I can already feel people hungering for the dumb take on this that they will then amplify through getting outraged about it.

Perfect definition of mid-2010s Apple: all sizzle, no steak.

Vine has proven to be a perfect example of how growing a massive userbase doesn’t actually make something profitable.

But would you take him over Karl-Anthony Towns?

They’ll be awesome, obviously. But they really did hurt their depth and have no rim protection and that’s a big deal.

The Warriors will be awesome, obviously. But they really did hurt their depth and rim protection and that side of the story is not getting enough attention.

One common mistake people make: overestimating the sample size you need to make generalizable conclusions with a given margin of error. It’s remarkable how often I see people say that sample sizes in the thousands are too small. Depending on the variance of your data and the size of the observed effect, a truly random…

Congratulations on helping to severely undercut the stock of affordable housing in a country currently undergoing a housing crisis for the working and middle class. And thanks for assisting her Lifehacker.

Good. Airbnb is gobbling up so much housing stock in the city it’s dramatically reducing the availability of affordable housing.

Sure they are. And I would never use the term myself. But this is the whle point: the options aren’t GamerGate or Matt McGorry. The options aren’t either being vile racists or actively soliciting gold stars for your virtuousness.

I agree. I’m just saying this “cram Trump into every political narrative” tic risks leaving us underestimating the extent of our problems.

We have a dragon slaying problem in American politics: our system is set up to convince us that the work stops after an election, which sucks attention and energy away from solving practical problems once the election is over. Everybody is so exhausted by that point, it’s hard to summon the will to create change.

I think part of the problem is that performative outrage like this makes people cynical about the broader campaign to make the world a more just and equitable place.

a powerful man is allowed to run for the highest public office on the ideals of the enemies you face in this game

Data - you are the bird....

I really hate to say this, but as someone who has played this series incessantly since the very first one, I just don’t enjoy it very much anymore. All the fun is packed into the first 150 turns; there’s too much grinding from guiding city production and workers (which you can automate, but too poorly to be worth…

I like coming here to see all of these die-hard video game fans shit on every video game and console they see.

Number of times the completely irrelevant Putin story was mentioned in three debates: 178
Number of times climate change was mentioned in three debates: 4

Why are liberals trying to restart Cold War animus again? Why? What is the strategy here? Why do so many of you sound like mid-80s Ronald Reagan, all of a sudden, because it’s politically convenient?