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The one thing no CEO will ever understand
What I learned from the most depressing conversation of my life.
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Layers of stupidity
Calling Lake Ontario “Lake America” is stupid for the obvious reasons, yes, but also for historical ones.
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What’s the most complex “app” you’ve replaced with a text document?
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My Canadian heart feels strongly about this, my latest piece for PopSci:
How gross is wearing your shoes inside?
You can’t avoid poop particles or pollen, but you can avoid tracking them everywhere. Here are disturbing reasons to leave shoes at the door.
popsci.com
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How to actually see posts from your friends and family on Instagram
Instagram is a hostage situation. It has photos and videos from the people in your life, but it will only show them to you occasionally—most of the time you get algorithmically-chosen slop. This means you can scroll for hours on this so-called social network and learn very little about the people you care about. Maybe […]
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One thing I do not miss about Twitter is the brands. I hope they never find us here.
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Worried about toilet germs on your toothbrush? You can relax (mostly).
How gross is it to leave a toothbrush exposed in the bathroom?
Toilet plumes are real, but your toothbrush is probably fine.
popsci.com
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Free graph paper, an online drum machine, and a few other Actually Good Websites™
Stop doom scrolling and start creeping on the location of every boat on earth.
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Lately I’ve been drifting in the morning instead of finding joy in my writing. What helps you find yourself at the beginning of the day?
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I’m never dragging an icon to /Applications again. Ever.
Someone Finally Fixed Installing Apps on a Mac
The installation utility EasyDMG makes it so you never drag and drop an icon again.
wired.com
