NotesEvery so often we hear about a random blog or website that freaks out and claims that ad blockers are "stealing" or somehow damaging websites. But it's quite a surprise to see a similar argument from a site like Ars Technica -- one of the top techie sites out there, which is now owned by Conde Nast. via PocketFeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesOn Oct. 30, developer Andrew Plotkin released his long-awaited game Hadean Lands, a fantasy space adventure backed by a Kickstarter campaign funded almost four years ago. via PocketUnfurl
NotesEvery night, before going to bed, Rina checked the refrigerators. There were two in the kitchen, on separate circuits, one with a fancy ice dispenser on the door. There was one in the living room holding up the TV, and one in the bedroom doubling as a nightstand. via PocketFeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesFelipe is the development manager of NYT's video team, responsible for maintaining Times Video and the Video API, both written in NodeJS. My first contact with programming was via Macromedia Flash, circa 2000, when the first major version of ActionScript was developed. via PocketUnfurl
NotesJustice Antonin Scalia may have been the worst-behaved justice in the courtroom this morning, Dahliaâbut the chief was the most obnoxious on paper. via PocketUnfurl
NotesBulletin Board Systems (BBS)âââthose early precursors of the World Wide Webâââfundamentally changed my relationship to computers. Before I discovered the boards, I thought of a computer as something to program and play video games on. via PocketUnfurl
NotesWho wants to work 40 hours a week for a single employer? In the future, perhaps nobody. The full-time job, used to it as we are, is not some natural state of human existence. Before the 1800s, few people worked a structured âwork week. via PocketUnfurl
NotesIt was way ahead of its time. [Peter] was very lucky to have come in this door when he did with this project. Because I donât know what else or where else anything that odd would have taken root. Today, thereâd be a million places for . via PocketFeedUnfurl
NotesWeâre marching toward the singularity, the day when artificial intelligence is smarter than us. That has some very smart people such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk worried that robots will enslave or destroy usâbut perhaps thereâs another option. via PocketFeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesToday's Terraform dispatch is a special event: We've teamed up with the think/do tank Data & Society to help them unleash their "Intelligence & Autonomy" project. via PocketFeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesMy recent column about the growth of on-demand jobs like Uber making life less predictable and secure for workers unleashed a small barrage of criticism that workers get what theyâre worth in the market. via PocketUnfurl
NotesThere is a scene in the 1944 movie Gaslight that always creeps under my skin. Bella, portrayed by Ingrid Bergman, joins her husband in the dining room as he sorts through the mail brought in by the maid. via PocketFeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesIn the modern era, software is commonly delivered as a service: called web apps, or software-as-a-service. The twelve-factor app is a methodology for building software-as-a-service apps that: via PocketUnfurl
NotesIt's not too late to ditch the ad-based business model and build a better web. Ron Carlsonâs short story âWhat We Wanted To Doâ takes the form of an apology from a villager who failed to protect his comrades from marauding Visigoths. via PocketFeedUnfurl
NotesFive simple reasons: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft. Many people use, as a kind of shorthand, The Internet to mean a wide variety of things related to this series of tubes. The Internet could mean the culture made and distributed on the Internet, the LOLCATZ, memes, etc. via PocketFeedUnfurl
NotesIt feels strange to sit down and begin writing a rebuttal to the declamation of a musician who I really admire. David Byrne wrote an article last week for the Guardian in which he states: "I've pulled as much of my catalogue from Spotify I can. via PocketUnfurl
NotesLots of the âapps are killing the webâ meme going around these days, with the latest batch of casket sealant come from no greater validator of commonly agreed upon wisdom than the Wall St. Journal. via PocketFeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesThat mythology, in turn, has spurred a reactionary, perpetual spasm from people who are horrified by what they hear. You'll have a figure say, "The computers will take over the Earth, but that's a good thing, because people had their chance and now we should give it to the machines. via PocketUnfurl
NotesThe movement being what it is, there is not necessarily a canonical, single set of principles, but hereâs something close, and it sums the idea up pretty well: "Your content is yours. When you post something on the web, it should belong to you, not a corporation. via PocketUnfurl
NotesHow do we get players to play together in a manner that fits their schedules? This is a key logistical challenge a designer faces when building multiplayer games. The promise We are seeing a blossoming of innovative multiplayer systems. via PocketUnfurl
NotesThe proof is in: Detailed report shows how U.S. Internet access monopolies punish rivals and catch innocent bystanders in the crossfireâlegally.Devan Dewey, the Chief Technology Officer of midsize investment consultancy NEPC, has an orderly office and a highly organized mind. via PocketUnfurl
NotesUp until the mid-1970s, the networks had little interest in Saturday late-night shows. After the eleven oâclock news, the airwaves were a bone-yard for local affiliates, the final resting place for schlock movies from the 1950s and â60s. via PocketUnfurl
NotesMike Arrington once said they would erect a statue in my honor in Palo Alto. I said it'll never happen. A couple of years later the same guy asked me why everyone hates me so much. Or something like that. In both cases I'm paraphrasing. via PocketFeedUnfurl
NotesLast month, I was invited to Twitter to give a talk. Twitter has made a huge, positive difference in my life, and changed the landscape of politics in multiple countries I studied, including my home country, Turkey. via PocketUnfurl
