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Aereo, Napster, Grokster, Grooveshark, Megaupload, and TVEyes: they all thought the same thing. Where are they now?

It seems contrary to their docs[0]: > Recall won’t save any content from your private browsing activity when you’re using Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, or other Ch…

"Why valves are a spacecraft engineer’s worst nightmare" is a great read about all the problems of valves[0]. There's also an interesting interview of the author worth a listen[1].…

The media also doesn't define what it means to be a "doomer". Would an accelerationist with a p(doom) = 20% be a "doomer"?

https://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-picture...

That's not what executive privilege means. Executive privilege is the right to shield documents from disclosure to Congress. Moreover, taking certain documents, specifically those …

This could be labeled "sousveillance", watchful vigilance from underneath: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousveillance

Storing data in the metadata reminds me of the $5000 compression challenge: https://www.patrickcraig.co.uk/other/compression.htm

Many years ago I worked at a startup where the CEO was a former CS professor. While at the university, he worked with a somewhat legendary guy who ran the CS school's IT infra. Som…

Useful for dramatic effect: https://inception.davepedu.com/

Related anecdote: the 2008 flash crash of United Airlines stock [0]. A six-year-old article about United Airlines' 2002 bankruptcy was republished from the Chicago Tribune in The S…

Alphabet owns Verily Life Sciences[1] and backs Calico[2]. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verily 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_(company)

Next comes the space telescopes that are based on the KH-11 spy satellites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance_O...

A system for alerting based on time-series data, with its own rule language. The language (along with many others) required authors have demonstrated they can adhere to the style g…

We'll continue supporting sideloading and linking to PCs I see this as a tacit approval of the thriving network of pirate games, something like the Adobe Photoshop model of prolife…

You charge at the hotel. https://www.tesla.com/destination-charging

The predictions for the future of computing, December 1996, had some truly prescient gems. And a few misses. > We may experience a gradual drift into a surveillance society ... > T…

Yes, however, vaccinated people are much less likely to catch the virus.

Only 55% of Americans own stock: https://news.gallup.com/poll/266807/percentage-americans-own...

Bear in mind matter isn't the only component. Energy is another huge input to the system. E.g. blockchain and its derivatives use tiny amounts of matter to use enormous amounts of …

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An EIS can be useful cudgels to impede construction. In Seattle, one portion of a very controversial multi-use trail had an EIS that took "more than three years at a cost of $2 mil…