpa-moment/) Here we are. The ships have turned around. React 19 can now play in a world where not all of your …
2024-12-13: [Peak Design denies snitching on Luigi Mangione - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/13/24320785/peak-design-everyday-backpack-serial-number-united-healthcare-ceo-shooting) “We cannot associate a product serial number with a customer unless that customer has voluntarily …
2024-12-10: [From where I left - <antirez>](https://antirez.com/news/144) if you read the new Redis license, sure, it’s not BSD, but basically as long as you don’t sell Redis …
2024-12-09: [I Would Not Take My Post-Assassination Meal At An Altoona McDonald's, But I Guess I'm Built Different | Defector](https://defector.com/i-would-not-take-my-post-assassination-meal-at-an-altoona-mcdonalds-but-i-guess-im-built-different) Heretofore unimagined levels of operational preplanning! A pistol, a bicycle, and the wherewithal …
2024-11-27: [Things you forgot (or never knew) because of React - Josh Collinsworth blog](https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/antiquated-react#react-is-way-behind-in-performance) React falls behind in terms of performance (and here I mean both bundle size and execution speed) by …
2024-11-07: [Why Amazon, Disney, and others are pushing employees back to the office - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/24290345/return-to-office-mandates-amazon-productivity-remote-work-hybrid-decoder-podcast) Here are some of the news stories, surveys, and studies we discussed in this episode, if you’d like …
2024-11-07: [Feeling despair after Trump’s 2024 election win? Viktor Frankl can help. | Vox](https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/383438/viktor-frankl) He argued that human beings always have agency, even when we’re facing a horrible reality that it’s …
2024-11-01: Apple buys Pixelmator ↦ sixcolors.com/link/2024…
2024-10-28: [Apple put the Magic Mouse’s charging port on the bottom again - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/28/24276043/apple-new-usb-c-magic-mouse-charging-port-bottom) Apple’s new USB-C-equipped Magic Mouse somehow still has the charging port on the bottom. Just …
2024-09-26: [Builder Day 2024: 18 big updates to the Workers platform](https://blog.cloudflare.com/builder-day-2024-announcements/) Starting today, as an early developer preview, you can use OpenNext to deploy Next.js apps to …
2024-09-19: [I'm back, Ruby on Rails | WildCat's Blog](https://blog.wildcat.io/2024/08/i-m-back-rails/) Ruby on Rails is a full-stack framework. It has a lot of built-in features, such as ActiveRecord, …
2024-09-18: [All About Hotwire and Turbo - DEV Community](https://dev.to/bhumi/all-about-hotwire-and-turbo-17hn) Officially “Turbo is a collection of techniques for creating fast, progressively enhanced web …
2024-09-05: [Alex Morgan, a star on and off the pitch for U.S. soccer, announces retirement - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/05/alex-morgan-retires-uswnt-soccer/) Alex Morgan, a centerpiece of the U.S. women’s national soccer team that won two World Cups and an …
2024-08-24: [Implementing React from scratch](https://www.rob.directory/blog/react-from-scratch) My goal here is to walk through my process of building react from the groundup, hopefully giving you …
2024-08-22: The Exhausting Reality of React and the JavaScript Ecosystem As a developer knee-deep in the JavaScript world since around 2015, I’ve come to a rather …
2024-07-02: [Gregg Berhalter faces questions about USMNT job after Copa América failure - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/07/02/gregg-berhalter-usmnt-job-status/) He was tasked with getting the most out of a roster gushing with youthful promise and primed to take …
2024-05-13: [Apple News Plus is ready to work offline - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/13/24155638/apple-news-plus-offline-ios-17-5-macos-apple-watch-updates) Even if subscribers are outside cellular or Wi-Fi range (or if there’s a massive outage), Apple News …
2024-04-29: [4 common arguments against DEI—and how to dismantle each one - Fast Company](https://www.fastcompany.com/91113957/4-common-arguments-against-dei-and-how-to-dismantle-each-one) In the 1940s, these sidewalk modifications were designed so that war veterans and soldiers with …
2024-04-25: [Manton Reece - TikTok bill is not xenophobic](https://www.manton.org/2024/04/25/tiktok-bill-is.html) Wondering about China’s influence on the TikTok algorithm isn’t xenophobic. It’s not about the …
2024-04-23: [Linux is now an option for safety-minded software-defined vehicle developers | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/linux-is-now-an-option-for-safety-minded-software-defined-vehicle-developers/) There’s a new Linux distro on the scene today, and it’s a bit specialized. Its …
2024-03-18: [The Efforts to Extend ActivityPub - We Distribute](https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/extending-activitypub/#h-towards-activitypub-2-0) “I think there will be a working group chartered at the W3C to make backwards-compatible changes,” …
2024-03-05: [GE Profile™ Leads the Way in AI Technology and Precision Cooking Modes with Cookcam™ AI | GE Appliances Pressroom](https://pressroom.geappliances.com/news/ge-profileTM-leads-the-way-in-ai-technology-and-precision-cooking-modes-with-cookcamTM-ai) GE Profile™ is introducing a new over-the-air software upgrade to owners of select wall ovens with …
2024-02-20: [Paying people to work on open source is good actually - Jacob Kaplan-Moss](https://jacobian.org/2024/feb/16/paying-maintainers-is-good/) Many, many more people should be getting paid to write free software, but for that to happen we’re …
2024-02-15: [Apple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24074182/apple-drops-support-iphone-web-apps-eu-dma) Apple says it’s removing homescreen apps for users in the EU because bringing them into compliance …
2024-02-08: Mastodon is currently at a crossroads. Despite experiencing steady growth over the past few years, especially with the upheaval of Twitter, …
2024-02-06: Four important bolts were missing I could argue that EVERY bolt on an airplane is …
2024-01-31: [Full-Scratch Implementor of OAuth and OpenID Connect Talks About Findings | by Takahiko Kawasaki](https://darutk.medium.com/full-scratch-implementor-of-oauth-and-openid-connect-talks-about-findings-55015f36d1c3) The OpenID Connect website says “OpenID Connect 1.0 is a simple identity layer on top of the OAuth …
2024-01-24: iLife 2004 iDVD iMovie iPhoto iWeb iLife 2024 Notes Reminders FreeForm iMessage Photos
2024-01-22: [Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free — ProPublica](https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free) But the success of TurboTax rests on a shaky foundation, one that could collapse overnight if the …
2024-01-19: [The 2024 Kia EV9, an electric three-row SUV designed with the US in mind | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01/2024-kia-ev9-first-drive-a-flawed-but-fine-family-flagship/) American car buyers love purchasing way more car than they need. Have a kid and a dog? You’d …
2024-01-17: [inessential: Corporations Are Not To Be Loved](https://inessential.com/2024/01/17/corporations_are_not_to_be_loved) But I need to remember, now and again, that Apple is a corporation, and corporations aren’t people, …
2024-01-11: [Why Platformer is leaving Substack](https://newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com/5bc/5bc0b357bf0933c6223646ae6e317f34f1390e68.html) Not all of you use these features. Some of you might not have seen them. But I can speak to their …
2024-01-08: [Volkswagen is adding ChatGPT to its infotainment system | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01/volkswagen-is-adding-chatgpt-to-its-infotainment-system/) From mid-2024, we can add the VW ID.3, ID.4, ID.5, ID.7, Tiguan, Passat, and Golf to the list of …
2023-12-13: [Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them](https://www.404media.co/polish-hackers-repaired-trains-the-manufacturer-artificially-bricked-now-the-train-company-is-threatening-them/) four white-hat hackers helped a regional rail company in southwest Poland unbrick a train that had …
2023-12-02: [My $500M Mars Rover Mistake: A Failure Story — Chris Lewicki](https://www.chrislewicki.com/articles/failurestory) I had learned from countless experiences in this and other projects that bad news doesn’t get better …
2023-11-14: [Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/14/23960624/truck-suv-hood-height-pedestrian-death-report-iihs) How tall are we talking here? According to the IIHS, the average US passenger vehicle has gotten …
2023-11-13: [The First 100 Subscribers for Elite Hoops | Swiftjective-C](https://www.swiftjectivec.com/the-first-100-subscribers/) I think the sweet spot is to hit both of those segments (well-crafted, doing the platform well while …
2023-11-01: [Disney is about to own all of Hulu - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/1/23875523/disney-comcast-hulu-stake-sale) Disney is buying up Comcast’s stake in Hulu. The entertainment giant announced Wednesday that it …
2023-10-27: [Fall COVID shot uptake is an “abysmal” 7%; wastewater testing impaired | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/10/fall-covid-shot-uptake-is-an-abysmal-7-wastewater-testing-impaired/) More than a month since US health officials recommended updated COVID-19 vaccines for all Americans, …
2023-10-16: [A Message from Prashanth Chandrasekar, CEO Stack Overflow - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/10/16/stack-overflow-company-announcement-october-2023/) This year is no different, ranging from the monumental efforts to successfully launch OverflowAI to …
2023-10-13: [Downtown Salt Lake City’s “virtuous loop,” explained - Vox](https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/23913388/salt-lake-city-utah-downtown-success-housing-climate) Downtown Salt Lake has built more new apartments since 2020 than downtown Manhattan, according to …
2023-10-12: [GM now has its own API for software developers to make cool apps for its cars - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/12/23914060/gm-uservices-api-software-apps-car-sdv) GM announced a new vehicle services definition called “uServices” for the automotive software …
2023-09-06: [Rest in peace, neglected iTunes Movie Trailer app and website](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/rest-in-peace-neglected-itunes-movie-trailer-app-and-website/) Throughout the 2000s, the website was the default destination for many folks. It was first launched …
2023-09-01: [Zoom adds collaborative notes you can edit while on a video call - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/1/23855356/zoom-notes-collaborative-documents-video-calls) The company is adding a feature called Notes that allows users to create, share, and simultaneously …
2023-08-29: [Not a problem to be solved. A choice made.](https://www.vox.com/23142734/unc-chapel-hill-shooting) Every day, 120 Americans die at the end of a gun, including suicides and homicides, an average of …
2023-08-23: [IBM’s generative AI tool aims to refactor ancient COBOL code for its mainframes | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/ibms-generative-ai-tool-aims-to-refactor-ancient-cobol-code-for-its-mainframes/) IBM, eager to keep those legacy functions on its Z mainframe systems, wants that code rewritten in …
2023-08-21: [Apple Podcasts now shows creators who’s really paying for their shows - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23839961/apple-podcasts-subscription-analytics-linkfire-partnership) Some really interesting tidbits about Apple and their Podcast subscription platform. Apple is …
2023-08-17: [A 'rolling recession' or a 'richcession' might spare the US economy from a full-scale downturn | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/recession-economy-inflation-jobs-unemployment-2ad91e65f4c0c79ebd2518e351934605) The risk of recession is receding, rapidly,” said Neil Dutta, an economist at Renaissance Macro. …
2023-08-09: [Supreme Court says Apple can keep its App Store payment rules for now - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23826043/epic-apple-app-store-supreme-court-petition) Justice Elena Kagan declined to vacate a stay on a lower court order about Apple’s anti-steering …
