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Where is London's most central sheep?
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Tech takes the Pareto principle too far
There's a reason video games build what's called a 'vertical slice'. If you're not familiar, a vertical slice is a single playable area, with all mechanics, fin
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F-Droid's Progress and What's Coming in 2025
With 2024 now behind us, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the growth and achievements we accomplished as a community last year, and celebrate the inc...
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Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of Data Unconstitutional
In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant. Congress should uphold its responsibility to protect civil rights and civil liberties by refusing to renew Section 702 absent a…
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The Tyranny of Structurelessness (1970)
The Tyranny of Stuctureless by Jo Freeman
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The Day Instagram Blocked Democracy
#Democrat, #VoteBlue, #Bernie, #JohnOliver, and 24 other hashtags Instagram censored on the day of Trump's inauguration.
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Invisible Electrostatic Wall at 3M plant (1996)
SESSION 7: SPECIAL SESSION, 17th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1995, 8:00 am SESSION 7: SPECIAL SESSION: ELECTROSTATIC CONSIDERATIONS IN INDUSTRY MODERATOR: D. Swenson, 3M 7.7 CASE STUDY - LARGE PLASTIC WEB ELECTROSTATIC PROBLEMS, RESULTS, AND CURE, D. Swenson, 3M Company Tremendous static charge…
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Should we use AI and LLMs for Christian apologetics? (2024)
The reasons why I don’t give permission for material I’ve written to be used as training data for an LLM chatbot designed to do Christian apologetics
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Startup Winter: Hacker News Lost Its Faith
In 2013, a failing founder posted their story on Hacker News (link). The responses were overwhelmingly supportive: "Failure is just an event, not who you are." "Get back up and try again!"
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We've lost our respect for complexity
I was talking recently to a friend about a video essayist I like, (Dan Olson of Folding Ideas) and when asked why I thought he was any good I pondered it for a moment and said “he has a lot of respect for complexity”. On reflection, I think that is one of the virtues I […]
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It's time to make computing personal again
Adventures in vintage computers and retrogaming. Includes articles on classic games and obsolete computers.
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Tomatoes roaming the fields and canaries in the coalmine
Many publishers are getting nervous about infiltration by paper mills, who can torpedo a journal's reputation when they succeed in publis...
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ATProto and the ownership of identity
The new age of social-enabled apps
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I've been advocating for RSS support, and you should too
I've been using Feeder to keep up with the news for awhile now. For a long time, I just checked AllSides. But then I found out NPR in my state supports ...
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Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment
And a plea to think seriously about climate change without getting distracted
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EFF statement on U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold TikTok ban
Shutting down a communications platform or forcing its reorganization based on concerns of foreign propaganda and anti-national manipulation is an eminently anti-democratic tactic, one that the US has previously condemned globally.
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Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
$30 billion company want's you to pay $5 for using your own camera as a webcam
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Is the world becoming uninsurable?
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I ditched the algorithm for RSS
Joey Einerhand's Portfolio and tech blog.
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Tracing Military Command Chains Through Time and Location
Case Study ⸺ Using novel technology to analyze groundbreaking chain of command research
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Chopstick sleeves as emissaries of Japanese typography and culture
Designer and educator Angie Wang deciphers a collection of over 500 sleeves recently donated to the Archive.
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I have made the decision to disband Hindenburg Research
As I’ve shared with family, friends and our team since late last year, I have made the decision to disband Hindenburg Research. The plan has been to wind up after we finished the pipeline of ideas we were working on. And as of the last Ponzi cases we just completed and are sharing with regulators, that day is today.
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Nevada court shuts down police use of federal loophole for civil forfeiture
RENO, Nev.—In a major victory for property rights, today a Washoe County judge ruled that Nevada law enforcement cannot use a federal program to bypass […]
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Platforms systematically removed a user because he made "most wanted CEO" cards
On December 14, James Harr, the owner of an online store called ComradeWorkwear, announced on social media that he planned to sell a deck of “Most Wanted CEO” playing cards, satirizing the infamous “Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards” introduced by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency in 2003. Per the...
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Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable?
I have my suspicions
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Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
How the redesign of a street in a walkable college town reflects our broader values for cars over people.
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Proton: We're giving away over $1M to support a better internet
We raised over $1 million this year to directly support organizations on the front lines of the fight for online privacy and freedom.