Mnm – an open source project to replace email and SMTP
Link: https://mnmnotmail.org/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25804869
Why we need wide adoption of social recovery wallets
Link: https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/01/11/recovery.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25722131
Autism Theory 25 Years in the Making
Link: https://neurosciencenews.com/new-autism-theory-17548/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25712484
La confianza es crítica en salud pública. Ya muchos desconfían de la vacuna contra el COVID hoy. Centrarse en soluciones para smartphones y nuevas preocupaciones en privacidad golpearían los esfuerzos de la salud pública en tranquilizar al público. https://www.eff.org/es/deeplinks/2020/12/vaccine-passports-stamp-inequity
SARS-CoV-2 induced remission of Hodgkin lymphoma
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjh.17116
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25694985
Parler App delisted from Google Play; Apple threatening same within 24h
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/technology/parler-apple-google.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25697344
WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with FB or stop using the app
Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/whatsapp-users-must-share-their-data-with-facebook-or-stop-using-the-app/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662215
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 🤔 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
Médico residente en psiquiatría con muchos intereses: matemáticas, filosofía, sociología, FOSS, conlangs. #ancom