2023-08-08: [Barstool Sportsbook operator rebrands as ESPN Bet in a new $1.5 billion licensing deal - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/8/23825043/espn-bet-penn-entertainment-barstool-sportsbook-gambling) In practice, this is what Iger’s plan looks like, with ESPN providing promotional services, access …
2023-08-07: [If a Cactus Can't Survive This, Neither Can You](https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/if-a-cactus-cant-survive-this-neither) It’s not just getting a little hotter. It’s getting so hot that saguaro cacti are deflating in the …
2023-08-03: [How cities can stem the tide of pedestrian deaths from large cars and SUVs | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/how-cities-can-stem-the-tide-of-pedestrian-deaths-from-large-cars-and-suvs/) In my view, communities seeking to discourage the predominance of oversize vehicles and encourage …
2023-07-24: [Lyft, the Largest Bikeshare Operator in North America, Wants Out of the Business](https://www.vice.com/en/article/pka3kn/lyft-the-largest-bikeshare-operator-in-north-america-wants-out-of-the-business) “If what is in that WSJ story is true,” said David Zipper, a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Kennedy …
2023-07-18: [AddyOsmani.com - Software is a vehicle for delivering value to people.](https://addyosmani.com/blog/software-value/) Software is a vehicle for delivering value to people. Don’t get lost in the tools; keep your sight …
2023-07-17: [Cristiano Ronaldo says Saudi Pro League 'better' than MLS - ESPN](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38026181/cristiano-ronaldo-says-saudi-pro-league-better-mls) Al Nassr striker Cristiano Ronaldo said the Saudi Pro League “is better” than MLS and …
2023-07-17: [Increasing speed limits can lead to more crashes and deaths, AAA finds - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23792845/speed-limit-analysis-aaa-increase-crash-injury-death) The motor club association analyzed a dozen roads and found that lowering speed limits can decrease …
2023-07-16: [Inter Miami CF Signs Seven-Time Ballon d’Or Winner, World Cup Champion, Lionel Messi | Inter Miami CF](https://www.intermiamicf.com/news/inter-miami-cf-signs-seven-time-ballon-d-or-winner-world-cup-champion-lionel-mes) Inter Miami CF today announced the signing of seven-time Ballon d’Or winner and World Cup Champion, …
2023-07-06: [Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/07/mastodon-fixes-critical-tootroot-vulnerability-allowing-node-hijacking/#p3) In all, Mastodon’s Thursday patch batch fixed five vulnerabilities. One of the bugs, tracked as …
2023-07-05: [What does AUTHORIZED_FETCH actually do? | Sunny Garden Hub](https://hub.sunny.garden/2023/06/28/what-does-authorized_fetch-actually-do/) Putting this here for reference later. There seems to be increased interest lately in the Mastodon …
2023-06-28: [The Death Cult of the American Car - The American Prospect](https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2023-06-28-death-cult-american-car/) As Emily Badger and Alicia Parlapiano write at The New York Times, back in the mid-1990s, France and …
2023-06-15: [A San Francisco library is turning off Wi-Fi at night to keep people without housing from using it - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/14/23760787/san-francisco-public-library-wifi-homeless-castro-district-8) Some local residents scoffed at the value of 24/7 online access. “[We] have been presented with NO …
2023-05-30: [OpenAI execs warn of “risk of extinction” from artificial intelligence in new open letter](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/openai-execs-warn-of-risk-of-extinction-from-artificial-intelligence-in-new-open-letter/) “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other …
2023-05-23: [Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network - The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/elon-musk-ron-desantis-2024-twitter/674149/) Twitter has long been described, even by its most ardent users, as a hellsite. But under Elon Musk, …
2023-05-22: [Ford CEO came very close to saying the right thing about heavy EV batteries - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/22/23733215/ford-ev-battery-size-weight-safety-jim-farley) The Rivian R1T truck and R1S SUV run on batteries as large as 135kWh. The Hummer EV’s 212kWh battery …
2023-05-16: [Does funding matter for schools? Most studies say yes. - Vox](https://www.vox.com/2023/5/16/23724458/school-funding-education-outcomes-hanushek) It finds that when schools get more money, students tend to score better on tests and stay in school …
2023-05-08: I’ve been mulling the idea of extending mastodon. Think about it similarly to how you …
2023-04-25: [Spotify CEO promises not to ‘overpay’ on podcast deals as Joe Rogan renewal approaches - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697866/spotify-overpay-fears-podcasts-siriusxm-own-renewal-tom-brady-ai) The podcast business isn’t profitable yet, It’s been years and how many billions ?!?
2023-04-24: Working on formatting and activity pub. Trying to get my head around how to send a post to an inbox …
2023-04-10: New Adventures Today, I am starting a new adventure, no longer working at ThisDot, where I have been for the last …
2023-03-30: [How Disney won the latest battle in Florida governor DeSantis’s culture war - Vox](https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/30/23663345/disney-desantis-florida-board-reedy-creek) The new board’s only purview is to maintain roads and other essential infrastructure. The agreement …
2023-03-30: [After Mass Shootings, Republicans Expand Access to Guns - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/us/nashville-gun-laws.html) Right there in the title.
2023-03-29: [Magazine restrictions could reduce mass killings by AR-15s, but courts must decide - Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/high-capacity-magazine-ban-legal-challenges/) Those magazines are increasingly seen as an area where policy changes could lessen the carnage that …
2023-03-19: [City planners are questioning the point of parking garages | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/02/city-planners-are-questioning-the-point-of-parking-garages/) In the coming years, we believe that urban life will rely less and less on providing adequate …
2023-03-09: [WhatsApp: Rather be blocked in UK than weaken security - BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64863448) Signal president Meredith Whittaker previously told BBC News it “would absolutely, 100% …
2023-02-21: [Learn HTML](https://web.dev/learn/html/) This HTML course for web developers provides a solid overview for developers, from novice to expert …
2023-02-20: What ChatGTP Thinks of Serverside JS JavaScript has come a long way since it was first introduced as a client-side scripting language for …
2023-02-08: [Twitter experiencing international outages; most users can’t tweet or DM | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/twitter-experiencing-international-outages-most-users-cant-tweet-or-dm/) Late Wednesday afternoon, Twitter began experiencing international outages, with many users unable …
2023-02-01: [Florida schools tell teachers: Hide your books to avoid felony charges - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/01/31/florida-hide-books-stop-woke-manatee-county-duval-county-desantis/) Manatee County’s January directive, obtained by The Post, says teachers who maintain elementary and …
2023-02-01: [Netlify Acquires Gatsby, Its Struggling Jamstack Competitor - The New Stack](https://thenewstack.io/netlify-acquires-gatsby-its-struggling-jamstack-competitor/) In any event, now that Gatsby has been gobbled up, it’s clear that Netlify is one of the strongest …
2023-01-30: [The FAA updates flight system to prevent future outages - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/30/23577937/faa-flight-system-notam-update-prevent-outages) To help prevent repeat incidents, Reuters says the FAA has implemented a one-hour delay in the time …
2023-01-28: [OpenAI Might Be Training AI to Replace Some Software Engineers: Report](https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-chatgpt-contractors-train-ai-software-engineering-autonomous-vehicles-report-2023-1) While OpenAI already has a product called Codex, which can convert natural language into working …
2023-01-24: [Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/half-of-smart-appliances-remain-disconnected-from-internet-makers-lament/#p3) “The challenge is that a consumer doesn’t see the true value that manufacturers see in terms of how …
2023-01-20: [What explains recent tech layoffs, and why should we be worried? | Stanford News](https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/05/explains-recent-tech-layoffs-worried/) Why are so many tech companies laying people off right now? The tech industry layoffs are basically …
2023-01-20: [So you want to make a new JS framework - daverupert.com](https://daverupert.com/2023/01/so-you-want-to-make-a-new-js-framework/) You need a library that is different from React, but similar enough that people might actually use …
2023-01-20: [CLI tools you won't be able to live without 🔧 - DEV Community 👩💻👨💻](https://dev.to/lissy93/cli-tools-you-cant-live-without-57f6) A really good collection. Some I use everyday like ‘jq’ and others I am definitely gonna …
2023-01-19: [Daring Fireball: App Store Rejection of the Week: Ice Cubes, a Splendid New Mastodon Client](https://daringfireball.net/2023/01/ice_cubes_app_store_limbo) I don’t generally call for anyone to be fired, but an App Store reviewer who cannot see how Ice …
2023-01-17: [Tesla staged Autopilot demo video, says director of software](https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23559294/tesla-autopilot-2016-video-pre-mapped-traffic-lights) But according to Elluswamy, the demo was “specific to some predetermined route,” compared to the …
2023-01-17: [Wyoming Republicans take a stand, want to ban electric cars](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/01/wyoming-republicans-take-a-stand-want-to-ban-electric-cars/) The motivation, according to the bill’s preamble, is that the oil and gas industry is …
2023-01-17: [Artists file class-action lawsuit against AI image generator companies](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/artists-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-ai-image-generator-companies/) A group of artists represented by the Joseph Saveri Law Firm has filed a US federal class-action …
2023-01-09: [John Deere relents, says farmers can fix their own tractors after all | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/john-deere-relents-says-farmers-can-fix-their-own-tractors-after-all/) “AFBF is pleased to announce this agreement with John Deere,” said AFBF President Zippy …
2023-01-06: The Start of Something New Bundle complete! 15 Gemfile dependencies, 73 gems now installed. Use `bundle info [gemname]` to see …
2023-01-06: [Tesla finally offers alternative to the steering yoke on Model S and X ](https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/6/23542029/tesla-model-s-x-round-steering-wheel-yoke-announcement) Tesla online configurator for the Model S/X was updated on Thursday, adding the option for a round …
2023-01-05: [FTC intends to ban noncompete clauses that bind 30 million US workers | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/ftc-proposes-ban-on-noncompete-clauses-says-they-violate-workers-legal-rights/) A noncompete ban would affect many types of jobs and industries. “Companies use noncompetes …
2023-01-04: Missed it I’ve been working in React Native for the last bit, and I have to say, I’ve very much …
2023-01-04: [83% of Developers Suffer from Burnout - Gayle’s Substack](https://gaylelaakmann.substack.com/p/83-of-developers-suffer-from-burnout) Burnout has reportedly reached a critical point in the software developer circle since the onset of …
2023-01-03: [The Mandalorian’s third season premieres on March 1st](https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23488644/mandalorian-season-three-premiere-date-march-1-disney-plus) My son and I have watched every episode together multiple times. Really looking forward to new …
2022-09-19: Automakers are ignoring the simple solution to the rise of traffic deaths The Verge just make the cars go slower. It really is that simple.
