@tdriley @pluralistic Someday the timing will be exactly right for me to stand at the corner of some urban intersection with a pair of pliers and very carefully remove EVERY STAPLE from a telephone pole. It won't just be OCD. It'll be useful work! 😅

@infrequentbrilliance @pluralistic Amazon spokes-puddle Patrick Graham on why, when you search for a specific thing on Amazon, your results are full of items that are specifically not that thing: “This practice is good for customers — it drives discovery and presents them with more choices.”

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