Links - September 22, 2016

So much for making an effort to post more consistently… 🙄

• Beyond the iPhone
  Ben Thompson - Stratechery
  

  A few weeks have vindicated Ben’s comments. While everyone was thinking about the missing headphone jack, this article explained the latest iPhone release for what it most likely is: set up.

• The Age of the Wordless Logo
  Kalle Oskari Mattila - The Atlantic
  
• Deep Exploration Into Python: Let’s Review The Dict Module
  Andrew Kelleher - BuzzFeed Tech Blog
  

  In python, everything is a dict. Understanding how they work is really important, beyond the basic idea of hashing keys and mapping to values. This article by should be required reading.

• Things which aren't magic - Flask and @app.route - Part 1
  Ainsley Escorce-Jones
  

  I have been helping a friend level up his python recently, focusing on web development with Flask. One of his first questions? “What does @app.route, do?”

• Why Silicon Valley is all wrong about Apple’s AirPods
  Chris Messina - Medium
  

  Apple, the fashion company.

• Vote as if It Matters
  Paul Krugman - The New York Times
  
• Uncertainty Wednesday: Reality, Explanations, Observations
  Albert Wenger - Continuations
  

  Part two was also really good, and I am very much looking forward to the rest of the series.

• The Morality of Surge Pricing
  Russ Roberts - Medium
  
• Making up Ground
  99% Invisible
  
• The Takeover
  Reply All (Podcast)