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schnable··on Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto airport
That article says one air traffic controller was laid off.
schnable··on ICE wants to know if you're posting negative things about it online
Ok but I was replying to a specific post complaining about the pathway to citizenship.
schnable··on DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier Than
I'm not sure this is partisan, looking back the (very light) post history of this substack and the nonexistent explanation of who the authors are, it looks like just a pure FUD machine.
schnable··on DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier Than
I read this article and it is alarming, but what's the DOGE connection to once-private systems showing up on the public internet? That doesn't seem to be explained outside of the correlation with the Treasury system access.

Also, the authors of this SubStack appear to be anonymous?

schnable··on ICE wants to know if you're posting negative things about it online
If your complaint is "the pathway to legal citizenship should be reformed", ICE is the wrong target.
schnable··on ICE wants to know if you're posting negative things about it online
It isn't ICE's fault that congress won't fix the immigration system.
schnable··on ICE wants to know if you're posting negative things about it online
He did found The Intercept, but later resigned.

His core principals seems to be anti-Westernism and general contrarianism.

schnable··on Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more
We have prefixes like “mega” and “super.”
schnable··on Eggs US – Price – Chart
free range isnt the same as pasture raised.
schnable··on Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on YouTube?
It's not strange that they are attempting to monetize movies that don't generate subscriptions or VOD revenue. WB/Discovery doesn't have a free streaming service like Tubi, PlutoTV, FreeVee, etc. so why not YouTube? The CPMs are great.
schnable··on Fair Pricing
You can do this now with all the On-demand stores. But it quickly becomes more economical to buy a bundle.
schnable··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
Which investments in future GDP do you mean?
schnable··on Apple files emergency motion to become defendant in US vs. Google [pdf]
Yes, in a vacuum, but there are other antitrust cases and remedies in play against Google that have the goal of further reducing their dominance in search and advertising.
schnable··on Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch
Check out Wiim. A few amp options that are half the price of Sonos.
schnable··on Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch
Wiim for one option.
schnable··on Scientists uncover how the brain washes itself during sleep
I learned this after being diagnosed with epilepsy. It became clear quickly that we know very little about how the brain works. Almost all of the medical advice and prediction was based on observed behaviors in the population, nothing specifically about my brain.
schnable··on White House unveils Cyber Trust Mark program for consumer devices
Probably overlaps with the EU RED Cybersecurity requirements for IoT devices that are supposed to go into effect this year: https://www.ul.com/services/ul-solutions-cybersecurity-advis...
schnable··on Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option
Right, use of a Password Manager does not imply they are using Password generation - it may just mean they click "Save this password" after logging in using a re-used password.
schnable··on The Truth About H-1B Visas It's wage theft, pure and simple
I am unsure how seriously to take the referenced tweets, which make extraordinary claims but cite no evidence.
schnable··on Curl-Impersonate
A lot of the motivation comes from government regulations too. Right now this is mostly in banking, but social media and porn regs are coming too.
schnable··on Ghost artists on Spotify
I'll play along. It's like ordering a beer flight at a bar and they start out with craft beers and 3-4 beers in they start slipping in Natty Lights and Busches.
schnable··on Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis
Good tunes, though.
schnable··on OpenTTD is an open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Thank you for triggering my every 18 month OpenTTD binge.
schnable··on Warp terminal – no more login required
I would love to pay for Arc, it makes me happy and productive. Unfortunately, it seems like the number of people willing to do is too small to support VC valuations and they are abandoning the product :(
schnable··on Bluesky is ushering in a pick-your-own algorithm era of social media
So that it's different when you open the app every 15 minutes.
schnable··on The withering dream of a cheap American electric car
but if there are higher maintenance costs a little later in the vehicle's life, won't that impact the trade-in value?
schnable··on Why is it so hard to find a job now? Enter Ghost Jobs
Sometimes they also need to post the job to meet company policies. The hiring manger knows who they want to hire, but HR has requirements to post for various reasons.
schnable··on The online sports gambling experiment
We're also only one scandal away from destroying public trust in a professional sports league. That would be bad for the culture too. It's always seemed shortsighted to me that the leagues are directly partnering with gambling apps.
schnable··on Principles for product velocity
> Most companies assign requirements, assert a deadline, and treat quality as an output. We tend to do the opposite. Given a standard of quality, what can we ship in 60 days?

This sounds like the Six Week Cycles and "Fixed time, variable scope" from Shape Up: https://basecamp.com/shapeup/1.2-chapter-03#fixed-time-varia...

schnable··on Learning not to trust the All-In podcast
I find these guys are pretty insightful when discussing tech and VC news. The politics talk is awful. Chamath is a lightweight who doesn't know anything about how our government works but speaks confidently -- I remember one time he was talking about how raising the debt ceiling will allow the President to spend more money. Sacks is a partisan hack who will spin everything as a positive for Trump and MAGA politics. That's after he was a hack for Desantis.
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