13-го января в Москве прошло прощание с интернет-предпринимателем Владимиром Волошиным, погибшим вместе с супругой и ребёнком 8-го января текущего года в дорожно-транспортном происшествии. Владимир Волошин, получивший медицинское образование, был одним из первопроходцев-создателей тематических проектов, в том числе "медицинского" и "женского" интернета. Создавал он их ещё в период развития Рунета, когда работа в выбранных им направлениях не всегда считалась перспективной - Eva.ru была запущено в 2002-м году, остальные проекты ещё раньше.

Компания VK демонстрирует существенно худшую динамику по росту доходов на фоне избавления российского рынка от западных игроков по сравнению с «Яндексом», следует из неаудированной отчётности компании, с которой аудиторию познакомил «Коммерсантъ». Если «Яндекс» нарастил в первом полугодии выручку год к году на 37%, то VK лишь на 22%. В связи с тем, что и этот квартал у VK оказался убыточным, у компании выросла кредитная нагрузка выше утверждённых параметрами кредитных договоров показателей, но этот момент, по уверению компании, урегулирован с кредиторами.

I haven't actually listened to a full album in a really, really long time. Like, other than Pink Floyd records, which must be listened to in their entirety, always (I will not be taking questions at this time), it just hasn't occurred to me to listen to, say, all of In Utero.

I am anguished, I am heartbroken, I am afraid of what's coming for people I love. I am shocked that my country just gave 247 years of Democracy away over one night. We live in a different country now, than we did when we woke up, yesterday. Exactly how violent and cruel and hateful this new country is has yet to be revealed, but it's going to be pretty terrible.

Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Beetle Bailey, 11/9/24 I know it’s just because of basic newspaper comic strip art hackery, but it really […]

Разнообразьте любые переговоры необычными фонами в Zoom для удаленщиков, которые ценят искусство. В артпаке фоны от иллюстраторов, фотографов и дизайнеров, а также инструкция, как установить их себе.

Продолжение поста...

Republicans seem to be proud of their ‘solution’ for abortion: they’ll just devolve everything to the states and local authorities, so they don’t have their callousness and brutality thrown into their faces on the national level anymore. As far as I’m concerned, this is the worst possible solution. It puts women under the thumb of […]

The news is hideous and diseased — every new poll inspires a frenzy of speculation, and gets promoted heavily on the networks, depending on whether the results meet their biases or not. Unfortunately, that provides an incentive to the Poll Industry to do more polls and to found more polling companies, further undermining their credibility. […]

Today I’m teaching a perilous topic: the eclipse of Darwinism. There was a period of several decades where you could make an honest intellectual argument against evolution, roughly from the time it was first published (1860) to the development of population genetics (say, roughly 1920). All the arguments since then are fundamentally garbage, but before […]

I lived for 8 years under President Ronald Reagan, a shallow, stupid, evil man who wrecked the economy and laughed as gay men, and others, died of AIDS, who made deals with our enemies to get elected, and I said, “at least it can’t get worse than this.” I lived for 8 years under President […]

I’m not a fan of phys.org — they summarize interesting articles, but it’s too often clear that their writers don’t have a particularly deep understanding of biology. I wonder sometimes if they’re just as bad with physics articles, and I just don’t notice because I’m not a physicist. Anyway, here’s a summary that raised my […]

Every year, around this time, as the weather gets colder, we get an influx of mice moving into our house to find refuge. Our cat is useless — she makes a lot of noise, usually in the middle of the night, but she can never deliver the coup de grace. It seems I already have […]

A common sense act has been introduced in congress, HR 926, asking for basic ethical requirements for the Supreme Court. It sounds like something that ought to be in place. This bill makes various changes related to the ethical standards, financial disclosure requirements, and recusal requirements that apply to Supreme Court Justices. Among the changes, […]

I knew it. It’s all Rebecca Watson’s fault that Trump got elected. Who would have thought that a woman asking, “Guys, don’t do that” would trigger a decades-long meltdown in certain man-babies? Also…Rebecca, why are you still on Twitter? You’ve got a Bluesky account, say goodbye to the right-wing propaganda mill.

Professor Dave demolishes Sabine Hossenfelder. I feel that. The topic of my history class last week and this week is about bias in late 19th/early 20th century evolutionary biology, and how we have to be critical and responsible in our assessment of scientific claims. It’s tough, because I’m strongly pro-science (obviously, I hope?) but I […]

The last time I was in Washington, we had cleaned out a lot of my parent’s old stuff, and I was leaving after having booked a real estate agent to sell off the property. There were boxes and bags of miscellaneous papers that were going to be thrown out or destroyed, and I scooped up […]

A liberal feminist, Marla Rose, knocked on Nick Fuentes’ door. He reacted by immediately pepper-spraying her, knocking her down, and and stealing her phone. All she did was knock! In a Facebook post, Rose elaborated on her motivations, citing Fuentes’ controversial reputation. “What would you do if a neo-Naz*, white supremacist who called on a […]

The bots who shit in your sandbox are bigger, brassier, and better than ever!

The post Akismet means never having to say you’re sorry appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.

Stroll with us down memory lane as we celebrate the pearl anniversary of pixel art creation’s primary progenitor, and some of the many artists and design languages it inspired.

The post For love of pixels appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.

Why you can’t build another Apple with VC bucks.

The post Don’t bring venture capital to a knife fight appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.

Why did leading designers in 2000 look down their nose at the web? And are things any better today?

The post This Web of Ours, Revisited appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.

In the dying stages of innovation, companies at the top of the heap use their market power to maintain their high profits.

The post Suckage begins here: why search engines now prioritize advertising over good UX appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.

“The life of an amphibious sailor was estimated at three minutes in combat.”

The post Veterans Day Remembrance appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.

Labour's first Budget in 14 years had a lot to say about growth, but forecasts paint a mixed picture.

The Budget is about the long game on the economy and Reeves believes the current pain is a price worth paying.

Kemi Badenoch is a political fighter and she now has a battle on her hands to rebuild her party.

With the government announcing big spending and tax, the differences between the two main parties feel sharper, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

Trump has promised tariffs on all foreign goods. If he follows through, many smaller economies may be forced to respond in kind.

The president-elect's positions on issues ranging from Ukraine to trade have implications for the UK.

The former First Minister will be joined by crime author Val McDermid for a night entitled "Books & Banter".

The housing secretary will decide if plans for 8,400 homes near Sittingbourne can go ahead.

Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill responds to criticism over her attendance at a Remembrance Sunday event.

More than 60% of young people have also seen or heard gambling advertising, a big increase on last year.

Senior party figures faced pressure to explain their handling of McMonagle's departure.

The money will fund mental health support and help with employment and independent living.

Jonathan Powell will replace Sir Tim Barrow, who has held the role since September 2022.

Campaigners raise concerns about Alan Milburn's private sector links in his new role overseeing NHS reforms.

NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard says the decision, in July 2020, was very disappointing.

The leaders' discussions also focused on the Middle East and the problems caused by migration in Europe.

A man wearing a red hooded top was seen handcuffed and surrounded by police outside Parliament.

Probability of operating an alarm clock