Shamir Secret Sharing
That's a fun incompatibility.
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Behind "Hello World" on Linux
Nice overview of how Linux process launches work
Mastodon's Mastodon'ts
Being able to moderate replies to your posts would be nice.
The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries
I suspect this kind of market capture is already illegal or regulated but mostly unenforced. Yuck.
Anita Sarkeesian is shutting down Feminist Frequency after 15 years
Quite the legacy.
The Stranger’s Endorsements for the August 1, 2023, Primary Election
Pretty much aligned with their guide
Hollywood’s Slo-Mo Self-Sabotage
Unsurprising that capital would harvest value for short term profit over long term sustainability
July 29, 2023 (Saturday)
It's a hopeful view but still feels like it ignores our problems at home.
Interview with the ETSI Standards Organization That Created TETRA "Backdoor"
Oof. The '90s were a wild time for cryptography... this has to have been pushed by a government agency?
Well it is an 80-bit long key. [But] if it had 80 bits of entropy, it wouldn’t be exportable.
The Curse of the Diaeresis
I love a good diaresis. And option-u on Mac makes it easy to type at speed.
Jonathan Frakes Looks Back at His ‘Star Trek’ TV Directing Career, From ‘Next Generation’ to the ‘Strange New Worlds’-‘Lower Decks’ Crossover
Some neat trivia around some of the episodes he's directed.
There's No Such Thing As a Smart Fascist
Harsh but true. And as much as I got the lesson that what they do and say is vile, I definitely also heard the apologia.
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How Google Reader died — and why the web misses it more than ever - The Verge
I found other homes for feed reading, then settled for just Twitter for a while, and now I'm back to NetNewsWire
It turned out there were two types of Reader users: the completionists, who go through every unread item they have, and the folks who just scroll around until they find something. Both sides think the other is bonkers.
Rachel Thomas, PhD - AI and Power: The Ethical Challenges of Automation, Centralization, and Scale
Some great concepts in here, especially around actionable recourse. I think this is where open source and reproducibility come in as well, but that requires regulation.
Systems where nobody takes responsibility do not lead to good outcomes.
Women are superstars on stage, but still rarely get to write songs
Not surprised Taylor Swift is so high on the list. Or that Kate Bush got so much last year for "Running Up That Hill"
Kevin Mitnick Obituary - Las Vegas, NV
Sad. Quite young.
I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!)
Don't build the torment nexus (or at least throw your shoe in it)
‘I know about lying, I do it for a living’: How Ben McKenzie went from The OC heartthrob to crypto’s biggest critic
I did watch him a bit on Gotham. Funny twist. Might be an interesting read.
Industrial Revolution iron method ‘was taken from Jamaica by Briton’
Wow. I mean not surprising that knowledge was passed on by artisans getting captured by capital.
The Case for Videogame and App Preservation
Another form of bitrot... there's no reason iOS devices couldn't optionally emulate old OS layers only for old apps, other than it being a huge pain. Maybe sideloading could solve this.
Boy Problems
Masculinity is unreformable, because it's inherently about power; just be a good person
Using the term “masculinity” to talk about male supremacy or male privilege is undeniably a bad idea; it normalizes patriarchy, framing political power and the abuse thereof as a “natural,” inevitable form of gender expression.
Specifically, they mean how well a man fills his role in patriarchy by (a) rejecting any trace of “femininity” or womanliness, so as to be the exact polar opposite of a woman, and (b) keeping women and queer people down.
Collections: The Status Quo Coalition
Pretty interesting view of how economic interests drive our current relative Long Peace
Why the media too often ignores the connection between climate change and meat
Exactly!
The AI Dividend
Intriguing idea.
How Twitter lost its place as the global town square
But I don't want video. I just want to read.
Opinion | I’m a physicist. Last week’s gravitational waves announcement sent me reeling.
I am also still reeling at how cool it is we built a telescope out of pulsars.
Gizmodo’s io9 Published an AI-Generated Star Wars Article That Was Filled With Errors
I am shocked, shocked that it would be bad at this.
How Duolingo uses AI to create lessons faster
Saves on labor. I do wonder about the quality, but I always assumed these lessons were already pretty templated.
2,200 Forgotten Vintage Computers Are Being Liberated From a Barn in Massachusetts
I love this story. Very neat that the original network has been (virtually) restored!
Inside the Mommy Community Raising Faux Babies
Wild. Oma was explaining this to us today. It feels like a weird hobby but maybe it is no different than role playing?