Priceonomics Blog: Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asians?
Applying to colleges in the United States is a stressful, competitive process. In 1970, the acceptance rate at Stanford University was 22.4%. Today, only 5.7% of applicants are accepted into the school. Across the country, nearly every top school like Harvard, MIT and Yale are…
Super interesting article that sheds some light on a topic I’ve heard debated amongst my friends since I was in high school.
I’m Still Here
I actually read my feed multiple times daily. Just not much posting going on. Probably because there’s not a lot to say. I feel some stuff coming, though. (Haha, yeah. Right.)
Chromium Forks WebKit Because It’s Better — Wait, What?
According to this likely-half-true-or-more summary of the Blink Developer FAQ, this is more-than-likely half-true-or-more bullshit! Despite what the naysayers say about this being raw conspiracy theory, the reality is this is like true at some level.
I had written a post about Blink earlier. Kinda half-assed reading the details here because I don’t think it’s going to help us much but I don’t think it’s going to get much worse either (a.k.a. “What’s another one to deal with?”)
ComCast (and other IPs) Hijacking Yo’ Ech Tee Tee Pee
Yeah. You read that right. Or maybe you didn’t, because I’m obnoxious. Either way, news “broke” today that ComCast was injecting this (Java)Script into every GET request for some of it’s customers, presumably those that are high bandwidth users, judging by the commentary.
The only thing I can say to this is, “Wow.” For a couple reasons: You really have no right to be inserting scripts into every request. As a web developer, you may be effectively ruining my carefully-built user experience with your (totally terribly programmed) crap. Privacy concerns galore. Adding onto the already high request load of some web pages. ET. CETERA. If someone owes you or is hitting their cap, give them a damn phone call or something. At least optimize your JavaScript….sheesh.
The only plus is to the guy who mentioned the EBS for the web…which is cool but there’s still better solutions.






