Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming 10 years ago
Good.
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Would a Work-Free World Be So Bad? 10 years ago
Changing the designation from "unemployed" to "retired" raises happiness.
Source: Tyler Cowen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pk654J8-5c
[dead] 10 years ago
"ignorance in general" aka Obama's America.
"The more people see that they're currently the fiercest opponents of a free society the better."
Is There a Libertarian Case for Bernie Sanders? 10 years ago
Destroying worn-out cells makes mice live longer 10 years ago
You make me feel optimistic, not something I often feel.
No. Next question?
"Democrats today worship education" Well, they worship credentials, any way.
American Schools Are Failing Nonconformist Kids 12 years ago
Headline should have been "American Schools Are Failing Kids".
How the Internet Is Taking Away America’s Religion 12 years ago
"The numbers show that more people attend church percentage wise then ever in history of America."
Torn and weary (on Brendan Eich and Mozilla) 12 years ago
People aren't concerned about the legal right to free speech here, they're concerned about the principle of free speech.
Mozilla just can't catch a break 12 years ago
Isn't the core of prop8 based on people who cannot accept the LGBT community and want to keep marriage for themselves?
Some people might feel that way, but there are arguments against gay marriage that have nothing to do with this. Some people feel gay marriage reduces freedom, some people are against the idea of government involvement in marriage, period (which is actually what I suspect Eich's view is), and some gay people are against gay marriage.
Shouldn't society squash this kind of thing out of law?
Not just no, but hell no.
Mozilla just can't catch a break 12 years ago
This.
the particular political donation he made is evidence that he is a bigot
This is silly. It's nothing of the sort.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
Mozilla Chief Steps Down After 1 Week 12 years ago
Which we only know of because someone leaked the information to a pro-gay marriage group illegally.
Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO 12 years ago
This was the opposite of a win for freedom of speech.
https://www.google.com/search?q=gays+who+oppose+gay+marriage
Easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys when you think in black and white, isn't it?
If you think gay marriage is comparable to slavery, you have no sense of proportion.
What makes you think he's "against gays"? How do you know he's not gay himself?
The Brutal Ageism of Tech 12 years ago
Guess what, there's a lot of software being written by people not in their 20s in places like Kansas City, Boston and Nashville. The world doesn't revolve around Silicon Valley.
What You Think You Know About the Web Is Wrong 12 years ago
Pretty sure what I think I know about the Web isn't wrong, though I doubt this article will enlighten me if it is.
King James Programming 12 years ago
Jesus wept.