How I fixed the lag issue on my Nexus 5x
If you Google Nexus 5x lag, you will see many users complaining about lag on the Nexus 5x. If you follow the threads, some people will complain about lag. Others will say they've experienced no lag....
View ArticleExploring nuance in the Talia Jane / Yelp-Eat24 drama
Recently, Talia Jane's An Open Letter To My CEO post on Medium has stirred a lot of emotions on the blogosphere (in other Medium posts, in the Medium comments on her original post) and on Twitter....
View ArticlePure *buntu is now a Python script
For years, I've been creating pure *buntu tutorials with commands to remove metapackage dependencies with almost every new Ubuntu release. I figured I should probably script it to save myself some...
View ArticleMovies/TV Shows with Asian American Leads
Rationale for List I grew up in the 80s, when Asian American characters in Hollywood movies and TV shows were few and far between and often awful caricatures with fake accents. Unfortunately, these...
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San Francisco Comic-Con 2016
I've been going to comic book conventions for decades, back when they used to be almost exclusively about comics and less about games, movies, and cosplay. Back then, admission was $3 or maybe even up...
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The Trumpism-is-not-normal reading list
(Cartoon from Amy Martin)Here is a bipartisan reading list I've put together as essential to understanding what's happening and hopefully what you can do to resist the normalization of what should not...
View ArticleWhat to watch out for in a Trump regime
Trumpism is not normal. And yet we must constantly remind ourselves of that. Apart from the kleptocracy and other disturbing things that are already happening, here are some things in particular to be...
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This is how you implement editing tweets on Twitter
Backstory Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey asked for suggestions on how to improve Twitter, and lots of great suggestions came out (better ways to cut down on harassment, trolling, and bots, for example). The...
View ArticleNext steps for anti-racist White Americans…
First of all, if you're not anti-racist, but you're a White American, this isn't for you. If you're going to pull some old-line "rebuttals" to well-established academic scholarship on race, this post...
View ArticleProgressives: it’s okay to diversify tactics
Post-election, there has been a lot of hand-wringing among Democrats and progressives in the U.S. I'm not going to argue with you if you think I'm too obsessed with "identity politics" or you think I...
View ArticleExploring nuance in the Talia Jane / Yelp-Eat24 drama
Recently, Talia Jane's An Open Letter To My CEO post on Medium has stirred a lot of emotions on the blogosphere (in other Medium posts, in the Medium comments on her original post) and on Twitter....
View ArticleBoycotts aren’t an ideological purity test
Recently, anti-Trump folks launched a #BoycottUber campaign. Tons of people deleted the Uber app off their phones and/or deleted their Uber accounts. Many of those former Uber users went to Lyft....
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