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Last January, Shopify deleted all recurring meetings with more than 3 people. According to the story on CNN Business, “Slashing meetings could help make the company more efficient while also potentially boosting morale for some workers.” An exciting initiative with a bold tacti...

There might be a time and place for Org Charts, but it is not needed when an organization is small. During the growth of a company, team members naturally start asking for an Organizational Chart (Org Chart). Within a small team, Org charts are more distracting or damaging than they are useful. ...

This past week, Nintendo’s lawyers issued a cease and desist to the developers of the Gamecube and Wii emulator Dolphin. The big N did this to prevent Dolphin’s development team from releasing their emulator on the popular digital games storefront Steam. In response, the release of Dolph...

What is a directory traversal attack? Directory traversal is a web vulnerability that allows an attacker to read files on the server that the application is running on. These examples prove that it’s not only possible to read files but also do a lot more unintended actions. These example...

Today, political reporters and pundits are making much of the first story, arguing that it demonstrates a clear trend that started with Eric Adams’ victory in the New York City mayoral race last year, that core Democratic voters are rejecting progressive approaches to crime and incarceration. ...

Have you visited any dollar store lately? Nothing is a dollar anymore. Every item is now priced between $1 to $5. Let me explain why this is happening. On August 3, 1981, about 13,000 of the 17,500 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) members, a United States trade union, ...

▪ 622–627: ethnic cleansing of Jews from Mecca and Medina, (Jewish boys were publicly inspected for pubic hair and executed if they had any) ▪ 624: after the victory of Badr, beginning of the elimination of the Jews ▪ 625: expulsion of the Jewish clan of Al Nadir ▪ 626: massac...

Should we harbor a grudge against Eve? After all, she, with all of her womanly powers, convinced Adam to eat that apple. This biblical parable was the beginning of the tripe that women are cunning, evil, immoral, and need to be controlled, and women are still paying the price for Eve’s fict...

Violence against women hasn’t only been prevalent throughout history, for the longest time, it was encouraged for specific circumstances. However, the fact remains that this violence is a heightened behavior, motivated by factors and supported by social structures that malign women in a var...

What feelings or thoughts rise up in you when you reflect on these words FREEDOM, REBELLION, and FUN? What makes you feel free? What do you need to rebel against and do in your own way in order to experience more freedom and fun? I believe our health and well-being are foundational prioriti...

DoNotPay is a chatbot service aimed at providing users with convenient access to legal solutions such as drafting demand letters, filing small claims lawsuits, and more. However, the platform recently came under scrutiny when a California resident, who utilized the service, claimed that the legal do...

You don’t have to be beating the crap out of an Asian person to contribute to the problem. #StopAsianHate After reading the news this morning about not one but 2 major hate crimes against Asian Americans happening on the same day this week, wherein both scenarios bystanders just w...

Imagine sending bacteria to space to see how they change. Sounds like a sci-fi plot, right? But it’s real. NASA scientists sent MRSA, E. coli, and other bacteria to the International Space Station (ISS) to study them under conditions we can’t replicate here on Earth. What they found was ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an organization in possession of good Data, must want it Open (and indeed, Linked). Well, I call bullshit. Most cultural heritage organizations (like most organizations) are terrible at data. And most of those who are good at collecting it, very rarely...

Weall live in a bubble. No matter what your ideological affiliation, you are perfectly capable of existing in a feedback loop of your own choosing, never having to bother with strong opposing viewpoints. From the news you consume to the social media platforms you frequent, you are most likely to see...