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1) The nickel metal hydride battery patent situation reminds me of the Stonecutters on the Simpsons-- "Who holds back the electric car? We do, we do!"
2) 19th century: elders arranged your dates. 20th century: you arranged your dates. 21st century: your ghostwriter arranges your dates.
3) Crazier than ceding China to Baidu, but possibly still not all that crazy, Google seems to be trying to end the use of Windows within the company! But are MacOS, Chrome OS, and Linux really all that much more secure?
4) American cage fighter 'rips out still-beating heart of training partner after fearing he was possessed by the devil'
5) Mexican-American immigrants working low-wage jobs often don't get noticed much by the US-born folks around, but their remittances make them heroes back home. The "and I'm also secretly a hero" idea inspired a New York photographer to think of Clark Kent and Superman, and especially Peter Parker and Spiderman and how sad and lonely the double life can be, and to take pictures of them at work, dressed in superhero costumes. And reading along as the commenters go apeshit in all sorts of wacky directions is almost as fun as reading the article-- "the taxes from these low-wage jobs will never pay for the public services they use," "let's deport 'em all and ban all new immigration," "the article is paternalist and condescending," "the article is brain-dead fluff," etc. I think the article did a great job of touching a nerve and provoking some thought, discussion, and even sympathy.
2) 19th century: elders arranged your dates. 20th century: you arranged your dates. 21st century: your ghostwriter arranges your dates.
3) Crazier than ceding China to Baidu, but possibly still not all that crazy, Google seems to be trying to end the use of Windows within the company! But are MacOS, Chrome OS, and Linux really all that much more secure?
4) American cage fighter 'rips out still-beating heart of training partner after fearing he was possessed by the devil'
5) Mexican-American immigrants working low-wage jobs often don't get noticed much by the US-born folks around, but their remittances make them heroes back home. The "and I'm also secretly a hero" idea inspired a New York photographer to think of Clark Kent and Superman, and especially Peter Parker and Spiderman and how sad and lonely the double life can be, and to take pictures of them at work, dressed in superhero costumes. And reading along as the commenters go apeshit in all sorts of wacky directions is almost as fun as reading the article-- "the taxes from these low-wage jobs will never pay for the public services they use," "let's deport 'em all and ban all new immigration," "the article is paternalist and condescending," "the article is brain-dead fluff," etc. I think the article did a great job of touching a nerve and provoking some thought, discussion, and even sympathy.