21. The Pressure Campaign on Spotify to Remove Joe Rogan Reveals the Religion of Liberals: Censorship(greenwald.substack.com)14.5K points | January 29, 2022 All factions, at certain points, succumb to the impulse to censor. But for the Democratic Party's liberal adherents, silencing their adversaries has become their primary project.
22. Neuralink and the Brain's Magical Future â Wait But Why(waitbutwhy.com)14.3K points | April 20, 2017 I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level.
23. Nancy and Paul Pelosi Making Millions in Stock Trades in Companies She Actively Regulates(greenwald.substack.com)13.2K points | July 15, 2021 The Speaker, already one of the richest members in Congress, has become far richer through investment maneuvers in Big Tech, as she privately chats with their CEOs.
24. Considerations On Cost Disease | Slate Star Codex(slatestarcodex.com)12.9K points | February 9, 2017 I. Tyler Cowen writes about cost disease. Iâd previously heard the term used to refer only to a specific theory of why costs are increasing, involving labor becoming more efficient in some areas thanâŚ
25. Economic Japanification: Not What You Think(lynalden.com)12.2K points | January 1, 2022 âJapanificationâ in the economic sense refers to the stagnation that Japanâs economy has faced over the past three decades, and is typically applied in reference to the concern among economists thatâŚ
26. The NYT Now Admits the Biden Laptop -- Falsely Called "Russian Disinformation" -- is Authentic(greenwald.substack.com)12.1K points | March 17, 2022 The media outlets which spread this lie from ex-CIA officials never retracted their pre-election falsehoods, ones used by Big Tech to censor reporting on the front-runner.
27. Apple's Mistake(paulgraham.com)9.7K points | January 1, 1995 November 2009* * * I don't think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken. Or rather, I don't think they realize how much it matters that it's broken. The way Apple runs theâŚ
28. I sell onions on the Internet(deepsouthventures.com)9.5K points | April 22, 2019 Vidalia Onions to be exact. Theyâre classified as a sweet onion, and because of their mild flavor (they donât make your eyes tear up), some folks can eat them like an apple. Most of my customersâŚ
29. Why Is Latin Considered a "Dead Language"? - Tales of Times Forgotten(talesoftimesforgotten.com)9.4K points | June 29, 2021 When I tell someone that Iâm studying Ancient Greek and Latin, it is very common for the person with whom I am speaking to react with surprise at the fact that it is even possible to study Latin.âŚ
30. Kansas Man Killed In âSWATtingâ Attack â Krebs on Security(krebsonsecurity.com)9.4K points | December 29, 2017 A 28-year-old Kansas man was shot and killed by police officers on the evening of Dec. 28 after someone fraudulently reported a hostage situation ongoing at his home. The false report was the latestâŚ
31. Why Iâm done with Chrome â A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering(blog.cryptographyengineering.com)9.2K points | September 23, 2018 This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random "someone is wrong on the Internet" posts. After all, that's what Twitter is for! But from time to timeâŚ
32. From 1,000,000 to Graham's Number â Wait But Why(waitbutwhy.com)9.1K points | November 10, 2014 Graham's number is so big, we need a whole new set of tools to even discuss it.
33. Slack's new WYSIWYG input box is really terrible â Arthur O'Dwyer â Stuff mostly about C++(quuxplusone.github.io)8.7K points | November 20, 2019 Slack has just recently rolled out a âWYSIWYG text inputâ widget to its Web browser interface. (Apparently, the phased rollout started at the beginning of November 2019, but itâs just now startingâŚ
34. Yak Shaving Defined - I'll get that done, as soon as I shave this yak. - Scott Hanselman's Blog(hanselman.com)8.6K points | January 23, 2014 I've used the term Yak Shaving for years. You're probably shaving yaks at work ...
36. What I Didn't Say(paulgraham.com)8.4K points | January 1, 2013 December 2013 A quote from an "interview" with me (I'll explain the scare quotes in a minute) went viral on the Internet recently: We can't make women look at the world through hacker eyes and startâŚ
37. NYT Is Threatening My Safety By Revealing My Real Name, So I Am Deleting The Blog | Slate Star Codex(slatestarcodex.com)8.4K points | June 22, 2020 [EDIT 2/13/21: This post is originally from June 2020, but thereâs been renewed interest in it because the NYT article involved just came out. This post says the NYT was going to write a positiveâŚ
38. Putting Time In Perspective - UPDATED â Wait But Why(waitbutwhy.com)8.1K points | August 22, 2013 Putting massive amounts of time in perspective is incredibly hard for humans, so we made this graphic.
39. Why Logitech Just Killed the Universal Remote Control Industry(mattstoller.substack.com)8.1K points | April 10, 2021 Monopolies are lazy. Logitech bought, monopolized, and killed the universal remote control business.
40. Do Things that Don't Scale(paulgraham.com)8K points | July 25, 2013 July 2013 One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale. A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or don't. You buildâŚ