2022-09-08: editorial illustration by Karolis Strautniekas and Mads Berg synthwave, portrait of a lonely city, …
2022-08-30: Virginia judge dismisses obscenity lawsuit over books The Verge Virginia Beach Circuit Court Judge Pamela Baskervill found that Maia Kobabe’s Gender …
2022-07-13: Tesla asks Texans to avoid charging their EVs during peak times because of the heatwave The Verge This is the second time this year that Tesla has encouraged off-peak charging during a …
2022-07-07: JavaScript Is the New C The following is a transcript from episode 31 of JS to Elm podcast released in 2018: Hello. My name …
2022-06-24: The Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, allowing abortion bans The Verge I just don’t have the words.
2022-06-02: Fucks Sake Mass shootings in 2022: U.S. sees more than 200 so far - The Washington Post
2022-06-02: Continued Failed Gun Control Legislation Vox This legislation — which will inevitably be blocked in the Senate — is an acknowledgment of the …
2022-05-06: Why trade unions oppose stoping California freeway expansion Los Angeles Times No longer will the state add freeway lanes solely to allow more cars and trucks …
2022-04-27: End of the road: Apple is killing macOS Server Ars Technica Server was never as widely used as the consumer versions of macOS, but macOS Server …
2022-04-20: How to love work (No, really.) Vox Even as the antiwork counterculture grows, so do calls to “get back to work.” Conservative …
2022-04-14: Kentucky is the first state to effectively end abortions Vox The new law, which goes into effect immediately, will force the state’s two remaining abortion …
2022-04-14: Tesla must pay ex-worker $15 million for “disturbing” racist abuse, judge rules | Ars Technica Tesla framed Diaz’s suffering as “‘garden variety’ emotional …
2022-04-12: Tim Cook delivers speech railing against “data industrial complex,” sideloading Ars Technica “If we are forced to let unvetted apps onto iPhone, the unintended consequences …
2022-04-02: What the World Cup draw means for the USMNT WAPO U.S. fortunes largely will rest on the shoulders of 23-year-old Christian Pulisic, a menacing …
2022-03-31: Independence Day From Hypercritical At each decision point, I’ve adjusted my life to fit within my maximum capacity …
2022-03-29: UnitedHealth, parent of the biggest health insurer in the U.S., has struck a deal to buy home-health company LHC Group for $5.4 billion From WSJ Wyatt Decker, the chief executive of Optum Health, the unit that focuses on …
2022-03-25: Apple’s Hold on App Store Set to Face Significant Challenge From New European Law From WSJ As the language is finalized behind closed doors, most tech companies and their lobbyists …
2022-03-22: React Context is not your friend Getting my thoughts together with react context and the current uses of manageing state in the react …
2022-03-21: [The simplest, most revolutionary approach to ending poverty - Vox](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22973042/georgia-cash-transfers-racial-wealth-gap-martin-luther-king-jr) One in four Black Americans live in high-poverty neighborhoods, compared to one in 13 white …
2022-03-18: Made the move and migrated everything in my blog from my dev cobbled site to Micro.blog. Turned out …
2022-03-18: [Sabotage: Code added to popular NPM package wiped files in Russia and Belarus](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/sabotage-code-added-to-popular-npm-package-wiped-files-in-russia-and-belarus/) This risk was on full display in January, when the developer of two JavaScript libraries with more …
2022-03-17: [Daring Fireball: The Apple Studio Display](https://daringfireball.net/2022/03/the_apple_studio_display) [UPDATE, SEVEN HOURS AFTER PUBLICATION: Maybe I should hold my breath. Multiple little birdies …
2022-03-17: [The Apple Studio Display](https://daringfireball.net/2022/03/the_apple_studio_display) CAMERA Which brings us to the camera, which I find to be crushingly disappointing. Image quality is …
2022-03-17: [Bitcoin Miners, Crypto Mania in Texas Risk New Costs and Strains on Shaky Grid - Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-15/crypto-mania-in-texas-risks-new-costs-and-strains-on-shaky-grid) But Rayburn’s experience shows that’s not always the case. Miners are looking at remote …
2022-03-15: [In Houston, Most Companies Are Back in the Office but Floors Are Half Empty - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-houston-most-companies-are-back-in-the-office-but-floors-are-half-empty-11647345600) The remote-work trend poses a larger threat to office-space usage than gas prices. Some employers …
2022-03-10: [S09E06 Modern Web Podcast- Managing a Developer Team with Jem Young from Netflix](https://modernweb.podbean.com/e/s09e06-modern-web-podcast-managing-a-developer-team-with-jem-young-from-netflix/) In this episode of the Modern Web Podcast, Jem Young, Engineering Manager at Netflix, shares his …
2022-03-04: [Latest Russia-Ukraine war news: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant taken over, Chernihiv destroyed - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-war-putin-news/) A Russian projectile hit the Zaporizhzhia plant in southeastern Ukraine overnight, igniting a fire …
2022-03-04: [A change to America’s tax code could fix the housing crisis - Vox](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22951092/land-tax-housing-crisis) Under a land value tax system, proponents say property owners would be clamoring to be allowed to …
2022-03-03: [Towards a Unified Theory of Web Performance - Infrequently Noted](https://infrequently.org/2022/03/a-unified-theory-of-web-performance/) I propose four key ingredients: Definition: What is “performance” beyond page speed? …
2022-02-14: [Missouri governor rebuffed: Journalist won’t be prosecuted for viewing HTML](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/missouri-governor-rebuffed-journalist-wont-be-prosecuted-for-viewing-html/#p3) Post-Dispatch reporter Josh Renaud had been facing the threat of prosecution since his discovery …
2022-02-08: [Kansas medical board faces threats from lawmakers for probing ivermectin use | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/kansas-lawmakers-attack-medical-board-for-probing-ivermectin-cases/) That seems like a really odd and specific action by the state legislature. Rep. Susan Humphries, a …
2022-02-06: [New Jobs for Burned-Out Teachers Mean Learning the Rules of the Corporate World - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/burnout-drove-these-teachers-into-new-careers-heres-how-they-got-there-11644143400?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f) Ms. Wilson, 30 years old, is among the more than 900,000 people who quit jobs in state and local …
2022-02-02: [New York Times Confronts Labor Strife as Tech Workers Push to Organize - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-times-confronts-labor-strife-as-tech-workers-push-to-organize-11643832396?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f) “The success of digital product development relies on collaboration, speed and constant …
2022-01-31: [‘Maus’ Tops Bestseller Lists After TN School District Yanks It](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/maus-art-spiegelman-amazon-bestseller-list) Award-winning graphic novel “Maus” by Art Spiegelman, which depicts the atrocities experienced by …
2022-01-25: [U.S. Companies Down to Five-Day Supply of Key Chips, Report Says - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-companies-down-to-five-day-supply-of-key-chips-report-says-11643126434?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f) Commerce Department survey shows companies typically had 40-day supply in 2019 That’s pretty …
2022-01-24: [FCC chair plans to block exclusive deals that limit ISP choice in apartments](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/01/fcc-chair-plans-crackdown-on-isp-landlord-deals-that-prevent-competition/) “With more than one-third of the US population living in apartments, mobile home parks, …
2022-01-24: [PG&E’s criminal probation is ending, but the company remains a ‘menace to California’ - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/24/22899095/pge-menace-california-wildfires-probation-lifts) “In these five years, PG&E has gone on a crime spree and will emerge from probation as a …
2022-01-24: [AT&T announces multi-gigabit fiber: $110 a month for 2Gbps, $180 for 5Gbps | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/att-announces-multi-gigabit-fiber-110-a-month-for-2gbps-180-for-5gbps/#p3) AT&T has unfortunately left tens of millions of households in its 21-state wireline territory …
2022-01-18: [One man holds up anything better](https://www.vox.com/2021/12/19/22844969/manchin-build-back-better-setback-biden-social-spending-bill) It contained a measure extending the expanded child tax credit Democrats passed in response to the …
2022-01-11: [Apple promises third-party payment options in iOS for South Korean users - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/11/22877952/apple-third-party-payments-app-store-south-korea) Apple says it will introduce third-party payment options for the first time ever in iOS apps, …
2022-01-07: [The Supreme Court appears more afraid of Joe Biden than it is of Covid-19 ](https://www.vox.com/2022/1/7/22871919/supreme-court-vaccine-mandate-osha-workplace-cms-medicare-medicaid-biden) The bottom line remains that Congress wrote expansive language when it passed the OSH Act, and OSHA …
2022-01-07: [Big ISPs fight to save exclusive wiring deals that limit choice in apartments | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/big-isps-fight-to-save-exclusive-wiring-deals-that-limit-choice-in-apartments/) The new public notice seeks to “refresh the record” in an FCC proceeding on competition …
2022-01-07: [How Republicans and gas lobby block city climate solutions using preemption](https://www.vox.com/22691755/gas-utilities-fight-electrification-preemption) While many answers to climate change require national and even international action, cities often …
2022-01-06: [Omicron is not mild and is crushing health care systems worldwide, WHO warns | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/omicron-is-not-mild-and-is-crushing-health-care-systems-worldwide-who-warns/) Of particular concern are the rising hospitalizations among children. More than 4,000 children are …
