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jjensen··on Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
Two English women are close to accomplishing the same feat.

https://www.seasthedayoceanrowing.com/

jjensen··on Aging Voyager 1 sends back surprising response after 'poke' from Earth
That's kind of the plot of 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
jjensen··on How to Escape the Startup Trough of Sorrow
I get a timeout message when I try to subscribe.
jjensen··on Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?
Please do this.
jjensen··on Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals
As a long-time FT subscriber, I and others have noticed a very steep decline over the last year or so. Before, I didn't always agree with the comments, but they were usually at least somewhat insightful. Some readers suspect an organized incursion of state-sponsored malefactors. One certainly notices more of the bile on certain types of subjects (Russia, China, internet, US political system) than others.
jjensen··on Chinese students and families fight for the right to cheat their exams
> business and governance in the UK doesn't seem to be particularly corrupt.

Read any issue of Private Eye and you might form a different opinion.

jjensen··on Facebook To Buy Opera? Maybe.
The main reason Google provides money to Mozilla is to buy billions of search queries from them via default placement in the search bar. That's it.