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There is no longer any such thing as Computer Security
By Jeff Atwood

September 21, 2018 at 05:50AM
via Coding Horror https://blog.codinghorror.com/there-is-no-longer-any-such-thing-as-computer-security/

Local Man’s Brain Releases New Dopamine Classic
By Tim Colwill

September 20, 2018 at 09:04PM
via Point & Clickbait http://www.pointandclickbait.com/2018/09/ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh/

China Has Chosen Cultural Genocide in Xinjiang—For Now
By Kate Cronin-Furman

September 19, 2018 at 11:57AM
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/19/china-has-chosen-cultural-genocide-in-xinjiang-for-now/

The Best Way to Eradicate Poverty: Welfare Not Jobs
By Matt Bruenig

September 18, 2018 at 08:48AM
via People’s Policy Project https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2018/09/18/the-best-way-to-eradicate-poverty-welfare-not-jobs/

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There are three basic insights that flow from this data: 1) poverty overwhelmingly afflicts nonworkers, 2) half of the population does not work, and 3) nearly everyone who is not currently working in our society cannot or should not work. Once you accept all of these insights, the solution to poverty becomes very clear: a welfare state that provides income to nonworking people.»

How Did “OK” Become One of the Most Popular Words in the World?
By Jason Kottke

September 13, 2018 at 10:07AM
via kottke.org https://kottke.org/18/09/how-did-ok-become-one-of-the-most-popular-words-in-the-world

To Combat Climate Change, We Gotta Get a Better Battery. But How?
By

September 17, 2018 at 04:41PM
via My Reading List: Unread https://wired.com/story/better-battery-renewable-energy-jason-pontin

The Harriet Tubman $20 Stamp
By Jason Kottke

September 18, 2018 at 07:10PM
via kottke.org https://kottke.org/18/09/the-harriet-tubman-20-stamp

hell yeah.

Theo Jansen’s New Wind-Powered “Strandbeest” Is Super Fast
By Jason Kottke

September 13, 2018 at 05:50PM
via kottke.org https://kottke.org/18/09/theo-jansens-new-wind-powered-strandbeest-is-super-fast

Algorithms to fix underrepresentation on Wikipedia
By Nathan Yau

September 12, 2018 at 05:07AM
via FlowingData http://flowingdata.com/2018/09/12/algorithms-to-fix-underrepresentation-on-wikipedia/

Watch This Liquid Membrane Filter Let Big Stuff Through and Keep Small Stuff Out
By Emanuel Maiberg

September 6, 2018 at 08:59AM
via Motherboard https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xbwdp/watch-this-liquid-membrane-filter-let-big-stuff-through-and-keep-small-stuff-out