bramjans

7 ms·

1.
Alex Jones must pay $4M in damages for Sandy Hook hoax claims(bbc.com)
83 points by bramjans 4y ago|132 comments
2.
by bramjans 4y ago
That's really nice, thanks for sharing!
3.
by bramjans 5y ago
At least in Belgium we fixed that with "septante"
4.
by bramjans 5y ago
I can recommend "The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay" by economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman for some concrete ideas on how to fix this problem. Some ideas seemed a bit unlikely, but
5.
by bramjans 6y ago
Counterpoint here: I travelled for about 8 months about 7 years ago (already? damn!) and it even though it didn't change me directly as a person, it did instill an ever-present hunger to see more of the world. More importantly, it made
6.
by bramjans 6y ago
A bit far-fetched to link this book to the current COVID crisis, but I actually read it a few month ago and really enjoyed it! It's obviously very specific from the point of view of an old European intellectual and filled with nostalgi
7.
by bramjans 7y ago
Indeed, been using DDG for a couple of years now, and since Google's redesign I've been using a lot less "!g".
8.
by bramjans 8y ago
While educating the elderly can help in the short term, I feel like this shows structural problems such as personal data protection and phone carriers' unwillingness to fix these sort of issues. I'm not saying phone fraud is non-e
9.
by bramjans 8y ago
Some counter-anecdata, I was rather amused by the images. Congrats with your fascinating article, really enjoyed it!
10.
Ticketmaster admits personal data stolen in hack attack(bbc.com)
2 points by bramjans 8y ago|0 comments
11.
by bramjans 8y ago
What service do you use if I may ask?
12.
by bramjans 8y ago
Nice! The last time I had that fast feeling was with https://changelog.com/ , written in Phoenix (Elixir).
13.
by bramjans 9y ago
Having lived for a while in Chile (where according to the article financial literacy is below average), my experience very much agrees with this. I noticed many people struggling with basic arithmetic resulting in me having to check the cha
14.
by bramjans 9y ago
Great stuff, like all of Bret Victor's talks. My favourite: is "The Future of Programming (2013)": https://vimeo.com/71278954 (I also liked this satirical blog post about that talk: http://alarming
15.
by bramjans 9y ago
Wow! Didn't know this existed, thanks for the tip!
16.
by bramjans 10y ago
Great read. I've only been in the professional software business for a couple of years, but already many of his insights (especially the ones about terrible people management) hit close to home. Thanks a lot for taking the time to writ
17.
by bramjans 11y ago
Very much this. I was also part of Startup Chile (8th gen) and the demands of the program were very reasonable. Gaining the RVA points to foster the community was really a small price to pay for basically "free money". The transpa
18.
by bramjans 11y ago
I believe the increase in "phablet" users is also thanks to emerging markets getting connected. While living in South America the amount of "big phones" really surprised me, as they seemed so impractical. When I realised
19.
by bramjans 11y ago
Agreed. It seems to me that the problem is that it is easy to get condoms for free/cheap in many places in western countries. However, my experience living in Chile is that in countries that often need it more, they are much more expen
20.
Dirty Thunderstorm: Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Earth's Environments)(nhm.ac.uk)
1 points by bramjans 12y ago|0 comments
21.
by bramjans 12y ago
Clicking through on the article I ended up browsing through several of the projects on Zidisha and reading the founding story. Very impressive project! Having lived the last year and a half in South America I really believe in the power of
22.
by bramjans 12y ago
Very interesting read indeed, a very thorough insight into life in Egypt. I especially liked the relationship part, the female oppression and dominance at the same type. Seems almost like a paradox through the eyes of a westerner.