Not disagreeing (seriously) but has there been any reports of direct negative consequences as a result of the leaks? If you have a link for the covert US efforts he leaked, I don’t see them and would like to know. I’ve hear a lot about the good he’s done (possibly selectively on my part), but I don’t have any hard…

If the actions of the NSA are found to be unlawful, shouldn’t the guy be pardoned for exposing it, regardless of the method he used? Uncovering unlawful activity should be the core of the whistle-blower laws, not to be superseded by other edicts that obscure unlawful activity.

I bet it’s one of the reliquaries that were prevalent at that time. The churches would have little displays under the altar displaying the supposed bones of saints. They were in such high demand that some priests would visit other churches and steal to bring them back to their own churches. Type “reliquary box” into…

Maybe it’s the “driverless” that puts this into the realm of possible statistics? I once saw a driving simulation that showed how automating cars would use less fuel by curing gridlock due to inefficient queuing and lane switching by humans. Whatever, I freeeeking hate driving and could use that time to take a nap so…

Cannot look. away. Cat. GIFS!!!!

What makes me feel good about those pictures is... DUCT TAPE! My assembly methods are vindicated by NASA Scientists :)

Does eating the toast negate the calories required the make the toast? I estimate 100 calories per slice... so did he burn more than 200 calories toasting? That would be interesting to know.

OMG! It’s so funny you wrote this Annalee - I literally just posted about Malthus over on Gizmodo in relation to a story Matt wrote. Good stuff!

You portray Ehrlich as the extremist he likely was Matt, though I wonder if you’d be open to presenting the alternate side of the story for us? Does population science fully disagree with Ehrlich’s main premise, or just his early predictions and methods of action? Earth does have a “biotic potential”, and Humans are…

Design for smaller screens vs larger is different enough that I am skeptical many apps will do this properly. It’s not just the size of buttons and on-screen elements, there’s also the type of information that is displayed and the interactions therein. So for the most part, this will be the same thing Designers have…

Human Factors is one scientific study focused on, amongst many other things, text and screen legibility. There are a lot of papers published dating back to the 50’s for government critical use such as aviation. It’s a well traveled field that has a lot to offer designers when they create new devices and display…

Also, it can lead to...

An island of ascetics that is reaching out for help from the world they have chosen to leave behind? Part of me very much wants to help them, and yet another wants to send a team from Starbucks. I hope that doesn’t make me a bad person. No, drinking Starbucks... THAT would... damn now I want coffee and the only thing…

Freeze up some rolls of that sh*te my brother, and healthy days in the darkroom to you! Honestly, I have so much fun and productive art times with film. In 20 years it'll all be quant and mysterious, so I guess now is a good time to still be doing this.

I'd notice and then shed a tear, because I still use Tri-X daily. But true, most people don't give a hoot.

I wonder if this means a sharp decline in the disturbing number of Thai hooker porn videos filmed by gross old white guys. It's so scary out there I've been driven back to Cinemax for fear of being somehow psychologically damaged by a wrong click.

She's signaling the ConeHeads for their mighty rise to power. They're among us.

Yes, oh yes yes, this is literally the best strain I've ever tasted and smoked.

For anyone who has ever interviewed or worked as a designer for a car company, it likely comes as no surprise why they are so behind the times. They typically only hire from within a very small community of automotive-specific designers, or scientists (Human Factors Engineers) which is really limiting. Also, the…

Does it solve the problem of strip mining large swaths of land that are relatively surface-located and amazingly damaging to ecosystems?