Trump Didn’t ‘Send In the Troops.’ They Were Already There.
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FollowInsane gun laws seem inextricably linked to police militarization.
“the assault-weapons ban tolled in 2004, pent-up demand among firearms enthusiasts for AR-15s and similar weapons caused consumer sales of military-style rifles to soar, creating another incentive for police departments to stock up. American police officers and American citizens were in a veritable arms race. Then came more mass shootings.”
Great essay, covering growth / product / business strategy, platforms, and many loops.
Disappointed to read this about my hometown uni. Problems seem to run deep.
The clearest framing of potential scenarios I’ve seen. Recommended reading, and start testing!
This seems like forever ago already
"Cycling uphill. For fun"
-- stumbling on old blogs, labors of love, in dark corners of the internet, is a great pleasure.
in general, you find that the drugs that increase productivity are the ones that are most supported in our society.”
tldr: relearn to squat, like any 2yo does naturally.
TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned social network, instructs its moderators to censor videos that mention Tiananmen Square, Tibetan independence, or the banned religious group Falun Gong, according to leaked documents detailing the site’s moderation guidelines.
We believe that any speech that challenges national sovereignty and social stability is not within the scope of freedom of speech,” CCTV said in its statement in Chinese, which was translated by CNBC.
Absolute all-stars here
Great profile. Strava remains one of my favorite apps, and the only social network that drives positive behaviour.
As a company grows, everything needs to scale, including the size of your failed experiments. If the size of your failures isn’t growing, you’re not going to be inventing at a size that can actually move the needle.
“Minimizing future regret” is hard to rationalize on paper but easy to justify in real life
“Minimizing future regret” is hard to rationalize on paper but easy to justify in real life
This, then, is the state of technology in 2018: the enterprise market is thriving, and the consumer market is stagnant, dominated by the “innovations” that a few large behemoths deign to develop for consumers (probably by ripping off a smaller company). Meanwhile a backlash is brewing on both sides of the political spectrum, but with no immediately viable outlet through competition or antitrust action, the politics surrounding technology simply becomes ever more rancid.
"There may be no act more essentially Berkeley than deciding that the rich flavor and healthfulness, the simple, forgotten pleasure, of fresh eggs in the morning outweighs the unreasonable attachment of one's immediate neighbors to getting a good night's sleep"