Why Is New Digg Still Unusable?

Two months after the release of Digg v4, the website remains largely unusable, especially for (former) heavy users like myself. Instead of writing up all the difficulties, I thought a photo gallery of the multitude of errors I encountered during one hour of surfing Digg would best illustrate why using new Digg is largely an exercise in futility.

It all started when I went to the Digg homepage and found myself logged out, though I had been logged in 20 minutes earlier:

Well, better try to login again:
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Resist The Exploitation Of Capitalism, Old Maiden Edition

An elderly woman protests in Paris, France against new proposed pension schemes that would raise the age of retirement to age 62. On the sign, an old woman says “When I was your age, I was already working” and a girl replies “When I am your age I’ll still be working.”
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What’s Wrong With Obama

Similarly, 1 in 5 Americans think Barack Obama is a Muslim:

The number of Americans who believe — wrongly — that President Obama is a Muslim has increased significantly since his inauguration and now accounts for nearly 20 percent of the nation’s population.

Bloggery

Got some hot nerd action from reddit:

* Getting rid of X
I’ve been trying to use more keyboard and less mouse, and this is a pretty interesting look at an extreme solution. I’m planning on trying out i3 instead of metacity as my WM in Ubuntu, but I haven’t found the time to play around with it. Work has been busy so maybe not for a while.

* DNA as seen by a computer programmer
Basically if you are a computer programmer interested in how humans work, this is a really interesting/exciting look at the building blocks that make up life.

* Nerve cells from skin cells
One of my friends works on figuring out how stem cells turn into a specific type of nerve cell. The idea that spinal cord injuries may someday be a thing of the past is pretty exciting.

* Drones could be grounded
Defective software means drones miss a lot, maybe into innocent people. WTG USA!

* People forget that Obama cut taxes
It’s funny to me that there is this myth of Obama as a socialist president. He’s pretty moderate to conservative all things considered. I guess the rest of America is basically borderline fascist and so a moderate looks radical in comparison.

NERD RAGE!

PS If you love me, you will buy me this shirt.

Best Candidate For Political Office Ever

Meet Jimmy McMillian, a candidate for governor for New York for the… wait for it… Rent Is Too Damn High party. Not only is his website a blast from the Geocities past, but his awesome facial hair is complemented by some awesome policies: He recently held a conference for a ‘press release’ on the corner of Nostrand and Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn calling for the resignation of New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Check out his incredible performance at last nights New York Gubernatorial Debate, where he announced in his support for gay marriage, he also supports people marrying shoes:

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