The .blog Bait & Switch
The .blog registry backtracked on its promise to send popular domains to auction.
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Posted on 2016-11-18T04:20:43+0000
If you thought you were paying fair prices for chicken at the supermarket, think again
An internal document obtained by The Washington Post shows U.S. chicken prices may have been artificially inflated for years, costing consumers billions of dollars.
Hasnain says:
"“We trust the companies we work with,” Alec Asbridge, director of regulatory compliance at Georgia Department of Agriculture, said earlier this month. “We don’t see any reason they would submit information that wasn’t truthful.”
And once again, the extremely trusting nature of the average American continues to befuddle me.
Posted on 2016-11-18T01:58:57+0000
The American Dream Is Killing Us
The values and beliefs that once defined the American Dream are not only no longer relevant, but they may be hurting us.
Hasnain says:
This is one of the best things I've read in a really long time.
"Well, I’ll tell you my point. It’s the last part of The Tragedy of the Lemonade Stands that is so dangerous. See, the kids developed a belief system around “success = hard work = deserving great things” and “failure = laziness = deserving shitty things.” And those heuristics work great in a society where there’s boundless opportunity, infinite resources, and constantly expanding markets.
But when the tides turn, and those opportunities are simply no longer there, well, these same beliefs become quite dangerous and even destructive."
Posted on 2016-11-17T04:19:06+0000
My struggle with clinical depression - The Express Tribune
'I worry more about appearing perfect in front of others rather than my actual happiness,' shares Ali Awan
Hasnain says:
Depression is unfortunately treated as something that never happens, or is swept under the rug.
This needs to change.
#NoMoreStigma
Posted on 2016-11-16T21:27:28+0000
The code I’m still ashamed of
If you write code for a living, there’s a chance that at some point in your career, someone will ask you to code something a little…
Hasnain says:
This escalated really quickly.
"As developers, we are often one of the last lines of defense against potentially dangerous and unethical practices."
Posted on 2016-11-16T19:11:28+0000
Open population datasets and open challenges
Sharing data about how people are aggregated around the world can help solve challenges such as connectivity, infrastructure planning, humanitarian aid, and disaster response.
I have toyota corola | daniel.haxx.se
cURL and libcurl I have toyota corola November 14, 2016 Daniel Stenberg 10 Comments Modern cars have fancy infotainment setups, big screens and all sorts of computers with networked functionality built-in. Part of that fanciness is increasingly often a curl install. curl is a part of the standard Ge...
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Posted on 2016-11-15T07:31:24+0000
Why 30 is the decade friends disappear — and what to do about it
At 30, I’m not anxious about my biological clock or my career. I’m anxious about making friends.
What So Many People Don’t Get About the U.S. Working Class
The reasons for Trump’s win are obvious, if you know where to look.
Hasnain says:
"In 2010, while on a book tour for Reshaping the Work-Family Debate, I gave a talk about all of this at the Harvard Kennedy School. The woman who ran the speaker series, a major Democratic operative, liked my talk. “You are saying exactly what the Democrats need to hear,” she mused, “and they’ll never listen.” I hope now they will."
Posted on 2016-11-13T07:57:51+0000
The Art of the Awkward 1:1
You probably do a lot of one-on-one meetings at work: with your manager, teammates, folks from other teams. Unfortunately, most people…