Author Archives: jackrichins

Great post from John Gruber on why clever code and cowboy culture is bad. Love the quotes from Guido van Rossum and Brian Kernighan. Every new programmer should read this: “When asked, I would give people my opinion that maintainable code is more important than clever code,” he said. “If I encountered clever code that […]

For anyone concerned about their privacy, I highly recommend OSINT’s newsletter and tools at https://intel techniques.com. They have some tools to make it easy to see what others can find out about you easily using various search tools for both the web and social media. This week Michael Bazzell mentioned a new linux distro he […]

I admire anyone who stands for their moral convictions. Well done. John McCain the Republican vs. John McCain the Patriot — New York Magazine

So rather than complaining and blaming, start taking responsibility. Be stoical. Spend ten minutes or so every evening and identify the most important things you must work on the next day and make sure this remains your priority. Lower the priority on your email and social media and only look at it when you have […]

I don’t know why we can’t even use computers to track gun ownership or study the impacts of different weapons. This is crazy. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/02/22/ar15-is-different

I don’t know why we can’t even use computers to track gun ownership or study the impacts of different weapons. This is crazy. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/02/22/ar15-is-different

I don’t know why we can’t even use computers to track gun ownership or study the impacts of different weapons. This is crazy. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/02/22/ar15-is-different

I don’t know why we can’t even use computers to track gun ownership or study the impacts of different weapons. This is crazy. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/02/22/ar15-is-different

Cute playlist. I love my Sonos, by the way. http://www.iClarified.com/64537/sonos-welcomes-homepod-with-spotify-playlist-hidden-message

How to read the Internet via brentsimmons and Patrick Rhone. I don’t know if I’m just old or if I’m wiser. But Facebook and Twitter just don’t work for me anymore. I prefer more control. I do worry that there needs to be some editorial control to avoid harassment, spam, fake news, and propaganda spreading. […]