How the actual fuck does a third party provider’s faulty software update paralyze air transport worldwide?

I like Higashino Keigo a lot, but it’s unfortunate his books aren’t on Kindle. Wonder why.

Antarctic heatwave! Temperatures are some 24C above average in northern Antarctica at the moment in what should be the height of winter.

Can't find the tweet, but pretty sure I predicted this result on these grounds when Harris was nominated.

Wow

"I wonder too, what taste Cheetos-dusted 78-year-old testicles leave in one’s mouth. Whatever the flavor, I hope it lingers." daringfireball.net/2024/11/i_wond…

Wow, Dashlane are more than doubling the yearly subscription price with no email or anything explaining why. Think I’m going to migrate to Apple Passwords, which is free.

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I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.

This is the inverse of the happiness-by-age graph, right? Checks out.

Terence Tao quoting my exact thoughts

This is one of the most extraordinary and illuminating passages in all journalism. CNN frames Maduro as a paranoid liar for claiming the CIA is trying to overthrow him. Yet in the very next sentence, it casually notes that the CIA did, in fact, overthrow him. The level of

We Are Failing A Generation of Kids! Delighted to see such a big piece in The Guardian today detailing my thoughts about the growing use of screens in our children's lives. Over the past decade, childhood has fundamentally changed. Many young people are now spending significant

Energy in the UK is so simple. Solar is a waste of time as we are the dullest large country in the world. Wind is great as we are windy. But when it is windy we already get more energy than the grid can manage, so we don't need more. Hydro and geothermal are great, but

Game dev Cakez77 reacts to how much money his game made 30 hours after release following four years of development

Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate.