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forgot-accounton The Worst U.S. Maritime Disaster in Decades

He was looking at different data then they were looking at.

forgot-accounton Coffee sold in California must carry cancer warning, judge rules

This was a voter passed proposition, which changed our constitution to require this signage.

The proposition wasn’t super well written, and it quickly became apparent that basically everything has to be labeled as possibly causing cancer. Unfortunately, since it’s in our constitution, it’s nearly impossible to change now.

The only winner here is the lawyers.

forgot-accounton Tim Cook says Facebook's collection of user data 'shouldn't exist'

It’s nice that Apple’s interests and my interests align. It always refreshing when a company puts a lot of effort into structuring their company in such a way that it aligns with users’ beat interests.

forgot-accounton A Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg About Data Privacy

I’m not a big fan of Zuck, but that’s just how real estate acquisition has to happen in Hawaii due to very odd state property laws.