dismantling capitalism

I built my whole own stack for software development - testing, documentation generation, web framework, user login, and loads of other tools. I have two major goals. One is to create citizen-journalism software to be used by local communities for reporting on themselves. The other is to build and distribute open source software that solves real...

I've been half-assed vegan for 5+ years now, mainly out of concern for the environmental impact. Reducing animal suffering is a bonus, but not the main driving force. But I've been thinking about personal responsibility recently, and I'm struggling with it. Comcast offered me a brand new phone to switch to them, AND I would have saved some money...

I sent the following message to AllSides today. Hopefully this will inspire you to ask somebody to improve their feed reader support! Perhaps your local library or city council? Hello, I appreciate that you have Feed Reader support for your news, your blog, and for each of your topics, but I see some ways this support could be improved. Here are...

I've been in a weird mental state the last 2, maybe 3 weeks. I was wired every day, but also exhausted every day. Some of the exhaustion has lifted, some of the wired has lifted ... or it's morphed, I don't know. I can't stop coding. Like 4 or 5 days in a row now, I've coded for about 2 hours in the afternoon. This is the third night that I've...

Samsung has a new laundry washer (or dryer?) that has a phone built into it so that you can ... i guess talk on the phone while you fold laundry? That's cool, I guess. Neat little convenience thing, not having to carry your phone to the laundry room. But it's not cool, because the neat little convenience comes at a cost, and I'm not talking about...