Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

How did things get this bad?The Axioms of linking Every few months I end up in the a shady corner of the internet, with twenty tabs open searching for variations on ‘why the $%^&!@ does this not work’. Hours later I end up re-discovering the truth: using…

Some patched versions of gcc (observed with gcc 9.3.0 on Ubuntu 20.04)
enable -fcf-protection=full by default. This breaks code that is not
explicitly written to expect the use of this flag. The ...

Sometimes I'm at a coffee shop and get locked out of the wifi, after an hour or two has passed. Rather than spending 2 minutes/week entering terminal commands, I thought it made sense to spend a few hours figuring out how to make it take one minute a week…

One study, involving around 2,000 people, found that the vaccine offered "minimal protection" against mild and moderate cases of COVID-19. The government says it will use other vaccines in the meantime.

In a single update, a popular barcode scanner app that had been on Google Play for years turned into malware.

I wanted to be prepared for the worst nature could throw at me. But the real threat turned out to be human.

Intel wants to take a bite out of Apple and prove its processors to be more worthy

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“I don't feel like I am heard or taken seriously. How can I push for change and preserve my energy?”

I absolutely have not done anything to violate your terms of service, so I can take this no other way than you deciding to burn this bridge. Consider it burned. #Terraria for @GoogleStadia is canceled. My company will no longer support any of your platforms…

I took a deep dive on freemium pricing and decided to document it in this post.
Why freemium? I think it’s how the little guys can win against market leaders.

Basically, it’s how you kill a unicorn.

Notion, Figma, Canva, Mailchimp, and Segment. What do…

A legal opinion concludes the Chinese government has shown an intent to destroy the Uighur minority.

A glimpse at an audio-first, phone-free future.