Regarding obesity and other similar ills, it’s no surprise that people resent being told that having self-control is a possible method of counteracting it, because literally every other bit of propaganda (mostly corporate and corporate-affiliated, like the Fat Acceptance movement) is utterly devoted to denigrating and devaluing control of one’s actions and thoughts.

It’s understandable, then. When your entire environment and the zeitgeist at large is admonishing you to “do what feels good” and “why eat one, when you could eat two” the presence of someone who tells you that perhaps you should not do what your corporate overlords wish is seen as an oppressor.

I like the easy path, too, don’t read me wrong. But I’ll walk another path gladly when the easy path unquestionably harms me.

Mechanical keyboards have become hip again, despite near-complete disinterest in the form by mainstream computer-makers. The little guy is picking up the slack.

The resurgence of mechanical keyboards is one of the best things to happen to computing in a decade. If you aren’t using a mechanical keyboard you probably hate yourself as they are so vastly, absurdly superior to the sloppy crap of a membrane type keyboard.

The article itself is pretty terribly written and also misses the main reason that manufacturers stopped making mechanical keyboards, which was cost. Mainly I just wanted to push mechanical keyboards as they so vastly improve the experience of using a computer.