The Verge has a headline: Moment of truth: will Obama take on the NSA?
I’m pretty sure I’ve pointed out Betteridge’s Law of Headlines before:
Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.
Well, duh…
Category: Technology
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Moment of Truth
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Rethink the Boarding Pass
Beautiful and functional design. Surely airlines will adopt it immediately, right? Right? Bueller?…
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The Coolest Box Ever
OK, even that title sounds lame. Like saying “the most exciting envelope”.
But I stand by my title. I order endless things from Amazon. This would make me very happy.
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Chromebooks and the Cost of Complexity
This is a very good post. My 11 year old daughter got a Chromebook for Christmas and price was certainly a factor. But she also uses Chromebooks at school and really does nothing that isn’t on the web, so it was a natural choice.
I generally do tech support for my entire extended family. Other than trying to figure out if she could play Minecraft (sadly, no) she hasn’t asked me a single question about how to use her computer.
She loves it. So do I…
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A Wee Question
This blog post asks a simple question. If climate change is bogus, why did Monsanto (farming seed company) pay a billion dollars for a company whose business model is to help farmers deal with the crazy fluctuations of climate change (mission statement: Our mission is to help all the world’s people and businesses manage and adapt to climate change).
Here’s the long read from the New Yorker.
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Go home, Arctic, You’re Drunk
One of the best blog titles I’ve seen…
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2014/01/05/go-home-arctic-youre-drunk/
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Happy New Year
From Healthcare Triage and the Incidental Economist…
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Best Photos of the Universe
Just click this link, from Bad Astronomy’s Phil Plait, which has every photo and be patient. It’s worth it. And if you haven’t seen the one video in the post (I blogged it a while back), just click the link. An actual astronaut covering Bowie’s Space Oddity from the International Space Station (with help from NASA), it’s insanely good.
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Even The Smithsonian Does Bad Science Reporting
There’s an article about how their totally silent anechoic chamber will drive anyone crazy after 45 minutes. How silence drives people bonkers.
Except the relevant data (the only data mentioned) referred to being in this chamber in the dark. So is it silence? Or silence and darkness combined?
That’s a really big difference.
I’d expect that from pretty much any regular media, but the Smithsonian site? Really? Can anyone report science well?
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Geek Humor
I missed this live, but apparently there was a tweet-fest with the hashtag #fivewordtechhorrors last night (and it seems to be still going on, click the link). Some great ones:
The CEO wants FTP access
Flash required to view content
We’re rolling out Windows Vista
It’s done, just needs testing
Marketing department has an idea
Developer jokes:
It is all top priority
// not sure why this works
It works on my machine
and as a bonus, my favorite:
Math is not important
(if you don’t get it I can’t help you).
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