Sorry, the logic of releasing beta versions makes sense for iOS, it does not make sense for products like this where the consequences are so much more severe. Regulators would not allow mass sale of unproven cars or planes in our day and age.

Yes, it hasn't occurred to anyone that rape is simply wrong. If only that idea could somehow be broadcast, the problem of date rape would disappear. We should popularize a simple slogan. Something like, 'no means no'?

I know, right? <- Another completely vacuous phrase that irritates me.

This makes sense to me. One of my pet peeves is trolls in comment sections, beginning their comment with, 'Um...' I read it as an attempt at false humility - like the commenter is this humble non-confrontational type, reluctantly chiming in as the voice of common sense.

I recently made your point re. the complexity/uncertainty around sexual consent, only to be harangued by "feminists" accusing me of being a rape apologist, asking what part of 'no means no' I don't understand. I suspect if he'd followed your advice from the outset, people would be attacking him from a different…

If Louis CK and others are right, it may be that individual competitiveness (e.g., standardized testing) works to the detriment of collective performance.

Re. America falling behind: there's no necessary correlation between aggregate competition at the level of countries and competition at the level of individuals. It may be that America's internal culture of competitiveness only worsens its international performance - e.g., by fostering 'teach the test' mentality in…

more importantly, we seriously need to retire this 'Umm...' thing. insufferable.

No, I noticed that - 8 second response time from the approach of the dog. Most parents I know hover over their toddlers when they're riding a bike near a road, because 8 seconds is plenty of time to roll onto the road and get hit. Yet most parents I know do not have surveillance cameras. Just strikes me as an odd…

Yes, and if so paranoid, why not be out there with your kid as he rides a tricycle near the road?

Why does it seem like mayhem dashcam footage is always from Russia and its environs?

I think everyone is better off when college students choose courses out interest in the intellectual substance (here, the gender theory etc.) rather than populist trappings (here, Beyonce). This technique of 'marketing' courses may seem harmless in isolated cases, but if and when people are building entire degrees…

*hairy

Not to dispute the surplus of douchebags in DC, but a couple of additional factors come to mind. One is the unusual layout of DC roads. Whereas many cities have a grid-like layout, DC's roads run at any angle, meaning you have many intersections where like 6 roads intersect at random angles. Also, there are several…