Monthly Archive: February 2016

/// February 2, 2016

Jerry Lawson, Inventor of Modern Game Console, Dies at 70 | WIRED

As an engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor, Lawson designed the electronics of the Fairchild Video Entertainment System, later renamed the Channel F, in 1976. Predating the release of Atari’s Video Computer System by a year,...

Will Truman

/// February 2, 2016

Morning Ed: United States {2016.02.02.T}

Let’s speak of Idaho. Also, Muslims.

CK MacLeod

/// February 2, 2016

John Judis: Initial Reflections: A Better Night for Republicans – TPM Editors Blog

Clinton also displayed continuing weakness in connecting with voters. The quarter of Democratic voters who want a candidate who “cares about people like you” preferred Sanders by three to one. Those who wanted a...

CK MacLeod

/// February 1, 2016

Iowhynot? – Caucuses Reax – Open Thread and Twitter-List – Updated

Iowoah? Iowoe? Iowetoldyaso? Iowon to New Hampshire!

CK MacLeod

/// February 1, 2016

John Schindler: BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Put Spies’ Lives at Risk – The Observer

I can confirm that the FoxNews report, which lacks any specifics about exactly what was compromised, is accurate. And what was actually in those Top Secret emails found on Hillary’s “unclassified” personal bathroom server...

Will Truman

/// February 1, 2016

Ross Douthat’s Primary Prediction Tweetstorm · Storify

1/ Okay, time for a last tweetstorm before the voting starts. — Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) February 1, 2016 2/ Thru the summer-fall-winter of Trump, I've tried to strike a balance btw treating the Trump...

CK MacLeod

/// February 1, 2016

Student loan crisis at its ugliest: I graduated and found out I owe $200,000 – Slate

Every once in a while, when I’m feeling overwhelmed, I watch college commencement ceremonies on YouTube. These rituals remind me how perverse our higher-education system is—and of the empty idealism that colleges and universities...