So yes, I understand that it’s traffic numbers were not great.

In addition to trying to replicate Gawker, they could have had some people who know anything about journalism do some editorial guidance to perhaps make Splinter more relevant in this environment where they should be printing money off of political coverage. Splinter wanted to be the coverage for the Left but they…

It really was colossally stupid to shutter Splinter right as Trump finally begins seeing consequences for his crimes.

Splinter, such as it was, was a relatively new brand, spun off from Fusion. Gizmodo and Jezebel and Deadspin and all the other more highly trafficked sites had been around for a long time. They didn’t just come fully formed drawing 10s of millions of visitors. So yes, I understand that it’s traffic numbers were not…

If this truly had value, the merits of capitalism say someone would have bought it, and ran it, and it would be successful.

Essentially shutting down the second-most highly trafficked website in your portfolio because one out of every twenty five posts rankles you

Also firing the senior editor on Deadspin at the final of the world series and when the NCAA decides to let students profit off of their own images. And now articles of impeachment are about to be rolled out and they don’t have a politics-dedicated blog.

Hear hear.

You should try running an edgy politics website in a Communist country then if you believe Capitalism to be the problem.  That is, if you can find one with electricity.

Come on now. Even snark has its limits, and Splinter found them. With an “everyone sucks except us” attitude, Splinter deserved its fate. 

I’m amazed this even got published. I was really thinking there was a firing-level edict against even mentioning the shutdown and firings.

It was a deliberate decision b/c Spanfeller and Great Hill Partners serve the needs of the capitalist class. They are taking a financial loss on this particular group of sites to shut down a voice which could inspire others to ultimately organize towards their doom.

Shutting down the only dedicated politics website in your portfolio right before the 2020 election, one of the most consequential of our lifetime, kicks into high gear. Essentially shutting down the second-most highly trafficked website in your portfolio because one out of every twenty five posts rankles you. I’m not…

I go a step further and block the update servers at the firewall. Too often I’ve disabled updates and had Windows go out and start updating anyway and inevitably force an update reboot while I’m working on something. Then, after something has been out for a while I go out and manually download the roll up updates they…

Those who wait for the public version will need to manually install version 1909, as Windows no longer automatically installs new feature updates.

Dear Microsoft,

Some of the tests are extremely misleading. A quick google search will turn up various articles that will tell you about how identical triplets and quadruplets can get different results, sometimes wildly, from such tests. The error level can go so high as to attribute african DNA to one of the group but not any of the…

I’m like 73.2% sure that these DNA tests are bullshit. Can they be verified in any way? Are these companies regulated by any government or scientific agency? The whole industry seems ripe for shenanigans and it seems like its completely legal to just make up whatever you want

The genetic tests are interesting, but can be misleading. To really understand what has happened you need to combine the genetic test with historical research. Not all genetic admixture is from rape of slaves.