easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. And the rising economy of Basic Attention Tokens It takes courage to surf the web in a surveillance society, and often the source of that courage is strong encryption. Historically, strong encryption has remained out of reach for […]
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[Axis of Easy] Stop What You’re Doing – Firefox edition
Weekly Axis Of Easy #128 Last Week’s Quote was “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” …was the late great Alvin Toffler, winner was Thatch. This Week’s Quote: “It is wisdom to cultivate the tree which you have found […]
No, Paul Krugman’s IP didn’t get hacked and he didn’t get caught with nasty stuff on his laptop.
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, […]
[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. […]
