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February 12, 2015
Free Browser Extension that Efficiently Blocks Ads Using Less Memory
I'm now using µBlock instead of AdBlock Plus.
February 07, 2015
Surge Dread - Uber
"The problem that these people have with surge pricing is rooted in the certainty that one day Uber, which is undercharging for its services in a drastically unsustainable way in order to fuel outrageous levels of growth, is going to win. And, when it does, after eliminating taxis and other car services—and maybe some forms of public transit in some cities!—it will extract a terrible toll for the convenience, probably when people need it most. Not because Uber is evil or attempting to punish its users, but just because it’s good business; Uber is, after all, the most publicly pitiless company of our time. (This is the same basic reason that people are afraid of—and investors still love—Amazon: Prices are unbelievably low right now, but one day, when everybody else is out of business, it will finally screw everyone in a monumental way.)"
February 04, 2015
What happened when I confronted my cruellest troll
"I’m often deluged with hate online – and I’m used to being told not to feed the trolls. But after one of them stole my dead dad’s identity to abuse me, I decided to ask him why"
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