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I understand the protest is political. I'm wondering why they're wearing masks.

It’s noticeable that everybody in this protest is wearing a face mask, to the point it feels political.

Could anybody explain what’s going on there?

Occasionally a story reminds me why I have a NYT subscription and this is one of them.

Is Putin hitting us where it hurts?

Thanks! This is really helpful - I’ll try this out soon.

Which one is the dumb one? Because that's probably the one I'm doing.

Can somebody help me? I've tried Monodraw a few times, but whenever I attempt to use the ASCII on a website (Wordpress, if that's important) the artwork never appears with the correct spacing. The tabs don't show up, or the alignment is off.

So I end up having to create a GIF, which defeats the purpose.

Any ideas?

A few times on LinkedIn I’ve complained about people “story topping” like #5 in the article.

Each time I’ve been brigaded by people who say that’s a “neurodiverse” trait and I’m being an insensitive clod.

Does anybody know what the name of her company was?

Anyone else having issues with Google Drive in Mac OS?

This week I've been noticing I've been unable to open files on my Mac that are stored in Google Drive. I can open them via the web, so I thought it was just the Mac software until I saw this post.

What’s this $358 million tax benefit? If it wasn't for that they’d still have made a ~$70m loss. Is that a one-off?

Ketamin, sadly, was the path that seems to have led to Tony Hsieh's unfortunate end.

I always wonder, when I see videos like this: who creates the system of little machines that nudge, shove and knock items from one step to the next?

What's their job called? And when that is your job, can you just go into any factory and come up with the answer – or do you specialise in a certain field? And all the parts you use commodity, or are they specific to pencil making, for example?

If anyone has any light to shed on this field of work I'd be interested to learn more.

TII is based in the United Arab Emirates.

Laudable I guess. But it does seem relevant to note that The Guardian is owned by the Scott Trust, which is sitting on £1bn+ assets.

How can I get to a point where I can understand the linked article? Is there a book or course I can take? I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do.

When will the longer context length be available through ChatGPT Plus? Have they said yet?

It's interesting how Tony Abbott, the former Australian prime minister, was genuinely interested in understanding the technology behind the hack.

It reminded me of a nice anecdote from Chris Miller's book Chip War.

When former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull was deciding whether to ban Huawei from the country's 5G network, he "bought himself a 474-page-book titled a Comprehensive Guide to 5G Security to study the topic so that he could ask better questions of his tech experts."

Nice to see politicians getting into infosec, I guess?

Just to say - I bought this on your recommendation. Life changing. Thanks.

Anyone know how much these cost to buy?

This line puzzled me. Surely, if each drop of seawater was filled with 1mm length creatures you'd notice?

I thought adding /s would kill the joke ;-)

> “At the scale twitter exists right now it is anything but simple“

Elon should get real experts like Infosys or Wipro in to rebuild it.

Looks like a great series. The sweary branding is an interesting choice. I run a few email newsletters for different professional audiences, and I’ve been surprised how many people don’t like swear words in business content.

People have reacted negatively when we include any strong “effing and jeffing”, as my grandmother used to put it.

As I get older (I’m 40) it certainly makes me cringe a bit.

I wonder what the pros and cons are of a sweary brand.

I hung out in the #digi channel around 1997-1999.

Recently-ish (2016 I think) I logged back in out of curiosity.

Some of the same names were still there, chatting away.

The BBC has a unique exception when it comes to music, I believe. That’s why you often hear The Beatles in the Eastenders cafe. ITV couldn’t do that.

It’s fascinating that Volkswagen is presenting itself as a paragon of virtue, having spent years actively deceiving regulators over its cars’ emissions.

When politicians are setting national budgets – arguing for a billion here, a billion there – I always wonder what model they use. Is it a spreadsheet? What are they using?

In 1993 I had my 11th birthday party at a bowling alley and they had a Ridge Racer cabinet. Seeing those graphics completely rearranged my molecules. I had no idea that a video game could look so realistic.

I know this is getting downvoted, but I think there's a few croutons of truth in this snarky soup.