Tyler Rogoway was an idiot. I am glad he got fired.

A valid point. But the fact that there are even that many FA articles on these topics is what the problem is. If the format used to be 95% hardware/tech and 5% what could be construed as political, it is now in the realm of 60% tech 40% politics. Political opinion writing is an over-saturated space. Thoughtful…

Well it’s continued discontent/negative feedback from people that miss the old format. Trolling would be me posting something simply for the sake of getting a rise out of you or Terrell or whoever else. This is truly genuine feedback and an attempt to convince the author to provide less of one type of content and…

So any sort of criticism in a comments section is now simply labeled as “trolling?” Good to know, and a great way to foster discussion, eh?

As an example, here’s what’s being auto-recommended to me out of some recent FA articles:

You are literally the first person I’ve ever heard refer to Tyler as an idiot. It’s not about which side of the political spectrum the articles are on, it’s the fact they are here at all.

Nothing quite like what we’ve seen with Jermaine at the helm. A quick look at his bio and connections to the current Ukrainian govt put everything in perspective for me.

Yeah, this. Medvedev is his closest confidant and friend. They both live the same lavish lifestyle. Proof of Medvedev’s corruption is just about as damning for Putin as it is for Medvedev.

Except for all the chanting of “Putin the Thief” in the streets, yeah, you’re right.

Lol. Poor FTA. Used to be about military planes, trains, and automobiles, now it’s about the two biggest clowns in politics. How’s readership since management decided to turn FTA political and then Rogoway leaving? I have no idea why Rogoway left, but, the timing of it all is quite the coincidence, or it’s not...

FA continues its descent into mindless political rambling...

The whole US government is just awful about acronyms.

And a very active Italian and Irish criminal gang population who skimmed about half off the top of the cost too?

This tunnel isn’t being built in the middle of a major city, crossing over several subway lines, under the busiest commuter rail station, while maintaining traffic on surface streets and an elevated expressway. And this particular city has buried utilities from the late 1800s, plus buried sea walls dating back even…

Do we have data for the Chicago region *before* 1837? You can’t really use this as a statistical landmark because it’s the outlier in a limited dataset.

And I had record breaking snowfall in my area last year...

And yet there was more ice than usual in Antartica this year.

One winter, or even 10, isn’t a huge deal. You are dealing with 144 years of data which is extremely insignificant in the whole scheme of things. Even at that, 1 out of 144 is an outlier.

I can see the Craigslist ad now

Yet there was a major snowstorm in March.