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LinkedIn: The Creepiest Social Network
The primary reasons LinkedIn is the mustached, trench coat and wire frame glasses wearing mouth breather of the internet are the “People You May Know” and “People Also Viewed” features.
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The most popular blog posts about society, policy & culture on Hacker News. 454 posts.
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You commit three felonies a day
In a book called Three Felonies A Day, Boston civil rights lawyer Harvey Silverglate says that everyone in the US commits felonies everyday and if the governmen
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Thoreau 2.0
This is a written version of a talk I gave on September 21, 2013 , at the XOXO conference in Portland.
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Metadata Equals Surveillance
Back in June, when the contents of Edward Snowden’s cache of NSA documents were just starting to be revealed and we learned about the NSA collecting phone metadata of every American, many people—including President Obama—discounted the seriousness of the NSA’s actions by saying that it’s just metadata. Lots and lots…
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Problems with the TSA
Coverage: Hacker News , Slashdot , BoingBoing , RT America News , Tumblr , RightThisMinute , RTM update , PapersPlease 2014 & 2015
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Mark Zuckerberg's Hoodie
It is June 2, 2010 and Mark Zuckerberg is sweating. He's wearing his hoodie—he's always wearing his hoodie—and he's on stage and either the lights or the questions are too hot. His hosts are asking him about the privacy overreaches of Facebook. He's uncomfortable. He's mopping his brow. He apologize
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Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? (2000)
I probably wrote this page around 2000. At least, it must have been some point before Usenet was a complete ruin.
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A world without power
The 14th of August, 2003 was an interesting day in many ways. I’d just taken the family down to Toronto to spend a day there and pick up our newly minted passports at the Dutch embassy. We had some fun in the city seeing the sights, visited Niagara Falls and were on the way back on a sunny August thursday afternoon…
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A universal income is not such a silly idea
The concept of paying people to sit around has an upside, writes Tim Harford ‘Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult.” Reuters, 4 October 2013 How much is that? It’s about £1,700…
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40 Days Without Booze
Recently, as a “kick-in-the-butt” motivator, I promised myself that I would abstain from alcoholic beverages until I finished the first draft of a novel I’ve been working on. I had set a target date for completing the project (June 30th), with the idea that if I didn’t finish by that date, I’d stop drinking booze […]
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Why Mozilla Matters
[This is an extended essay on the news out of Norway yesterday. See the closing for encouragement toward Opera and its fans, whatever the open source projects they choose to join, from me on behalf of Mozilla. /be]
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What happened with LEGO
The price of a brick. NOTE: This blog has been moved to here “What happened with Legos? They used to be simple. Oh come on, I know you know what I’m talking about. Legos were simple. Somethin…
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LG Smart TVs log USB filenames and viewing info to LG servers
Earlier this month I discovered that my new LG Smart TV was displaying ads on the Smart landing screen. After some investigation, I f...
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Developers are the autoworkers of our generation
Fifty years ago, an autoworker could provide a middle-class existence for his family. Bought a house. Put kids through college. Wife stayed home. He didn’t even need a degree. That shit’s over. Detroit just went bankrupt. No one’s got it better than developers right now. When
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Women, Tech Conferences and the Bullshit Surrounding It
Is the lack of women on tech conference panels a real problem? The media might think so, but we beg to differ. Read some alternative thoughts on the matter.
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A CNN Viewer Has Questions for Mike Rowe
We're reinvigorating the skilled trades in America by helping the next generation get the training they need for in-demand jobs and sharing their stories.
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Want to Spam Your LinkedIn Contacts and Be Humiliated? Try FounderDating
At ILikeStuffBlog.com, we’re passionate about… well, stuff! From the latest tech gadgets, mouth-watering recipes, to the coziest home decor trends, and the most breathtaking travel destinations, we’ve got it all. Dive into our world where curiosity meets inspiration, and discover content that speaks to your interests…
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Evidence that the NSA Is Storing Voice Content, Not Just Metadata
Interesting speculation that the NSA is storing everyone’s phone calls, and not just metadata. Definitely worth reading. I expressed skepticism about this just a month ago. My assumption had always been that everyone’s compressed voice calls is just too much data to move around and store. Now, I don’t know. There’s a…
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Reddit’s empire is founded on a flawed algorithm
Reddit has a bug in their code. This bug is currently present in their production platform, and has been for years. It affects one of the most important algorithms in the entire site, the “Hot” ranking algorithm for link popularity. It has real, demonstrable negative effects. It has been reported to Reddit’s technical…
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Deep Inside: A Study of 10,000 Pornstars and Their Careers
An analysis and infographic of 10,000 porn stars and adult films, revealing what the average adult performer looks like and does on film.
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