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December 7, 2022 By Mark Draughn Leave a Comment

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I've started a new website.Most of you probably know me as a guy who rants about stuff on the web. But some of you may be aware of my real job as asoftware developer.Most of the time I work on large, mature web products: The code base typically has over a million lines of code, with tens of thousands of code commits dating back 10 to 15 years. I'm just one member of a … [Read more...] about WindyTHINK

What Marjorie Taylor Green doesn’t know about masks… or underwear

November 30, 2022 By Mark Draughn Leave a Comment

Week after week, the competition for greatest Marjorie Taylor Green parodist on Twitter has one clear winner: Marjorie Taylor Green. And a few days ago she showed everyone else why she's still the champ:(Tweet text: "So many people still wearing masks. I just want to ask you. If a pair of underwear, really thick ones, high quality cotton, can’t protect you from a fart, … [Read more...] about What Marjorie Taylor Green doesn’t know about masks… or underwear

Burning Down Twitter

November 19, 2022 By Mark Draughn Leave a Comment

Elon Musk may have been kicking employees out of Twitter to reduce operating costs, but it's possible he couldn't have destroyed more of Twitter's value if he'd burned down headquarters.Let me explain...It’s common to use the word “capital” to mean money, as in capitalizing a corporation, but to an economist, capital refers basically to tools. That is, capital goods are … [Read more...] about Burning Down Twitter

Netchoice, Pruneyard, and the digital public square

October 3, 2022 By Mark Draughn Leave a Comment

The federal Fifth Circuit court has just released its ruling on Netchoice v. Paxton rejecting the argument that Texas's new social media law violates the First Amendment. Basically, the law is a response to the way social media sites blocked and disabled people's accounts over the last few years, often to the detriment of Trump supporters, Covid minimizers, and anti-vaxxers … [Read more...] about Netchoice, Pruneyard, and the digital public square

Trump’s “Declassified” Documents

August 19, 2022 By Mark Draughn 1 Comment

Former President Donald Trump and his supporters claim that he declassified all the documents he took to Mar-a-Lago, although they can't quite agree how -- maybe he had a standing order that all documents removed to Mar-a-Lago from the White House were automatically declassified, or maybe he just did it with his mind.In any case, if all those documents have lost their … [Read more...] about Trump’s “Declassified” Documents

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