December 31, 2015
Google Asked To Remove 558M “Pirate” Links In 2015. That is just pointlessly moronic.
December 30, 2015
Recently Bought a Windows Computer? Microsoft Probably Has Your Encryption Key. And thus so does the NSA, FBI, Russian hackers, your neighbor. Etc.
December 29, 2015
New videos prove crows can make complex tools that only humans have made before. I knew that crow with a tiny backhoe the other day wasn’t just a drug-fueled hallucination.
December 28, 2015
For $725 Million, You Can Buy a Texas Ranch That’s the Size of a Small Nation. Umm, do you take checks?
Simply put, the days of easy retirement are over and the sad reality is that they will not return for a very long time. And just wait till climate change really starts hitting hard.
Breaking down the “Bro country” walls: The year country music’s women fought back against “take females out.” About time. I like country, but dudebro country can go to hell.
December 27, 2015
The value of bookstores. One of the last places with some vague community.
Fat-phobia. That is perfect. Just perfect.
Dolby Cinema: Twin laser projectors. Article is basically an ad, but still cool.
December 26, 2015
Kwanzaa is a made-up holiday, but it’s useful. All holidays are made up. No exceptions.
December 25, 2015
Broadband access is declining, data caps are becoming commonplace, surveillance is increasing, and encryption is under attack. Internet was always doomed; just a matter of time.
December 24, 2015
December 23, 2015
How the deck gets stacked against urban living. I support urban living, because it’ll make where I want to live cheaper.
December 22, 2015
Pirate Bay co-founder builds a perpetual piracy machine. That is actually brilliant.
People Who Were Certain Climate Change Is Fake Are Now Certain That Paris Can’t Stop It. Well, they are right about one thing.
‘Fat but fit’ counts for nothing scientists say – obesity is what drives early death. HAES is about as wrong as something can be.
December 21, 2015