2022-01-06: [Supreme Court to Weigh Vaccine Requirements for the Workplace - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-to-weigh-vaccine-requirements-for-the-workplace-11641481822?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f) 1905 case, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, the justices upheld the state’s authority to require that …
2022-01-05: [Supreme Court: The stakes in the Covid-19 vaccine cases are bigger than they seem](https://www.vox.com/22865247/supreme-court-vaccination-covid-omicron-osha-missouri-biden-nfib) I don’t want to minimize the significance of the policies at issue in Missouri and NFIB. In creating …
2022-01-05: [PG&E found responsible for yet another devastating fire](https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/5/22868298/pge-utility-power-line-responsible-dixie-fire) The Dixie Fire raged for more than three months last year, burning over 1,300 structures and killing …
2022-01-04: [ISPs spent $235 million on lobbying and donations, “more than $320,000 a day”](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/isps-spent-235-million-on-lobbying-and-donations-more-than-320000-a-day/) ISPs also focused heavily on the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, which would have spent …
2022-01-04: [Podcasters are letting software pick their ads — it’s already going awry - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/4/22865034/podcast-programmatic-spotify-ad-network) Last year, an ad for the TV show The Sex Lives of College Girls popped up on an American Public …
2022-01-02: [Much has changed since the start of the pandemic. But the nation’s public health system remains fractured. - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/01/01/covid-what-has-changed/) with little more than 60 percent of the U.S. population fully immunized with two mRNA shots or a …
2022-01-02: [Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account over COVID-19 misinformation](https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/2/22863583/twitter-marjorie-taylor-greene-banned-covid-19-misinformation) In a statement to The Verge, Twitter spokesperson Katie Rosborough explains that the platform …
2021-12-28: [CDC draws criticism for shorter COVID quarantine, isolation as omicron bears down | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/cdc-cuts-isolation-period-for-asymptomatic-covid-no-negative-test-needed/) But, while other public health experts generally agreed with Ting’s point, they were …
2021-12-16: [Judge Overturns Purdue Pharma’s Opioid Settlement - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/health/judge-overturns-purdue-pharmas-opioid-settlement.html?referringSource=articleShare) The ruling said the company’s owners, members of the Sackler family, could not receive protection …
2021-12-15: [No jab, no job: Google will fire unvaccinated employees | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/12/no-jab-no-job-google-will-fire-unvaccinated-employees/) Google’s memo came three weeks after a federal court declined to lift a stay on President Joe …
2021-12-14: [GitHub - nektos/act: Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀](https://github.com/nektos/act) Running GitHub Actions locally ?!? Awesome. I can not tell you hake often I’ve wanted this. …
2021-12-13: [California wants to copy Texas abortion tactics for gun control - Vox](https://www.vox.com/2021/12/12/22830625/newsom-california-guns-texas-abortion-law-supreme-court) The proposed California legislation, however, would be the first measure to use a SB 8-style …
2021-12-10: [Stripped of power, Missouri health depts abandon COVID health measures | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/missouri-tells-health-depts-to-stop-enforcing-and-publicizing-covid-measures/#p3) One local agency, the Laclede County Health Department, northeast of Springfield, announced that it …
2021-12-09: [Schools Confront a Wave of Student Misbehavior, Driven by Months of Remote Learning - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/schools-student-misbehavior-remote-learning-covid-11639061247?st=4t1p4q5g4y7e0xw&reflink=article_copyURL_share) Schools have seen an increase in both minor incidents, like students talking in class, and more …
2021-12-08: [Epic v. Apple ruling put on hold after appeals court grants a stay - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/8/22814147/epic-apple-app-store-injunction-paused) An appeals court has paused one of the most consequential parts of the Epic v. Apple ruling, placing …
2021-12-05: [Sony drops first look teaser trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/12/sony-drops-first-look-teaser-trailer-for-spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-part-one/) The teaser trailer is light on plot specifics, but has some amazing visuals. We open with Miles …
2021-12-01: [WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Treatment of Peng Shuai - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/sports/tennis/wta-china-peng-shuai.html) The suspension comes just two months before the start of an Olympics that makes Beijing the first …
2021-11-29: [Big Tech firms should pay ISPs to upgrade networks, telcos in Europe claim | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/big-tech-firms-should-pay-isps-to-upgrade-networks-telcos-in-europe-claim/) “Big Tech has been enjoying a free ride on our Internet infrastructure while skipping out on …
2021-11-24: [Helping developers build powerful, installable web apps - Chrome Developers](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/pwa-install-features/#:~:text=Our%20work%20led%20to%20a%20greater%20than%20100%25%20increase%20in%20PWA%20installation%20and%20engagement) Earlier this year, we launched Richer Install, an extended install UI on Chrome on Android that …
2021-11-23: [Google employees sign manifesto against widened Covid vaccine mandate](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/23/google-employees-sign-manifesto-against-widened-vaccine-mandate.html) The manifesto within Google, which has been signed by at least 600 Google employees, asks company …
2021-11-23: [Child COVID cases are on the rise, jumping 32% in latest surge | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/child-covid-cases-are-on-the-rise-jumping-32-in-latest-surge/#p3) Children accounted for just over 25 percent of all COVID-19 cases in the week ending on November 18. …
2021-11-23: [Samsung to Choose Taylor, Texas, for $17 Billion Chip-Making Factory - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-to-choose-taylor-texas-for-17-billion-chipmaking-factory-11637627613) The Taylor factory is expected to serve as an advanced chip-making facility for Samsung’s …
2021-11-18: [Improving public infrastructure helps people keep doctor appointments - Vox](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22787964/biden-infrastructure-bill-light-rail-doctors-appointments) They found a meaningful reduction in the number of no-show appointments among patients who lived …
2021-11-17: [Why Netflix never goes down - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/22787426/netflix-cdn-open-connect) “The reason that Netflix had to build a CDN is because America’s ISPs are garbage,” Electronic …
2021-11-15: [The secret of the macOS Monterey network quality tool | DanPetrov](https://danpetrov.xyz/macos/2021/11/14/analysing-network-quality-macos.html) ➜ networkQuality -s ==== SUMMARY ==== Upload capacity: 174.183 Mbps Download capacity: 143.084 Mbps …
2021-11-14: [Apple is reportedly relying on states to pay for digital ID rollouts - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/14/22781570/apple-making-states-pay-digital-id-service) Despite being an Apple-led program, taxpayers are footing the bill to roll out this single-platform …
2021-11-11: [Facebook is spending billions to buy up the metaverse - Vox](https://www.vox.com/recode/22776461/facebook-meta-metaverse-monopoly) In the past couple years, Facebook’s appetite for deals has run the gamut from Giphy, which lets you …
2021-11-11: [Apple should take a break from annual iOS and macOS updates - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/22771079/apple-macos-monteray-ios-15-mac-iphone-software-operating-system-updates-space-out-features) Apple’s system of annual releases leaves it with the worst of both worlds: siloed updates that come …
2021-11-10: [Drugstore deserts: Over 40 million Americans lack easy access to pharmacies because of market consolidation - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/10/drugstore-shortage-rural-america/) “The system might work well for health plans and these middlemen, but it creates difficult access …
2021-11-08: [Rodgers is wrong—NFL says league docs never talked to him about vaccine | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/rodgers-is-wrong-nfl-says-league-docs-never-talked-to-him-about-vaccine/) Amid touting unproven and experimental treatments, Rodgers cast aspersions and spread misinformation …
2021-11-08: [Dark Matter Developers: The Unseen 99% - Scott Hanselman's Blog](https://www.hanselman.com/blog/dark-matter-developers-the-unseen-99) While some days I create new things with cutting edge technology and revel in the latest Beta or …
2021-11-08: [Biden’s “historic” $65 billion broadband plan approved by Congress](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/congress-oks-42-billion-to-deploy-100mbps-broadband-in-unserved-areas/) “The bipartisan infrastructure deal will deliver $65 billion to help ensure that every …
2021-11-08: [Submissions now accepted through the holidays - News - Apple Developer](https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=y4fgrhhe&1636388143) This year, we’re pleased to continue accepting submissions in App Store Connect throughout the …
2021-11-08: [Apple’s Federighi delivers dramatic speech on dangers of sideloading | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/apples-federighi-delivers-dramatic-speech-on-dangers-of-sideloading/) “Sideloading is a cybercriminal’s best friend, and requiring that on the iPhone would be …