NotesDavid Graeber is an American anthropologist who teaches at the London School of Economics. He is the author of the classic âDebt: The First Five Thousand Yearsâ and played an important role in the launching of Occupy Wall Street. via PocketUnfurl
NotesWhat are our goals as a species? This, to me, is the most important question we can ask ourselves as human beings. Another way to say it: What is the meaning of our existence as a species? We never seem to directly ask ourselves these two questions in a collective way, which seems very odd to me. via PocketFeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesThis posts looks beyond everyday usage of JavaScriptâs objects. The fundamentals of JavaScripts objects are for the most part about as simple as using JSON notation. via PocketUnfurl
NotesThe term MEAN stack refers to a collection of JavaScript based technologies used to develop web applications. MEAN is an acronym for MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS and Node.js. From client to server to database, MEAN is full stack JavaScript. via PocketFeedUnfurl
NotesEarlier this month, two fan conventions came to London: Nine Worlds and the World Science Fiction Convention, commonly know as Worldcon. Worldcon is in its 72nd year, a huge old dinosaur (or perhaps an aging dragon) of science-fiction fandom. via PocketFeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesOver fifty years ago, a group of pranksters founded a satiric religion devoted to creating conspiracy theories so insane that nobody would ever believe uncritically in conspiracies again. They called themselves the Discordians. And their weird ideas are still influencing us today. via PocketUnfurl
NotesIn April of 1958, a 22 year-old Hunter S. Thompson wrote a letter on the meaning of life when asked by a friend for advice. What makes his response all the more profound is the fact that at the time, the world had no idea that he would become one of the most important writers of the 20th century. via PocketUnfurl
NotesItâs difficult to get comfortable in the driverâs seat of a $100,000 car that isnât yours. The particular Model S I flew to Los Angeles to sample last week was a Signature Performance model. via PocketFeedUnfurl
NotesWeâre in a weird time for the way the future looks; somehow House of Cards can slyly introduce a floating text-message interface to their present-day political drama without so much as blinking, but most of our iconic near- and far-future worlds run on tracks laid down well before the â90s. via PocketFeedUnfurl
Notes'; if (google_ads[0].bidtype == 'CPC') { /* insert this snippet for each ad call */ google_adnum = google_adnum + google_ads.length; } document. via PocketFeedUnfurl
NotesA trio of boys tramps along the length of a wooden fence, back and forth, shouting like carnival barkers. âThe Land! It opens in half an hour.â Down a path and across a grassy square, 5-year-old Dylan can hear them through the window of his nanaâs front room. via PocketFeedUnfurl
NotesOk, nobody said that, but you can imagine someone having done. The Blue Shell steals progress from a rightfully earned win on behalf of the lazy and the incompetent. The Blue Shell wrests spoils from leaders' fingers just as they reach for the laurel. via PocketUnfurl
NotesThis is a story about ARM Holdings (ARMH), the mobile technology company. But before it gets going, here are a few things you need to know: Â 1. ARM is a company made up mostly of chip engineers. They design parts of chipsâsuch as graphics and communication bitsâand they design entire chips. via PocketUnfurl
NotesThe open-source community has officially donned its Heartbleed hairshirt. ComputerWorld's Richi Jennings slammed "another horrible, horrible open source FAIL." (Trolling for page views much?) ZDNet's Steven J. via PocketUnfurl
NotesThe Internet of Things has been hyped for 15 years, but until now technological realities haven't supported technological possibilities. via PocketFeedUnfurl
NotesEnthusiastic consent is not a legal rubric. Instead, it's a tool that reframes consent as active - as more about âyes means yesâ than âno means no.â Sex educator Heather Corinna emphasizes that consent is an âactive process of willingly and freely choosingâ the activity consented to. via PocketFeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesA quarter century ago, a young writer broke free of comic-book cliches by using sheer, brave goofiness. If only he, and the rest of the industry, had kept that spirit alive. For most superheroes, fighting for truth and justice means fighting for the status quo. via PocketFeedUnfurl
NotesSuddenly, there is a new economist making waves â and he is not on the right. At the conference of the Institute of New Economic Thinking in Toronto last week, Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the Twenty-First Century got at least one mention at every session I attended. via PocketUnfurl
NotesAmerica is a country that is now utterly divided when it comes to its society, its economy, its politics. There are definitely two Americas. via PocketUnfurl
NotesAndrew âbunnieâ Huang and Sean âxobsâ Cross want to sell you a laptop you can completely trust. Earlier this year, the two Singapore-based engineers fashioned a laptop made almost entirely from open source hardware, hardware whose designs are freely available to the world at large. via PocketFeedUnfurl
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The Twelve-Factor App
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Why and How Should We Build a Basic Income for Every Citizen?
An Introduction to the MEAN Stack
How the growing generation gap is changing the face of fandom
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Dark Arts | The Verge
Can Rational Arguments Actually Change People's Minds?
The Overprotected Kid - The Atlantic
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Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol: The Craziest Superhero Story Ever Told - Noah Berlatsky - The Atlantic
Capitalism simply isn't working and here are the reasons why | Will Hutton | Comment is free | The Observer
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Microsoft Is Trying to Be Your Friend, and It May Actually Win You Over | Business | WIRED
The Almost Completely Open Source Laptop Goes on Sale | Enterprise | WIRED