> The idea began with two friends reading together at a bar in San Francisco, annoyed by the assigned reading of a demanding book club.
Because everything was invented in San Francisco in the last 20 years.
Touch screens are awful for operating while you focus elsewhere.
I miss touch typing and I sure like adjusting car controls without looking away.
What's that, trust driverless cars you say? Never, and the basilisk be damned.
Hah. I interviewed for a [growing in popularity and market share] top 20 cryptocoin. They had some curious choice of words in their "freelance" contract, notably that it would use German copyright law to transfer rights of all inventions I ever made.
I pointed out that a couple of the phrases in the contract, when combined, indicated they would have IP rights to EVERYTHING I did not just work they paid me for.
Looped in with IP Infringement, regulated or illegal products and services
> Adult content and services Pornography and other obscene materials (including literature, imagery and other media); sites offering any sexually-related services such as prostitution, escorts, pay-per view, adult live chat features
> Products or services that are otherwise prohibited by our financial partners
Video game or virtual world credits Sale of in-game currency unless the merchant is the operator of the virtual world