The biggest advantage of paper books is that they do not connect to the internet. The closest thing to a pop-up notification you will get while reading a paper book is a post-it note.

You’re right! I forgot all about that.

no Islamic society has “made a discovery in science or technology, or changed the world through artistic achievement.”

I was playing with Puppy Linux last week and I noticed how similar it feels to Windows 3.1. Both are meant to launch programs, and not much else.

You can if you are so toxic you erode the rocks beneath you.

I’d look here for a historical comparison.

I would describe it as a slap to the face or a bullet to the head.

Just a thought: Republicans in red states are going to paint you as a raging socialist regardless of what you run on; instead of sprinting to the middle, it might not be the worst idea to face that head-on and explain to voters why that’s better than the existing alternative.

It is not just about losing your job. My uncle died unexpectedly at age 40 - three years younger than I am now - and that left his family in financial disarray. My wife and I are both in education and have incredible job security, but I still have contingency plans if we lose one of our incomes.

If you don’t know Baracka, consider yourself lucky.

Democrats should win in 2020, barring a serious fuckup.

Apply the Stark Method: delete all.

I was kind of hoping Alan was back. Don’t tease me, Lifehacker!

I don’t know why ICE and the FBI would bother with the DMV. Facebook has been doing the same thing for years, and much more efficiently.

Evil Week is in October at Lifehacker. Any chance you can lay low until then?

Trump looks like Taft if Taft’s moustache climbed from his lip to the top of his head.

I picked on New York for a reason. My sister still lives there. She was the person who clued me in on how bad the materials are.

I agree that the clips that will get the most coverage is who can land the best punch on Joe Biden.

I’m not here to debate the value of the current instruction approach known Common Core...

Learning the CI scale is a big help with using a slide rule. It lets you do some multiplications without moving the slide too far.