• Here's a look at the ZTE Nubia X, the phone with the 1.6:1 screen:body ratio.
  
  
  
  The rear screen seems to be invisible when not turned on, which is impressive.  And a point I didn't consider is that it's a touchscreen, so it can be used as a touch-sensitive control surface even if you're looking at the front screen.
  
  

• Twitter shows how balanced and even-handed they are by suspending any Republican who suggests that Democrats vote on November 7th regardless of which party said Republican belongs to.
  
  
• YouTube has been quiet recently, but decided they hadn't made enough users angry with them and wiped the Ralph Retort's Killstream from the internet - and, to rub methylmercury into the wound, forcibly reversed $26,000 in donations made by viewers of the stream to St. Jude's Children's Hospital.  (The Daily Caller)
  
  This all relates to the "superchat" feature, which allows viewers to pay to make a live chat comment sticky.  It's not that the Ralph Retort did anything wrong, its that their viewers decided to be edgy.  Which is to say, jerks.
  
  And the Wall Street Journal, apparently not having any news to report on, decided to stick their oar in and get it all shut down because who wants to help sick kids anyway?
  
  
• Reddit solves these problems by dividing the site into subsections moderated by private individuals.  Leading to situations like where the moderator of an anti-capitalist forum threatened to kill a Venezuelan citizen for being insufficiently appreciative of his workers' paradise.

Posted by: Kayle at Monday, November 05 2018 06:20 AM (TtvMc)

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