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Have a look at Wallabag. You can self host it, it has browser and phone plugins, and works quite well.

The Atari drives (810/1050) could not write bad sectors. They were "intelligent" peripherals that implemented their own command set and were not under low level control by the host computer. There was an aftermarket modification "happy board" that could be installed in the drives to allow it to write many types of bad sectors, allowing for the copying of protected software. The board also improved the speed of the drive.

I like the idea, but the note "So your money will never go to a site that you’ve never visited — and you’ll even get a monthly report showing which publishers your money is supporting." raises the question of who else they may be selling that report to. A detailed report of user's reading preferences and engagement would be valuable to marketers.

The internet is a kind of Babel fish, letting people from different cultures easily interact. Douglas' comment on the outcome seems sadly prescient:

"Meanwhile the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different cultures and races, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."

ADB is also much less flexible. I have Titanium Backup making nightly backups, and then FolderSync automatically pushes them to a SFTP server I run. If something should happen to my phone, I'll lose one day of data. This is all automatic, so I don't have to think about it. A backup like ADB that requires manual intervention is likely to be only done irregularly, and Murphy says that you'll lose your phone just after forgetting to make a backup for weeks. Being able to do this is the only reason I bother to root my Android.

There is a negative incentive as well. Most return policies are thirty days, so if you shop months early you have no recourse should a gift be found to be defective at Christmas.

"It doesn’t necessarily mean that their scientists are better, it’s just that when they say, ‘We need a billion dollars to do this,’ bam, the money comes.” More than that, when their scientists approach the government they aren't treated with scorn, told they are 'fake news', and ignored.

The Brain Bag by itself is not well organized, but add a Brain Cell to hold the laptop, a Snake Charmer for cables, and a Freudian Slip for papers and you're getting somewhere. You're also getting spendy, so there is that. But the bags last forever and show great attention to detail in their construction. (Another risk is that you'll soon find yourself buying a Bihn travel bag, briefcase, etc...)

The classic lowest common denominator manager: "I may not understand what you do, I may not be able to judge your performance, but I can damn well tell if your butt is in your seat by 8 am."