Random stuff worth reading on the internet thread

[Scott R Nelson]

I found this article interesting enough that I saved a copy onto my hard drive years ago for reference.

"This April 1980 Washington Monthly cover story on the problems and progress of NASA's space shuttle program was written one year before Columbia's first launch in 1981."

Beam Me Out Of This Death Trap, Scotty - 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Goodbye, Columbia

[smokymountainrain]

this is crazy, sad and worth reading

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/sto...tured-40-hours

[cougjunkie]

Crazy. IIRC, the silk road guy hired somebody in Utah who became fairly prominent in that operation.

A guy from Spanish Fork.

[Scott R Nelson]

iPhone is ten years old today

In honor of the iPhone being ten years old today, you should read this article:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017...hanged-gaming/

It has a bunch of links to other well written iPhone articles if you're interested in that.
Especially this one: https://arstechnica.com/apple/2017/0...o-apple-store/

[YOhio]

Did anyone see the dark web doc that Bill from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey made?

I didn't.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Did anyone see the dark web doc that Bill from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey made?

[old_gregg]

$3.5k --> $20mm? that can't be right

[falafel]

Crazy. IIRC, the silk road guy hired somebody in Utah who became fairly prominent in that operation.

The guy with the powdered sugar donuts and Coke. I remember that dude.

Shamo's story is a crazy one.

[Lost Student]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/9...ron-shamo.html

Opioid kingpin in salt lake. The dark web is scary.

Crazy. IIRC, the silk road guy hired somebody in Utah who became fairly prominent in that operation.

[BigPiney]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/9...ron-shamo.html

Opioid kingpin in salt lake. The dark web is scary.

[Jeff Lebowski]

You might be thinking of the mcmartin pre school case. It was a big mess.

Yes! That's the one.

[Armenag]

Came across an old piece by E.B. White - "Death of a Pig":

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...th-pig/309203/

He was a wonderful writer. In terms of material and quality reminds me of Flannery O'Connor's "Living with a Peacock":

https://holidaymag.wordpress.com/201...eptember-1961/

Great to read pieces by writers so in command of their work.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I had to look that one up. Yeah, it was around the same time. That sounds like a horribly prosecuted case also.

Three part documentary on HBO, really well done. Highly recommend.

[creekster]

Horrible.

Wasn't there a similar case in California at about the same time?

You might be thinking of the mcmartin pre school case. It was a big mess.

[Jeff Lebowski]

It seems like Salem-esque hysteria is exactly what is happening with the "outrage industry". They go after people's employment, boycotts, doxxing, etc. Essentially turning people into pariahs because they said something offensive or supported a position that the outraged didn't like. It may not happen under the judicial system but it's a Salem-esque witch hunt nonetheless.

You beat me to it. If anything, things have gotten worse, not better. The internet and social media fuel this.