This, even though it is nominally 'good', is a disturbing trend.

The EU is de facto, enforcing their standards even in places outside of their dominion and essentially over...

I would think backing up classified information onto someone else's laptop would also be a no-no.

It's also interesting that some of the browser attacks were through new enhancements designed to make browsers perform better. The fix is to disable the new features.

Changes are...

It's a dynamic free market thing, there is not fixed value. Supply and demand.
A lot has to do with time and circumstance as well. How anxious a company is...

Part of the choice is 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it', keeping the old one as long as it's still in support and doing its job ... changing every...

Not a fan of work travel at all (and in most cases, teleconferencing is just as good with a lot less stress). It had some good points, got to inexpensively...

Not necessarily one or the other is right, circumstances vary.

Sure, the price of the HDTV example will likely come down. But that means a year or two without...

I've thought a lot about this, and conclude that part of the reason for this is that it conflicts with our evolutionary psychology. Humans, like most primates, are strongly tribal....

For some fun, here's data to peruse

ourworldindata.org

And for some wacky fun:

http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

Keep in mind that the advocates of narrative data sometimes are themselves fooled by it.

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/freakonomics-what-went-wrong

https://newrepublic.com/article/62561/freaks-and-geeks-how-freakonomics-ruining-the-dismal-science