2018
No one ever tells the bad guys, “This time you’ve gone exactly the right amount of far.” I mean, maybe with the right feedback…
Pack your own parachute, Roll your own rig. If you want to make a Newton, Bring your own fig.
We have a lot of Fake News; It’s the worst. If you want to share an article, READ IT FIRST.
Maybe we should re-examine our trope that kids today are such ‘snowflakes’ that they cry when asked difficult questions in job interviews.
Maybe we should re-examine our trope that kids today are so entitled that they think they can get away with anything and write about it in public places.
Really appreciate the great, quick updates with excellent release notes from @joec and his app RECaf.
No, not everyone is Ernest Hemingway, but imagine for a moment a world where the majority of people had access and encouragement to craft their thoughts into blog posts. I used to scoff at “everyone’s a blogger” but now I hope for it.
Ten Minutes of Peace
If you use an iOS device and you’ve upgraded to iOS 12, do yourself a favor and add this Shortcut, “Ten Minutes of Peace”. You’ll need to download Apple’s Shortcuts app if you haven’t already.
All it does is turn on your Do Not Disturb setting for ten minutes and then turn it back off again. But during that time – no buzzing, dinging, vibrating: bliss.
Add it to Siri and get yourself ten minutes of peace just by asking.
Pastor: Jesus said ‘I am the Bread of Life.’
Parishioner: ‘Sheesh. Some people just need to be kneaded.’
Verizon throttled California fire department during wildfire crisis - The Verge
The Revolution will not be televised due to bandwidth throttling. Please stay on the line for customer support. The current wait time is approximately 37 hours.
Is Facebook evil? Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason — Quartz
Is Facebook evil? Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason — Quartz
Without question, Facebook enables brutal and immoral hatemongers. I can hear Facebook arguing that they cannot possibly take a stand on moral issues without becoming censors and losing objectivity. Facebook cannot make those decisions without messing up a lot of the time. I agree. Its scale is just too massive.
That’s just the thing: Facebook can’t admit it, but it’s possible that the most moral thing is for Facebook not to exist.