I disagree with this to an extent. Comments in the code answer an important question:
What was the author trying to do here.

From there I can answer two other questions:
Is this a logically correct solution to the problem?
Is the author's code doing what he intended it to do?

I find it much easier to analyze code if I can get inside not only the original author's head, but the heads of the two other people who came after him and spliced in updates

I really wish they had done the opposite of this. IF the filter is set to allow all then assume all searches are for explicit the it should assume you want all results. If you don't want porn (getting a lot of noise on a search, for example) then the user would include "-porn". This is how it works for all other searches, I'm not sure why they would be inconsistent like this.

Unfiltered is how I have my searches set at home because I don't want to miss results on the off chance that the search engine thinks it's pr0n and I don't mind if I see the occasional adult content.

Khan Academy teaches a topic to a classroom, then tests and generates reports on who knows the particular lesson and how well they know it. The teacher can then spend time with the few students who are having trouble with it and let the 80% of students who grokked it move on to other material. Teachers can spend their time teaching to the students who need help learning, instead of a largely bored classroom of people who got it the first time.

It also tells you how good the software is. If 80% of the people are getting it, that's good. If only 25% of the people are getting it, it's time to rework that lesson.

In other news, Rush hour traffic is at a complete standstill on I-94 in both directions due to a "Software Glitch" with a traffic monitoring hub. The internet hactivist group "Anonymous" has claimed responsibility for the glitch.

As a DBA my solution to this is first and foremost, to make sure the developer and tester are on call. If I get a call in the middle of the night because of their code, they are going to get one as well. The developer is going to check in and build the fix I create, and the tester is going to test it. Losing sleep for a few nights waiting for the build to complete and tests to finish tends to cure these kinds of issues. They also tend to be a little more dilligent about letting their DBA review their code before they check in.

What this model fails to take into account are people who do not consume the content under the current model. For example, I will not pay a monthly cable fee for one or two channels I would watch occasionally.

Secondly, it opens up opportunities for other shows that didn't make it on CC or another major network. Couldn't get another season of Babylon 5 on the air? No problem, if you can get enough direct subscribers (and on that show, I suspect you would) you can release episodes directly to them.

This could be a great opportunity to add new revenue from people who either aren't subscribing now, or are pirating the content out of frustration.

Yeah, this would go over really well in court:

Lawyer: So How did you obtain this footage?
Drone Operator: We accidentally left the camera equipment on when we took off from American soil
Lawyer: How many times has this happened?
Drone Operator: Several, in fact I think it happens most times when we launch
Lawyer: What disciplinary action have you received for leaving them on?
Drone Operator: None. I think I read something once that says we aren't supposed to, but out commander tells us to do it anyway

At this point it's pretty obvious that it wouldn't be a case of "accidental" espionage (Disclaimer: IANAL)

This article is dangerously close to causing me to like Twitter, instead of despising it

This is all time that could have been spent making a healthcare system that doesn't suck

More likely scenario: one person with a political agenda and 5 accounts using an anonymous proxy will get the story deleted.
This would happen with every story.

And the best part is that it's intuitive and universal. I use it a lot when I'm driving

The pilots have to keep the plane within a pretty strict speed range to both keep the plane together and avoid a stall. Even when the speed sensors fail and the pilots have no airspeed indicator, there is a standard procedure that allows them to keep the plane within that narrow range by setting the throttle and controls at specific settings until it unfreezes. Frontline even aired a special where two flight instructors demonstrated this after being presented with this exact scenario in a simulator. The problem happens because the pilots don't have a lot of time to react, and if they panic or misinterpret the situation it's all over.

Chaina is missing due to a Google bug. They coded it with an INT32, but they really needed an INT64 for China

Yeah, but then New York would be 25MPH. If you think New Yorkers are pissed off now, just lower the speed limit to 25 and watch the fireworks.

I didn't even see how it was getting paid to use Bing. I would search on Bing for a deal and find ones where I would have to wait for cash back.
I'd then do the same search on Amazon or go directly to the store site and get offfered the same deal except the price was just lower by the amount that Bing was offering for a cashback.

What's worse is that even when it was a little cheaper I'd go through a different site because I couldn't be bothered with signing up for the program, nor would I just make the purchase without signing up knowing that I was forfeiting the cashback deal.

People like me are what really screw up corporate marketing campaigns.