2021-11-03: [Supreme Court: The NRA got great news from justices on the Second Amendment - Vox](https://www.vox.com/2021/11/3/22761240/supreme-court-second-amendment-rifle-bruen-heller-amy-coney-barrett) That’s not necessarily bad news for New York. Underwood’s brief makes a persuasive argument that the …
2021-09-17: [$50-per-month emergency broadband subsidies approved in pandemic stimulus | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/12/50-per-month-emergency-broadband-subsidies-approved-in-pandemic-stimulus/) Consumer-advocacy group Public Knowledge said it is “disappointed that Congress did not …
2021-09-17: [100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/100mbps-uploads-and-downloads-should-be-us-broadband-standard-senators-say/) The most recent FCC broadband deployment report said that, as of year-end 2019, 95.6 percent of …
2021-09-17: [3Mbps uploads still fast enough for US homes, Ajit Pai says in final report | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/3mbps-uploads-still-fast-enough-for-us-homes-ajit-pai-says-in-final-report/#p3) From Pai himself We find that the current speed benchmark of 25/3Mbps remains an appropriate …
2021-09-17: [Ajit Pai abandons plan to help Trump punish Facebook and Twitter | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/ajit-pai-abandons-plan-to-help-trump-punish-facebook-and-twitter/#p3) The scenes we saw yesterday were outrageous and extremely disappointing to those of us who cherish …
2021-09-17: [Ajit Pai joins American Enterprise Institute and a firm that invests in ISPs | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/ajit-pai-joins-american-enterprise-institute-and-a-firm-that-invests-in-isps/) Pai is just another in a long list of FCC Chairmen, from both sides of the aisle to come and can …
2021-09-17: [All the tech that went into turning Columbus, Ohio into a ‘Smart City’ | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/28/all-the-tech-that-went-into-turning-columbus-ohio-into-a-smart-city/) Those challenges involve lack of accessibility to mobility options, areas underserved by public …
2021-09-17: [Americans think like shoppers, not like citizens - Vox](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22150375/america-consumerism-shopping-ethan-porter-the-consumer-citizen) calling citizens “customers” implies the only thing that matters is self-interest: What am I paying, …
2021-09-17: [Andrew Yang on putting millennials and Gen Z to work fixing our infrastructure - Vox](https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/21431542/andrew-yang-infrastructure-millennials-student-debt-unemployment) For nearly four decades, we’ve been hearing about the trickle-down economy, which promised that …
2021-09-17: [Arkansas House passes unconstitutional bill putting creationism in schools | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/arkansas-representatives-passes-a-bill-to-allow-creationism-in-schools/#p3) Although the legal history of creationism in schools is available to anyone with a working Internet …
2021-09-17: [AT&T customer since 1960 buys WSJ print ad to complain of slow speeds | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/att-customer-since-1960-buys-wsj-print-ad-to-complain-of-slow-speeds/) A man who has been an AT&T customer since 1960 has a message for CEO John Stankey about the …
2021-09-17: [AT&T kills DSL, leaves tens of millions of homes without fiber Internet](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/life-in-atts-slow-lane-millions-left-without-fiber-as-company-kills-dsl/) “Across the predominantly rural counties in AT&T’s national footprint, only 5 …
2021-09-17: [AT&T now offers a prepaid 100GB data-only plan for $55 per month - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/28/22408326/att-mobile-internet-hotspot-prepaid-plan-5g) AT&T says it will now offer a prepaid 5G data-only plan with up to 100GB of data for $55 per …
2021-09-17: [AT&T promises fiber-to-the-home expansion in 90 metro areas this year | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/att-promises-fiber-for-3-million-more-homes-and-businesses-this-year/) While 3 million locations is a substantial buildout, there are tens of millions of homes without …
2021-09-17: [ATT CEO Against Municipal Broadband](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/att-ceo-seems-confident-industry-can-kill-bidens-municipal-broadband-plan/) That “commitment to serving entire communities” is important because private providers …
2021-09-17: [Automattic Buys Pocket Casts](https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/16/22580023/automattic-pocket-casts-podcast-app-tumble-wordpress) “As part of Automattic, Pocket Casts will continue to provide you with the features needed to enjoy …
2021-09-17: [Biden economy and stock market have defied Trump predictions of doom - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/22/trump-biden-economy-depression/) rebounding economy is headed for its best year since 1984, according to the International Monetary …
2021-09-17: [Biden silent on municipal broadband as he makes $65B deal with Republicans | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/biden-silent-on-municipal-broadband-as-he-makes-65b-deal-with-republicans/#p3) Biden’s plan immediately drew opposition from Republicans and private ISPs such as AT&T, …
2021-09-17: [Biden’s American Families Plan could make America less terrible for parents - Vox](https://www.vox.com/22410476/parents-american-families-plan-biden-child-care) Among the world’s wealthy countries, the United States is, by many measures, the worst place for …
2021-09-17: [Binance Labs leads $1.6M seed round in DeFi startup MOUND, the developer of Pancake Bunny | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/12/binance-labs-leads-1-6m-seed-round-in-defi-startup-mound-the-developer-of-pancake-bunny/?guccounter=1) Built on Binance Smart Chain, a blockchain for developing high-performance DeFi apps, MOUND says …
2021-09-17: [California Unanimously Passes Statewide Fiber Middle Network](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/california-passes-historic-plan-for-statewide-open-access-fiber-network/) The California legislature unanimously approved a plan to build a statewide, open-access fiber …
2021-09-17: [CenturyLink, Frontier missed FCC broadband deadlines in dozens of states | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/centurylink-frontier-missed-fcc-broadband-deadlines-in-dozens-of-states/) Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently urged the FCC to block Frontier’s new funding, …
2021-09-17: [Clarence Thomas blasts Section 230, wants “common-carrier” rules on Twitter | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/clarence-thomas-blasts-section-230-wants-common-carrier-rules-on-twitter/) Thomas acknowledged that private entities usually aren’t constrained by the First Amendment …
2021-09-17: [Coffee Heart Machine Learning](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/magazine/coffee-heart-machine-learning.html?referringSource=articleShare) Still, it’s not definitive. Rather, it’s part of a growing body of evidence that, at the moment, can …
2021-09-17: [Comcast is doubling the speed of its low-income internet plan - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/2/22261402/comcast-internet-essentials-doubling-speed-uploads) This is the second time in a year that Comcast’s program is getting a speed bump: it was upgraded …
2021-09-17: [COVID unit doctor low on compassion for unvaccinated people - Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-08-17/vaccinated-covid-doctor-shot?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true) My patient died nine days later from a fatal stroke. We, the care team, reconciled this loss by …
2021-09-17: [Day 1: Finding Product Ideas](https://gumroad.com/l/BLwER) I have probably started dozens of projects over the years with the intention of selling it as a …
2021-09-17: [Deactivation of Flash may have crippled Chinese railroad for a day | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/deactivation-of-flash-cripples-chinese-railroad-for-a-day/) staffers were reportedly unable to view train operation diagrams, formulate train sequencing …
2021-09-17: [Don’t Be a Schmuck. Put on a Mask.](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/schwarzenegger-schmuck-mask-vaccines/619746/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share) Some people are complaining, “Well, my freedom is being kind of disturbed here.” Well, I told them, …
2021-09-17: [Dying in a Leadership Vacuum | NEJM](https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2029812) But truth is neither liberal nor conservative. When it comes to the response to the largest public …
2021-09-17: [F.C.C. Approves a $50 Monthly High-Speed Internet Subsidy - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/technology/fcc-broadband-low-income-subsidy.html) There are many challenges. Broadband maps, for instance, notoriously overcount how many households …
2021-09-17: [Fight over hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate ends with 153 workers out of a job | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/153-hospital-workers-quit-or-were-fired-after-refusing-covid-19-vaccine/#p3) “We all knew we were getting fired today,” Bridges told the AP. “We knew unless we took that shot to …
2021-09-17: [Hospital suspends 178 health care workers for failing to get COVID vaccine | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/hospital-suspends-178-healthcare-workers-for-failing-to-get-covid-vaccine/#p3) Still, the small faction of vaccine holdouts is vocal—and feisty—about its objections to the …
2021-09-17: [House Republicans propose nationwide ban on municipal broadband networks | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/gop-plan-for-broadband-competition-would-ban-city-run-networks-across-us/) PCMag recently named Chattanooga, Tennessee, the best work-from-home city in the nation, citing in …
2021-09-17: [Housing prices are out of control. Can Biden’s infrastructure bill change that? - Vox](https://www.vox.com/22369761/biden-infrastructure-american-jobs-act-housing-prices-rents-bubble-race-to-the-top) Where are all the houses? Restrictions like minimum lot sizes, mandatory parking requirements, and …
