Notes
Arthur Laffer is a quintessential, Lochner-era defender of “the economy" over all other civic concerns. Nothing suits his legacy better than forever being associated with the name of Donald Trump. #medaloffreedom
There’s still one webOS feature Apple hasn’t copied yet: Exhibition (docked mode) would be great for iPads and a HomePod-ish dock.
Any chance we’ll see Oracle v. Google resolved before its ten-year anniversary (August 2020)?
Amsterdam is in constant flux. Almost 3% of the city’s population is coming or going each year, and the balance shifts dramatically.
(To read this chart, “geboorteovershot" is births, “buitenlands” is foreign, and “binnenlands" is domestic. Source: OIS)
Dog name registries are like Swiss train counters, but with Roman numerals.
Maciej Ceglowski, one of the greatest essayists of our generation, has clearly articulated the need for privacy regulation that reaches for more than informed consent: https://idlewords.com/2019/06/the_new_wilderness.htm