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Brief and Unhinged Rant on Modern Linux Naming Conventions
"Alpaca" is an animal, not a piece of software.
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Group Chats Rule the World... and That’s a Good Thing
Pulling back the curtain on these "private political chats".
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AI and The Black Box Problem
ChatGPT doesn't run on black magic, so why do we keep acting like it does?
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You've Been Lied to About Productivity
How the self-help content we're sold works to keep us passive and complacent.
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How is GOG Galaxy Still Not On Linux?
It doesn't make sense, no matter how you look at it.
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Misinformation Is No Excuse for Failing Institutions
If institutions want to regain the trust of the public, they have to first be worth trusting.
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The Smartwatch That Was Too Good For This World
How one startup created a product that left Apple and Google in the dust.
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What I Got Wrong About Politics Five Years Ago
Elections aren't about ideas, they're about coalitions.
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America Isn't So Tough on China
How are you going to declare war on a country you're in bed with?
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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Increase Facebook's 'Masculine Energy'
What on earth does that even mean?
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Stop Treating Phone Numbers As A Digital ID
Are internet security and internet privacy incompatible goals?
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Do People Actually Get More Conservative As They Age?
Generations — not age-groups — are what drive political change.
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