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Why is it worth a post that you are finally accepting the value of something that others advocated years ago?
Commented Feb 25, 2012 on Should All Web Traffic Be Encrypted? at Coding Horror
Should All Web Traffic Be Encrypted?
The prevalence of free, open WiFi has made it rather easy for a WiFi eavesdropper to steal your identity cookie for the websites you visit while you're connected to that WiFi access point. This is something I talked about in Breaking the Web's Cookie Jar. It's difficult to fix without making ma...
One thing I think you're getting slightly wrong is the idea that BigLaw partners are "elite." They are elite like butlers are elite: they exist to serve.
Commented Jul 1, 2011 on Who do the elites on Wall Street support? Obama! at Half Sigma
Who do the elites on Wall Street support? Obama!
This $35,800 per plate fund-raising dinner should remind you that they support Obama. They are not Republicans like some of the blog readers here think. As I keep pointing out, this is why it’s dumb for Republicans to support tax breaks for these bozos. Andrew Ross Sorkin (like David Leonhard...
You missed a key point about Harmon's bio: she wrote for the Michigan Daily, which has always been an outstanding college newspaper and is a "feeder" to the big newspapers. (Last year's football beat writer, the excellent Nicole Auerbach, is now working for the Boston Globe).
Also, you can learn science without taking science courses. Newton did ok. Look to the content of what she writes: it's been consistently good. She's has probably as much to educate the public about "science and society" issues as anyone in the last twenty years.
Commented Jul 1, 2011 on Amy Harmon at Half Sigma
Amy Harmon
Amy J. Harmon is a national correspondent for the NY Times, covering the impact of science and technology on American life. She is also the least elite NY Times journalist I’ve profiled, so far. And she’s pretty under-the-radar because I wasn’t able to dig up much about her personal life, unlik...
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