Cory Doctorow: Neofeudalism and the Digital Manor
Link: https://locusmag.com/2021/01/cory-doctorow-neofeudalism-and-the-digital-manor/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25639435
comparing malnutrition in socialist countries vs. the United States đ€ https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/malnutrition-death-rates?tab=chart&country=CHN~CUB~USA~VNM
A megacorp is not your dream job
Link: https://drewdevault.com/2021/01/01/Megacorps-are-not-your-dream-job.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25607397
Today in digital archaeology: I wanted a PDF calendar generator and found one from 2009 that seemed nice, but the website had long ago disappeared. Luckily the internet archive had crawled it, and since the code was GPL'ed, I was able to update it to build on a modern system and produce page-a-day agendas for my e-ink tablet. https://github.com/osresearch/DynamicTemplates
Litigation against federal surveillance is slow moving, but we are chipping away at the government secrecy that hinders legal action. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/litigation-against-mass-nsa-surveillance-year-review-2020
Why I favor Mullvad over other third party VPNs and how to set things up https://peertube.sunknudsen.com/videos/watch/e7b70f6f-8391-4cb6-8a83-12f3067ec3ff
Whistleblower Edward @snowden's revelations opened the worldâs eyes to a new level of government misconduct, and reinvigorated EFFâs work in the courts and with lawmakers to end unlawful mass surveillance. We need your help to keep up the fight. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/we-can-fix-broken-system
@cuervo
i'd prefer Sessions, but sometimes i need telegram for work stuff
In a recent Quanta story, Marijn Heuleâs collaborator John Mackey said watching him work on solving Kellerâs conjecture in dimension seven was âlike watching LeBron James in the NBA Finals.â Heule is now working on one of mathâs biggest problems. quantamagazine.org/can-compuâŠ
The Indian Farmer Protest Shaking the World
Farmers and workers around the world are protesting against Indiaâs neo-liberal farm reforms that could change the way farming is done there, forever.
A Beginner's Garden of Chess Openings (2002)
Link: https://dwheeler.com/chess-openings/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25446399
@calculsoberic @stux diamonds are valuable because of monopoly over supply from 4 decades ago
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