Aram Zucker-Scharff

So Anil Dash figured out why Windows is skipping from 8 to 10: Bad programmers everywhere.

It turns out that people who write programs that aren’t compatible with Windows 95 or 98 write code to throw an exception and stop their programs from running on those old systems. Only they’re not checking for the OS’s version numbers, they’re checking to see if the OS name starts with “Windows 9” to lazily cover both 95 and 98. Oops.

via: https://twitter.com/anildash/status/517430018889490432

“”The first major benefit of this bottom-up perspective on inequality: it is very practical. If we ask which groups are getting left behind, we suddenly find ourselves with an agenda for effective action against poverty. A second benefit also becomes clear: once we know which groups are impoverished and excluded, we can often get a better sense of the political context that explains both action and inaction.””

– To end inequality, we must realise that it isn’t about the rich, it’s about the poor. And we know almost nothing about them.

We’ve Lost So Much Antarctic Ice It’s Causing A Dip In Earth’s Gravity:

An ESA satellite has spotted something unusual happening in the Antarctic: As the ice has dwindled there over the last five years, they’re also seeing a change in the Earth’s gravity.

Going native at the Times | Capital New York:

Meredith Kopit Levien on the paper’s big push

Her rebuttal to the John Oliver segment? “The best way to preserve editorially independent, high quality journalism is to preserve the business model. And I think the idea of branded content that shares a form factor with editorial is a great first step.”