https://heydonworks.com/article/functional-documentation/

https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from

https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodon

Oof:

«One of the big things I’ve come to believe in my couple of decades working on internet stuff is that great product design is always holistic: Always working in relation to a whole system of interconnected parts, never concerned only with atomic decisions. And this perspective just straight-up cannot emerge from a piecemeal, GitHub-issues approach to fixing problems. This is the main reason it’s vanishingly rare to see good product design in open source.»

https://www.infoq.com/articles/dora-metrics-anti-patterns/

Interesting bit of reading.

@fediversereport 🔗 https://mastodon.social/users/fediversereport/statuses/110266474222873271 – There are quite a few tools that help you find interesting accounts to follow. I wrote about how the space has evolved, and these tools have build upon each other. Here’s an overview of some of them: https://fedifollows.fedified.com/ by @DataDrivenMD A curated list with the accounts separated by ~20 topics. Allows 1-click follow, and prioritizes accounts by activity. A good option for new users that want to get started. ⬇️ 1/X @spreadmastodon https://fediversereport.com/a-next-generation-of-follow-finders/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/business/media/tucker-carlson-dominion-fox-news.html

«It is unclear why the Fox board and other executives did not know about the contents of the redacted messages until just before the trial, … Unredacted portions of the documents, including some in which Mr. Carlson spoke derisively about former President Donald J. Trump, were widely reported on in the weeks before the trial.»

Completely hands-off (mis-) management, I guess.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/24/tucker-carlson-departure-fox-news-00093559

A somewhat similar viewpoint:

«“A weighing of the negatives – and risks to the business – versus the positives or benefits.”

And if you’re the Murdochs, it is easy to say how holding on to Carlson comes with more much more risk than reward. Carlson is not a team player, and in fact is uncontrollable. He carries legal baggage, and the Murdochs are trying to put an end to the legal disputes they find themselves in. He regularly births negative news cycles about the network that tarnish the brand, and Fox News is desperate to emerge from the cloud of negative press it has been the subject of. Meanwhile, mainstream advertisers have stayed far away from Carlson’s show, which is far too toxic to associate with.»

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/25/media/fox-news-tucker-carlson-reliable-sources/index.html

Ok, that’s it. Switching to safflower oil; highest smoke point.

«Safflower, 510»

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/04/24/neutral-oils-cooking-baking/

https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/24/microsoft_driver_aukill_ransomware/

Sigh. Say it ain’t so, Mark Russinovich!