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• Commented on Houston: what are the long-term consequences?
  One interesting question is when/if a nightmare scenario such as this Bloomberg article materializes. TL;DR: due to the increased risk of "extreme weather events" banks stop selling mortgages in coastal, hurricane-risk cities. This has a swift and decisive impact on...
• Commented on The internet of decay
  Where one can read, another can write. How about an alibi service where you enter the time, date and location you want to have been in, and your house electricity meter, HVAC, lights, Amazon purchase history and Google Music history...
• Commented on State of the Charlie
  Gotcha. In that case, if and when the stars align and you actually do have the time and the will, I'm sure there will be more than enough people waiting to hear from you here and come see you other...
• Commented on State of the Charlie
  For those of us actually in Israel, would there be some sort of pub crawl, or other informal drink-and-greet? I'd be happy to suggest recommended places (based on wherever you'll be staying) and/or buy you a beer or three......
• Commented on Updating a classic
  Legal should have unrestricted access to all versions of all documents, including detailed, time-stamped logs of all access. After all, when we're sued, we need to be able to have our records in place. But due to cost-cutting the entire...
• Commented on Updating a classic
  All confidential documents need strict access controls, including an encryption password and two-factor identification to ensure need-to-know. In order to further increase security, the password and second factor (SMS to your phone, fingerprint scan, retina scan, voice imprint, face recognition,...
• Commented on Updating a classic
  Another one: We need work to be properly reviewed before it is presented to management. All documents presented for review (including any set of slides, document, specification, spreadsheet or piece of code that is shared in a meeting) needs to...
• Commented on Updating a classic
  First for today: first-line managers are not a job function. Teams need to rotate management roles on a monthly basis, such that every employee gets a chance to experience management first-hand. The monthly manager cannot question or reverse decisions made...
• Commented on An exercise in futility
  A couple of years back there was a song "Don't Marry Her" (by The Beautiful South) that had both a "clean" and an "explicit" version, with just one word altered from the hook line (have instead of fuck). I remember...
• Commented on An exercise in futility
  When the state of Nebrahoma requires by law all public libraries and everything in schools (including both textbooks and "required reading" literature, and why not get private schools and colleges into the fold while we're at it) to pass through...
• Commented on Ask the Author
  Do you speak and/or write Hebrew? Assuming you had the time and energy, what is the next language you'd like to learn and why?...
• Commented on Drink Me: The Horror Hotel Story, and Where Ideas Come From
  Charlie- if you don't mind (and if Kameron is game) I would really like to read about Bob Howard's stay in that hotel. Perhaps with the wife? On a weekend getaway between assignments the other side of the pond? That...