Und erst als Jahrzehnte später Dach und Mauern über uns einstürzten, erkannten wir, daß die Fundamente längst unterhöhlt gewesen waren und mit dem neuen Jahrhundert zugleich der Untergang der individuellen Freiheit in Europa begonnen hatte.
Stefan Zweig: Die Welt von Gestern (1944)
Keep it simple. Simpler than that. Yes, even simpler. You can always add the complexity later if needed. Keeping it simple requires periodic refactoring / code deletion.
I will never forgive these people for what they’ve done to the computer, and the more I learn about both their intentions and actions the more certain I am that they are unrepentant and that their greed will never be sated. I have watched them take the things that made me human — social networking, digital communities, apps, and the other connecting fabric of our digital lives — and turned them into devices of torture, profitable mechanisms of abuse, and find it disgusting how many reporters seem to believe it's their responsibility to thank them and explain why it's good this is happening to their readers.
Edward Zitron: Never Forgive Them (2024-12-16)
The weapon is lethal when it's a pistol and when it's an insurance company. The insurance company merely serves as an accountability sink, a layer of indirection that lets a murder happen without any person being the technical murderer: [...]
Cory Dotorow: Pluralistic: Predicting the present (09 Dec 2024)
Fantastisch, wunderschön und bunt.
