Yesterday New York Times columnist tweeted an astonishing comment, saying that his computer had been hacked and it’s IP address was being used to download child p*rn0graphy. He has since deleted the original tweet, but it had been captured enough times and circulated far and wide. I found it curious, to be tweeting that. However, […]
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[Axis of Easy] Your smartphone may be recording everything you say
Weekly Axis Of Easy #127 Last Week’s Quote was “Every plane crash makes the next one less likely, every bank crash makes the next one more likely.” …was Nassim Taleb, winner was Joseph Shipman This Week’s Quote: “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who […]
Beware: The Techno-Doom-Loop
[ Update: I’m old enough that I should have known it, but Russ Nelson points out in the comments that there is a jargon file entry for this: Yak-Shaving ] There’s a concept I’ve been trying to articulate for some time. The problem is during the episodes where I want to articulate it, I’m so […]
Future Tools: democracy.earth
easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. The rise of quadratic voting and democracy.earth A growing number of people are disillusioned with democracy. Although perhaps the issue isn’t democracy, but rather the emptiness of our electoral system and the decreasing value (or relevance) of voting. […]
Future Fibre: wireless.farm
easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. An rural ISP in Guelph Eramosa Township As part of our ongoing Future Fibre series we’re profiling community networks to learn about their challenges, solutions, context, and insights. In today’s issue we learn from Philip Mullis, who owns […]
[Axis of Easy] Hackers Taunt Families Via Compromised Ring Cameras, Podcast It Live
Weekly Axis Of Easy #126 Last Week’s Quote was “The only thing useful banks have invented in 20 years is the ATM.” by former Fed chairman, the last of his kind, Paul Volcker, who died last week. Nobody got it, closest guess was Milton Friedman. This Week’s Quote: “Every plane crash makes the next one less likely, […]
