>all this energy . . . might be better focused into social disapproval of the portrayals of murder, rape and the rest of the violence we inundate ourselves and our kids with on a daily basis. I tend to agree, and the…
I would call the scientific revolution a blossoming, and although democracies (notably the Dutch Republic) participated, most of it happened in monarchies and principalities.
Well, that's a relief. I was worried about the possibility that a fraction of Apple's workforce would not accept the results of the election. OK, sorry for the sarcasm; please allow me to restate my point without…
I'm okay with the fact that I spend more than half of my waking hours staring at screens. It's the web I worry about. (And maybe smartphones, but I've yet to own a smartphone. And, speaking of screens, I don't…
Not only does Pao expect everyone she works with to agree with her on her Important Concern, but also she expects the Important Concern to override all other potential considerations that might go into a person's…
One point not mentioned in the OP: the people in charge of Firefox, Opera and Chrome have been and will continue to be a hindrance, not a help, on net to users who agree with the manifesto. The qualifier "on net" is…
One thing I do to try to slow down the rate of change on the web is to upgrade my browser less often than most people. Specifically, I use Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR). Mozilla resisted providing this "update…
In my late teens and my twenties, I spent 10s of 1000s of hours in a state of intense absorption on programming tasks. (I am in my 50s now.) Am I the only one who believes that it is bad for me to spend more than 20…
>all this energy . . . might be better focused into social disapproval of the portrayals of murder, rape and the rest of the violence we inundate ourselves and our kids with on a daily basis. I tend to agree, and the…
I would call the scientific revolution a blossoming, and although democracies (notably the Dutch Republic) participated, most of it happened in monarchies and principalities.
Well, that's a relief. I was worried about the possibility that a fraction of Apple's workforce would not accept the results of the election. OK, sorry for the sarcasm; please allow me to restate my point without…
I'm okay with the fact that I spend more than half of my waking hours staring at screens. It's the web I worry about. (And maybe smartphones, but I've yet to own a smartphone. And, speaking of screens, I don't…
Not only does Pao expect everyone she works with to agree with her on her Important Concern, but also she expects the Important Concern to override all other potential considerations that might go into a person's…
One point not mentioned in the OP: the people in charge of Firefox, Opera and Chrome have been and will continue to be a hindrance, not a help, on net to users who agree with the manifesto. The qualifier "on net" is…
One thing I do to try to slow down the rate of change on the web is to upgrade my browser less often than most people. Specifically, I use Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR). Mozilla resisted providing this "update…
In my late teens and my twenties, I spent 10s of 1000s of hours in a state of intense absorption on programming tasks. (I am in my 50s now.) Am I the only one who believes that it is bad for me to spend more than 20…