2021-09-17: [In 2021, we need to fix America’s internet - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/22177154/us-internet-speed-maps-competition-availability-fcc) As FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel wrote for The Verge last March, as many as one in three US …
2021-09-17: [In Defense of Science](https://newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com/f9d/f9d8faccc61eccedff9b7cf07f86f427a3fa7337.html) I know that science itself is not a substitute for morality or public policy. It is a method for us …
2021-09-17: [Incarceration Rates by Country 2021](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country) The United States is the world leader in incarceration, despite the national incarceration rate …
2021-09-17: [Infrastructure at US Airports](https://www.vox.com/22577659/bipartisan-infrastructure-framework-airports-biden-travel) Not only are few US airports among the world’s best, but overall, they are in bad shape: In 2021, …
2021-09-17: [Instacart Will Lay Off All of Its Unionized Workers](https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9deg/instacart-says-it-will-lay-off-all-of-its-unionized-workers) At the time of their union drive in 2020, Instacart manager ran a union-busting campaign, …
2021-09-17: [ISPs step up fight against SpaceX, tell FCC that Starlink will be too slow | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/isps-step-up-fight-against-spacex-tell-fcc-that-starlink-will-be-too-slow/#p3) While incumbent ISPs are wary of the new competition from Starlink’s low Earth orbit …
2021-09-17: [It’s too late for vaccines to save Michigan, CDC director explains | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/its-too-late-for-vaccines-to-save-michigan-cdc-director-explains/#p3) The state has seen a 400 percent spike in cases since March 5, when state officials eased …
2021-09-17: [Judge slams hospital staff for comparing COVID vaccine mandate to Nazi crimes | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/judge-tosses-reprehensible-lawsuit-comparing-covid-vaccine-to-nazi-atrocities/#p3) US District Judge Lynn Hughes called that argument “reprehensible” and issued sweeping rejections of …
2021-09-17: [Live results for Puerto Rico’s statehood referendum - Vox](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/11/3/21546911/live-results-puerto-rico-statehood-referendum) Puerto Rico has been a US territory for 122 years. It’s the world’s oldest colony. And on Election …
2021-09-17: [Marjorie Taylor Greene: First-quarter fundraising haul reveals what the GOP is really about - Vox](https://www.vox.com/22372051/marjorie-taylor-greene-campaign-donations-republican-primary-midterms) Ultimately, Green’s big fundraising haul is a reminder that gaining notoriety on conservative media …
2021-09-17: [Miguel Cardona confirmed as Biden's education secretary - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/miguel-cardona-education-secretary/2021/03/01/67f6ed5a-7ac4-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html) He was chosen in part based on his track record in pushing Connecticut schools to reopen for …
2021-09-17: [More Than Manchin](https://newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com/684/68488a4333334b9b8bf130236fa216fd6e7b6703.html) I have said many times that I believe our national government has been based on two strong political …
2021-09-17: [New Website - The White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) curl and embedded comment giving a shoutout for developers ❤️
2021-09-17: [Not important enough: 1Password abandons its native Mac app – Six Colors](https://sixcolors.com/post/2021/08/not-important-enough-1password-abandons-its-native-mac-app/) Just as there are good and bad Catalyst apps, there are good and bad Electron apps. I’m sure that …
2021-09-17: [Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after protest from residents | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/ohio-gop-ends-attempt-to-ban-municipal-broadband-after-protest-from-residents/) Lawmakers apparently relented to public pressure from supporters of municipal broadband and cities …
2021-09-17: [Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on municipal broadband | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/ohio-republicans-close-to-imposing-near-total-ban-on-municipal-broadband/) It’s not even clear who proposed the new law. “The language, inserted without prior …
2021-09-17: [Opinion | How to Reduce Shootings - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/06/opinion/how-to-reduce-shootings.html) Gun enthusiasts often protest: Cars kill about as many people as guns, and we don’t ban them! No, …
2021-09-17: [Pai’s FCC squeezes in one more vote against net neutrality before election | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/pais-fcc-squeezes-in-one-more-vote-against-net-neutrality-before-election/#p3) Free Press, one of the FCC’s opponents in the net neutrality court case, criticized Pai for …
2021-09-17: [Parents Are Not Okay - The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/parents-are-not-okay/619859/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share) It’s enough to bring a parent to tears, except that every parent I know ran out a long time ago—I …
2021-09-17: [Rename & Destructure Variables in ES6 - Wes Bos](https://wesbos.com/destructuring-renaming) Today I had to look this up for the X number time, so I thought I’d post it and see if it …
2021-09-17: [Stop Pleading And Start Mandating](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/19/stop-pleading-with-anti-vaxxers-start-mandating-vaccinations/) In the United States, the authority of state governments to mandate vaccinations is clear — it goes …
2021-09-17: [Students’ plea to block Indiana U. vaccine mandate rejected by Justice Barrett | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/08/indiana-u-vaccine-rule-survives-first-scotus-test-of-a-covid-vaccine-mandate/#p3) “Given Jacobson v. Massachusetts, which holds that a state may require all members of the …
2021-09-17: [Tech Giants, Fearful of Proposals to Curb Them, Blitz Washington With Lobbying - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/technology/amazon-apple-google-facebook-antitrust-bills.html?referringSource=articleShare) “In a way I’ve never seen before, they are fighting tooth and nail,” said Gigi Sohn, a distinguished …
2021-09-17: [Texas Senate Votes To Remove Civil Rights Lessons](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justice/texas-senate-votes-to-remove-required-lessons-on-civil-rights) “Parents want their students to learn how to think critically, not be indoctrinated by the …
2021-09-17: [The Covid-19 stimulus bill expands broadband internet access during the pandemic - Vox](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/12/23/22196354/stimulus-bill-broadband-internet) Broadband connectivity — or, rather, the lack thereof — has long been a problem in the United …
2021-09-17: [The creator economy is running into the Apple Tax — this startup is fighting back - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/9/22525904/fanhouse-apple-tax-app-store-creator-fees) Apple’s App Store rules didn’t even acknowledge creators until this week. On Monday, they were …
2021-09-17: [The Future of Apple Podcasts](https://nathangathright.com/the-future-of-apple-podcasts/) 💸 Just like the App Store, Apple owns the customer relationship and can choose to offer a refund if …
2021-09-17: [The next Covid-19 vaccine hurdle: Convincing millions they want the shot - Vox](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22289545/covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-coronavirus-anti-vaxxers) To reach herd immunity, experts generally estimate that we’ll need to vaccinate at least 70 to 80 …
2021-09-17: [The tech antitrust problem no one is talking about | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/the-tech-antitrust-problem-no-one-is-talking-about/#p3) The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, which promotes community broadband projects, recently …
2021-09-17: [Trump Ban From Facebook Upheld by Oversight Board - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/technology/facebook-trump-ban-upheld.html?referringSource=articleShare) Senator Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, said the Facebook board’s decision was “extremely …
2021-09-17: [Verizon says forcing people off old plans to get FCC subsidy isn’t “upselling” | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/verizon-says-forcing-people-off-old-plans-to-get-fcc-subsidy-isnt-upselling/) Verizon is defending its practice of forcing customers to switch plans to get a government-funded …
2021-09-17: [Water shortages loom over future semiconductor fabs in Arizona - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/22628925/water-semiconductor-shortage-arizona-drought) The state has been in a drought since 1994, and climate change is making things worse. Now, the vast …
2021-09-17: [White House, Capito infrastructure talks collapse - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/08/white-house-infrastructure-republican/) Biden had originally proposed raising the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent as part …
2021-09-17: A Book You Say? It’s only February so maybe I’m getting ahead of myself, but this post by Claus Matzinger, author of …
2021-09-17: Ajit Pai says he’s fixed giant FCC error that exaggerated broadband growth ArsTechinca Pai didn’t release the full Broadband Deployment Report No kidding. 🙄 But wait, with a …
2021-09-17: Apple Arcade will likely be priced at $4.99 per month. From 9To5Mac According to a promotional message found in the service, the price for Apple Arcade …
2021-09-17: Apple Family Business This week Apple has been putting several products to the dirt nap, sleeping with the fishes. …
2021-09-17: Apple Letter to Investors While Greater China and other emerging markets accounted for the vast majority of the year-over-year …
2021-09-17: Apple responds to Spotify Full Response from Apple What Spotify is demanding is something very different. After using the App …
2021-09-17: Are We There Yet With another day comes another company making a push for more podcasts in it’s lineup. Today that’s …
2021-09-17: Auto Publish Netlify deploy might auto publish?
2021-09-17: Bill Gates accidentally makes the case to regulate the hell out of platform companies It’s very tricky for platforms… these are winner-take-all markets. It really is winner-take-all. If …
2021-09-17: Blackberry Sues Again I didn’t realize that BlackBerry was still around, and haven’t been dismantled and sold off for …
2021-09-17: Blog is the New Black Bringing the blog back in-house Rework Podcast This move by Basecamp, along with other antidotal …
2021-09-17: Broadband Is Not A Stump Speech Buttigieg isn’t the only Democratic candidate calling for more broadband in rural areas. Last week, …
2021-09-17: Comcast broke law 445,000 times in scheme to inflate bills, judge finds When we talk about regulation for tech, maybe we should review net neutrality for ISP’s ?🤷🏻♂️ King …
2021-09-17: Congress drops proposal to ban the IRS from competing with Turbotax Follow up from a previous post on blocking the IRS from creating a free tax filing option to compete …
2021-09-17: Congress Is About to Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing. Thank TurboTax. In one of its provisions, the bill makes it illegal for the IRS to create its own online system of …
2021-09-17: Cross Posting So the cross posting from here wasn’t working, and it wasn’t until I figured out that the RSS feed …
2021-09-17: Digital Library Starbucks feels like a digital library for those that can can afford $5 coffee. I tend to see more …
2021-09-17: Facebook denies allegations that you make friends on Facebook Facebook also denies that it collects, records, and maintains data on users’ “information and …
2021-09-17: Facebook now says its password leak affected ‘millions’ of Instagram users TechCrunch Facebook has confirmed its password-related security incident last month now affects …
2021-09-17: Facebook will pay you to let it track what you do on your phone The app will monitor which apps are installed on a person’s phone, the time spent using those apps, …
2021-09-17: FaceTime Bug Following an avalanche of stories breaking right now, like this one from ARS Technica Users …
2021-09-17: FCC lets Verizon lock cell phones to network for 60 days after activation While the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau granted Verizon’s request for a partial waiver …
2021-09-17: Find the truth. Tell the truth. This is important, because when digital projects fail, it’s often not the technology, but the …
2021-09-17: Free as in Beer? Today Github, recently acquired by the new Microsoft, announced unlimited free repos for all. This …
2021-09-17: Frontier customer bought his own router—but has to pay $10 rental fee anyway With FCC Chairman Ajit Pai havingderegulatedthe broadband industry, there’s little to no chance of …
2021-09-17: FTC investigates whether ISPs sell your data All major ISPs denied selling or sharing their users’ browsing histories and other sensitive …
2021-09-17: Getting Back to Level The FCC’s argument, at the center of the 2017 rule, that broadband isn’t telecommunications is …
2021-09-17: Getting Markdown Working With a bit of luck and a lot of trying, I’ve been able to figure out how to add Markdown support to …
2021-09-17: Giving a Talk, Realizing I gave a talk tonight at the local React meetup. As always a ton of fun, it did however solidify …
2021-09-17: Good Fun DuckDuckGo making fun now that Google has finally started to roll out privacy labels for their iOS …
2021-09-17: Heard That Before “As a result of recent events, we have decided to end our arrangements with data aggregators,” a …
2021-09-17: Highlighting Code prism-react-render const InLineCode = ({ className, children, ...props }) => { const language = …
2021-09-17: Hits Close to Home I came across this article How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation today, and while I have …
2021-09-17: How Many Times I asked on twitter the other day, ‘What is the equivalent of shooting 100 free throws for …
2021-09-17: Infrastructural Sadness in America the fact that the state of much of America’s infrastructure is appalling on its face, and even …
2021-09-17: Intel Hits 5GHz Ars is reporting to have a new 5GHz chip, that will not exactly be available for retail sale this …
2021-09-17: Intel puts 8 cores, 16 threads, and a 5GHz turbo option in a laptop processor Ars Technica This is a 45W processor with eight cores, 16 threads, and 16MB of cache, with a base …
2021-09-17: Its A Real High I gave a talk at my local meetup for React, the part I left out of my previous post was the meetup …
2021-09-17: It’s A Utility, Like Water or Gas The cable lobby working towards their investor bottom line, not in consumers best interest. Powell …
2021-09-17: It’s fine I’ve had a growing number of articles in my feed that illustrate the constant behavior of …
2021-09-17: Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dynamics of Twitter TechCrunch He also argued that while Twitter could “do a bunch of superficial things to address the …
2021-09-17: Judge to SEC and Elon Musk: Put your ‘reasonableness pants on and work this out’ Tech Crunch The title of this article alone could only exist in 2019.
2021-09-17: Just Sleazy I know, you’re likely going to tell me “welcome to the party”, about just how blatantly gross …
2021-09-17: Lawsuit: AT&amp;T’s DirecTV Now is a flop and AT&amp;T lied to investors about it AT&T lied to investors in order to hide the failure of its DirecTV Now streaming TV service, a …
2021-09-17: Learning a bit of Rust Some Type Option represents an optional value: every Option is either Some and contains a value, or …
2021-09-17: Loss of your content Myspace has apparently lost most or all of the music files uploaded by its users before 2015, and it …
2021-09-17: MS Slack ? Pretty sure at this point most people have heard of Slack or used Slack. The chat app that has made …
2021-09-17: New Enterprise Policy But the Reuters report describes the use of enterprise certificates to distribute pirated versions …
2021-09-17: New Setup There is something about a new setup. You get to start over, clean, void of distractions. The …
2021-09-17: NO NO NO “We are aware that a small number of users are having issues with their third-generation butterfly …
2021-09-17: No title I really do like RSS, so many of the things I enjoy and rely on everything are build on the back of …
2021-09-17: Not a fan Struggles administrating wordpress are real. Not what I want to be spending my time on.
2021-09-17: Not Exactly Local News Most of these politically motivated sites do not disclose who is paying for them, and in many cases, …
2021-09-17: Of Course They Did In light of “meaningful regulation” from UK lawmakers Facebook continues to pat itself on the back …
2021-09-17: Oh Brother But it recently came out that a legislator in Montana was attempting to have the state officially …
2021-09-17: Open Source Licenses and AWS Lack of leadership in open source results in source-available licenses Amazon’s behavior toward open …
2021-09-17: Organic Baby Food Delivery? Little Spoon gets $7M for its organic baby food delivery service subscription-based service delivers …
2021-09-17: Piece By Piece I often have thoughts about all the things I can learn or knock out as the weekend approaches. Won’t …
2021-09-17: Podcasts are coming Podcasts as an industry is going to experience same defining change sooner rather than later. …
2021-09-17: Privacy Hot Topic Tim Cook recently penned an op-ed in Time Magazine, You Deserve Privacy Online. Here’s How You Could …
2021-09-17: Read More I talked about themes the other day. One I didn’t mention, but wanted to outline was, read more. I …
2021-09-17: RSS is Always Dying I came across RRS feed in the early 2000’s through great Indie apps on the Mac like Net News Wire …
2021-09-17: Samsung Galaxy Fold pre-orders open tomorrow There are early adopters, and then there are early adopters. Anyone who bites the bullet and picks …
2021-09-17: Saturation With Apple and other companies out of runway on growing smart phone revenue, where will they turn? …
2021-09-17: Self publish The idea is to be in control of the content and customize it to be more reflective of my own …
2021-09-17: Seriously? A program that allows drug agents to obtain a pool of billions of call records from AT&T is …
2021-09-17: Side project lives It’s got it’s own domain, and rough outline of a theme. HTTPS of course. Ability to post from any …
2021-09-17: Spotify’s new library design emphasizes podcast discovery The new design places bolded headings for “music” and “podcasts” on the app’s library page that …
2021-09-17: Stand Out Tesla released version 9.0 of its software, which featured a number of updates, including a new UI …
2021-09-17: Story with legs Previously I’d given my thoughts on a Propublic article on a bill currently making it’s way through …
2021-09-17: Talk Time Giving my first conference talk today at Github headquarters for Reactathon. It’s gonna be a blast, …
2021-09-17: Telegram gets a boast Messaging platform Telegram claims to have had a surge in signups during a period of downtime for …
2021-09-17: The How? In the year of content I’ve been thinking a lot about how blogs and self publishing have made a …
2021-09-17: The web the world needs can be ours again, if we want it By creating a Firefox account you can increase convenience while decreasing your exposure to some …
2021-09-17: Themes A yearly theme is a great way to keep a general focus for the long run. This is different then goals …
2021-09-17: There's An App For That? “Given the escalating crime and lack of public safety resources, Baltimore was a great place to try …
2021-09-17: Time Tracking There is always a time during the week when I think, “what have I been up to this week?” What do I …
2021-09-17: U.S. Customs and Border Protection says photos of travelers were taken in a data breach Washington Post CBP said copies of “license plate images and traveler images collected by CBP” had …
2021-09-17: Updating to Tailwinds 2.0 Not a lot of fun when you’re doing Tailwinds, which is awesome, in Emotion, also awesome, but …
2021-09-17: What to expect from tomorrow’s antitrust hearing featuring big tech Facebook agrees to some kind of privacy law, which for some reason is very hard for new entrants to …
2021-09-17: With USB 4, Thunderbolt and USB will converge Your cable nightmare might soon be over. The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has unveiled the …
2021-09-17: Wowzer is WebAssembly cool! WebAssembly is an exciting technology that is advancing the web in new and interesting ways. It …
2021-09-17: Year of the Mac Given the Mac love with Mini and iMac this year, if it continues, I could see having a Mac desktop …
2021-09-17: Zoom saved you a click—by giving you a security hole And then Apple comes along and introduces a security feature to Safari that requires a confirmation …
2020-07-21: Back … Maybe? Tooling with the idea of opening Twitter again after deleting it from all my …
2020-01-21: Quick Render Checking what is marked vs what is rendered via api call.
