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I'm not surprised that embedded systems have terrible security defaults, but this is way worse than I thought. And the hospitals probably don't have someone on staff keeping an eye on this - they trust the vendors.

Regulate ISPs as a utility!

This is very well-edited to the underlying song.

A common refrain: science fiction writers end up influencing the next generation of scientists and engineers.

Yup. Lowest difficulty setting.

Happy Earth Day! The planet will be fine.

Interesting rethinking of the model - that free to play adds network effects that make paying customers all the more valuable.

I'm glad I picked up the soundtrack pack.

The AIDS spike is immediately recognizable.

Jenga!

Sid Meier makes some good points about the central role of the player in an interactive medium.

A good summary of the confidence-related issues that seem to hold many women back in the workplace, and how to avoid them. It speaks to me as a relatively lower-confidence man as well.

Genre vs. "genre"; interesting point about how fiction gets classified.

Targeting at parents roughly my age - I think we all remember the 1997 version of "This is your Brain on Drugs".

I'm very excited for this game as a spiritual successor to SMAC - too bad it won't have terrain modification like the original.

A quick review of the stupid stuff Mike has said.

"indie" is increasingly a useless label.

Some interesting trivia on the origins of Monopoly and American board gaming.

Sounds like this won't be resolved for a while.

Yes.

I think he's right - this (and the other recent SSL bugs) probably weren't nefarious, but it is pretty much guaranteed that the NSA and GCHQ and others have used it without telling anyone to decrypt most of the traffic they've captured. Scary stuff.

A mini episode from Kirby Ferguson related to Everything is a Remix.

Huh! I didn't know Southdale was one of the first modern shopping malls. Its recent remodels don't resemble it much.

Not only do we seek out evidence that confirms our opinions, we interpret evidence to confirm our opinions the more partisan we are. Protect the tribe!

A good hypothesis on the techie obsession with the homeless.

Mmm... space bacon...

I remember reading my dad's old comic book version of From the Earth to the Moon and not understanding how artillery could get us there.

Yup to all of this. In general I am driven to smaller, contained game experiences.

Good summary of the political commentary built into the new Captain America.

I had heard of sex differences in visual perception before, but this is an interesting twist.