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What a remarkable testament to the power of automaker advertising that something as banal as riding a bike gets people so upset.

That’s what Evernote did: binary protocol and implementations in a bunch of languages. Their API was apparently easier to develop this way.

“Who needs a neural net? OCaml can already match patterns!”

This is what happens when companies are disorganized and don’t communicate internally.

Nobody said they didn’t?

Considering that The Handmaid’s Tale was published in 1985, I’d say her work has lasting value.

Cool. When will they stop aggregating all of everyone’s data ever?

After this change I really want to develop a native chat application on Windows and OS X. I think it’s almost to the point where someone who did they could make a killing.

It’s heartening to see I’m not the only one with this problem, and also incredibly depressing.

Wealth continues to concentrate upwards, and if you can’t easily find information on your own, I’d be happy to provide sources that show that social mobility is low, and a good predictor of your class is that of your parents. Please don’t set up this straw man. There’s nothing wrong with leaving things to your kids, but maybe you don’t need $50 billion to be distributed to three or four individuals.

Extend a little empathy once in a while. I promise people aren’t out to get you nearly as much as you seemingly believe.

Sometimes people just want someone to listen. Sometimes there’s nothing else you can do.

“Coming up at 11, rich people don’t understand why poor people don’t just stop being poor.”