2019-12-10: It’s Mac Pro day!!!! I am excited for everyone who is actually going to by one. Which, really, …
2019-08-20: Are We There Yet With another day comes another company making a push for more podcasts in it’s lineup. Today …
2019-08-19: Apple Arcade will likely be priced at $4.99 per month. From 9To5Mac According to a promotional message found in the service, the price for Apple Arcade …
2019-08-13: Broadband Is Not A Stump Speech Buttigieg isn’t the only Democratic candidate calling for more broadband in rural areas. Last week, …
2019-07-15: What to expect from tomorrow’s antitrust hearing featuring big tech Facebook agrees to some kind of privacy law, which for some reason is very hard for new entrants to …
2019-07-15: Starbucks feels like a digital library for those that can can afford $5 coffee. I tend to see more …
2019-07-11: So the cross posting from here wasn’t working, and it wasn’t until I figured out that …
2019-07-11: Facebook denies allegations that you make friends on Facebook Facebook also denies that it collects, records, and maintains data on users' "information and …
2019-07-10: Zoom saved you a click—by giving you a security hole And then Apple comes along and introduces a security feature to Safari that requires a confirmation …
2019-07-10: Find the truth. Tell the truth. This is important, because when digital projects fail, it’s often not the technology, but the …
2019-07-02: Frontier customer bought his own router—but has to pay $10 rental fee anyway With FCC Chairman Ajit Pai having deregulated the broadband industry, there's little to no …
2019-06-26: FCC lets Verizon lock cell phones to network for 60 days after activation While the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau granted Verizon's request for a partial waiver …
2019-06-24: Bill Gates accidentally makes the case to regulate the hell out of platform companies It’s very tricky for platforms... these are winner-take-all markets. It really is winner-take-all. …
2019-06-12: Facebook will pay you to let it track what you do on your phone The app will monitor which apps are installed on a person’s phone, the time spent using those apps, …
2019-06-11: The web the world needs can be ours again, if we want it By creating a Firefox account you can increase convenience while decreasing your exposure to some …
2019-06-10: U.S. Customs and Border Protection says photos of travelers were taken in a data breach Washington Post CBP said copies of “license plate images and traveler images collected by CBP” had …
2019-06-10: Podcasts are coming Podcasts as an industry is going to experience same defining change sooner rather than later. …
2019-06-10: Comcast broke law 445,000 times in scheme to inflate bills, judge finds When we talk about regulation for tech, maybe we should review net neutrality for ISP’s ?🤷🏻♂️ …
2019-06-10: Open Source Licenses and AWS Lack of leadership in open source results in source-available licenses Amazon’s behavior toward open …
2019-06-10: Congress drops proposal to ban the IRS from competing with Turbotax Follow up from a previous post on blocking the IRS from creating a free tax filing option to compete …
2019-05-21: Spotify’s new library design emphasizes podcast discovery The new design places bolded headings for “music” and “podcasts” on the app’s library page that …
2019-05-14: It’s fine I’ve had a growing number of articles in my feed that illustrate the constant behavior of …
2019-05-01: Ajit Pai says he’s fixed giant FCC error that exaggerated broadband growth ArsTechinca Pai didn't release the full Broadband Deployment Report No kidding.🙄But wait, with a …
2019-04-29: Story with legs Previously I'd given my thoughts on a Propublic article on a bill currently making it's way through …
2019-04-23: Intel puts 8 cores, 16 threads, and a 5GHz turbo option in a laptop processor Ars Technica This is a 45W processor with eight cores, 16 threads, and 16MB of cache, with a base …
2019-04-19: Facebook now says its password leak affected ‘millions’ of Instagram users TechCrunch Facebook has confirmed its password-related security incident last month now affects …
2019-04-16: Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dynamics of Twitter TechCrunch He also argued that while Twitter could “do a bunch of superficial things to address the …
2019-04-11: Samsung Galaxy Fold pre-orders open tomorrow There are early adopters, and then there are early adopters. Anyone who bites the bullet and picks …
2019-04-09: Congress Is About to Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing. Thank TurboTax. In one of its provisions, the bill makes it illegal for the IRS to create its own online system of …
2019-04-05: Lawsuit: AT&T’s DirecTV Now is a flop and AT&T lied to investors about it AT&T lied to investors in order to hide the failure of its DirecTV Now streaming TV service, a …
2019-04-04: Judge to SEC and Elon Musk: Put your ‘reasonableness pants on and work this out’ Tech Crunch The title of this article alone could only exist in 2019.
2019-03-31: Talk Time Giving my first conference talk today at Github headquarters for Reactathon. It’s gonna be a …
2019-03-29: FTC investigates whether ISPs sell your data All major ISPs denied selling or sharing their users' browsing histories and other sensitive …
2019-03-28: Seriously? A program that allows drug agents to obtain a pool of billions of call records from AT&T is …
2019-03-27: NO NO NO “We are aware that a small number of users are having issues with their third-generation butterfly …
2019-03-27: I really do like RSS, so many of the things I enjoy and rely on everything are build on the back of …
2019-03-19: Year of the Mac Given the Mac love with Mini and iMac this year, if it continues, I could see having a Mac desktop …
2019-03-18: Loss of your content Myspace has apparently lost most or all of the music files uploaded by its users before 2015, and it …
2019-03-15: Apple responds to Spotify Full Response from Apple What Spotify is demanding is something very different. After using the App …
2019-03-14: Telegram gets a boast Messaging platform Telegram claims to have had a surge in signups during a period of downtime for …
2019-03-11: Not Exactly Local News Most of these politically motivated sites do not disclose who is paying for them, and in many cases, …
2019-03-06: Not a fan Struggles administrating wordpress are real. Not what I want to be spending my time on.
2019-03-06: Getting Back to Level The FCC’s argument, at the center of the 2017 rule, that broadband isn’t telecommunications is …
2019-03-04: With USB 4, Thunderbolt and USB will converge Your cable nightmare might soon be over. The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has unveiled the …
2019-02-27: Blackberry Sues Again I didn’t realize that BlackBerry was still around, and haven’t been dismantled and sold …
2019-02-21: Oh Brother But it recently came out that a legislator in Montana was attempting to have the state officially …
2019-02-18: Of Course They Did In light of “meaningful regulation” from UK lawmakers Facebook continues to pat itself …
2019-02-16: New Enterprise Policy But the Reuters report describes the use of enterprise certificates to distribute pirated versions …
2019-02-15: It’s A Utility, Like Water or Gas The cable lobby working towards their investor bottom line, not in consumers best interest. Powell …
2019-02-14: There's An App For That? “Given the escalating crime and lack of public safety resources, Baltimore was a great place to try …
2019-02-14: Stand Out Tesla released version 9.0 of its software, which featured a number of updates, including a new UI …
2019-02-09: The How? In the year of content I’ve been thinking a lot about how blogs and self publishing have made …
2019-02-07: MS Slack ? Pretty sure at this point most people have heard of Slack or used Slack. The chat app that has made …
2019-02-06: Infrastructural Sadness in America the fact that the state of much of America’s infrastructure is appalling on its face, and even …
2019-02-05: Organic Baby Food ... Delivery? Little Spoon gets $7M for its organic baby food delivery service subscription-based service delivers …
2019-02-05: A Book You Say? It’s only February so maybe I’m getting ahead of myself, but this post by Claus …
2019-02-05: Blog is the New Black Bringing the blog back in-house Rework Podcast This move by Basecamp, along with other antidotal …
2019-01-30: Just Sleazy I know, you're likely going to tell me "welcome to the party", about just how blatantly gross …
2019-01-28: FaceTime Bug Following an avalanche of stories breaking right now, like this one from ARS Technica Users …
2019-01-23: Getting Markdown Working With a bit of luck and a lot of trying, I've been able to figure out how to add Markdown support to …
2019-01-21: Heard That Before “As a result of recent events, we have decided to end our arrangements with data aggregators,” a …
2019-01-18: Privacy Hot Topic Tim Cook recently penned an op-ed in Time Magazine, You Deserve Privacy Online. Here's How You Could …
2019-01-16: RSS is Always Dying I came across RRS feed in the early 2000's through great Indie apps on the Mac like Net News Wire …
2019-01-15: Intel Hits 5GHz Ars is reporting to have a new 5GHz chip, that will not exactly be available for retail sale this …
2019-01-14: New Setup There is something about a new setup. You get to start over, clean, void of distractions. The …
2019-01-13: Saturation With Apple and other companies out of runway on growing smart phone revenue, where will they turn? …
2019-01-11: Piece By Piece I often have thoughts about all the things I can learn or knock out as the weekend approaches. Won't …
2019-01-10: It's A Real High I gave a talk at my local meetup for React, the part I left out of my previous post was the meetup …
2019-01-09: Giving a Talk, Realizing I gave a talk tonight at the local React meetup. As always a ton of fun, it did however solidify …
2019-01-08: Time Tracking There is always a time during the week when I think, "what have I been up to this week?" What do I …
2019-01-07: Free as in Beer? Today Github, recently acquired by the new Microsoft, announced unlimited free repos for all. This …
2019-01-06: Hits Close to Home I came across this article How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation today, and while I have …
2019-01-05: Read More I talked about themes the other day. One I didn’t mention, but wanted to outline was, read …
2019-01-04: Apple Letter to Investors While Greater China and other emerging markets accounted for the vast majority of the year-over-year …
2019-01-03: Side project lives It’s got it’s own domain, and rough outline of a theme. HTTPS of course. Ability to post …
2019-01-02: Auto Publish Netlify deploy might auto publish?
2019-01-02: Themes A yearly theme is a great way to keep a general focus for the long run. This is different then goals …
2019-01-01: Self publish The idea is to be in control of the content and customize it to be more reflective of my own …
2018-12-19: I don’t doubt that TMobile did everything they could to “massage” there numbers on 4G. But these …
2018-12-18: I mean, some accountability is better than none. arstechnica.com Charter users who didn’t get …
2018-12-01: Opps. Wrong end. Not crafting a call for proposals, but answer ing that call. Lol link.medium.com
2018-12-01: A good start Crafting The Perfect Call For Papers (with Template) | Ex Ordo
2018-12-01: CFP Goals 2019 So I was thinking a goal for 2019 would be 20 rejections for call for proposals for programming …
2018-11-14: I love all these ideas. Label them whatever you want. I support them all. twitter.com
2018-11-12: The mini [ipad] is still a product in our lineup. 😬
2018-09-03: Podcast Setup Setup To get started let’s rundown the things you’ll need An audio file that you …