Today's links
- An Especially Cursed House: Kate Wagner and the Fall of the House of Colt's Neck.
- This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Category: Uncategorized
Pluralistic: 21 Nov 2020
Today's links
- A machine learning wrecking ball: Even if you fix training data, you still have to reckon with underspecification.
- Nintendo vs Nintendees: Super Smash Bros Melee is a case study in spiteful corporate fuckery.
- This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 20 Nov 2020
Today's links
- Little Revolutions: Bethany C Morrow and Tochi Onyebuchi on the Attack Surface Lectures.
- Russian Cyberpunk Farm: Superb comedy-dystopia in a russo-futuristic vein.
- We're already (badly) forgiving student debt: Debts that can't be paid won't be paid.
- Facebook bullies watchdog: My Wired op-ed on the Ad Observer scandal.
- Google's monopoly rigged the ad market: Dina Srinivasan is on fire.
- This day in history: 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 19 Nov 2020
Today's links
- Cyberpunk and Post-Cyberpunk: Bruce Sterling and Christopher Brown on the Attack Surface Lectures.
- Disney stiffs writer: Sure, what's new, but this is next-level fuckery #DisneyMustPay.
- Tyson execs bet on covid spread in unsafe plant: Upton Sinclair was an optimist.
- This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 18 Nov 2020
Today's links
- Race, surveillance and tech: The third Attack Surface lecture.
- The Mounties lied about social surveillance: They always get their self-serving rationalisations.
- Telehealth chickenizes docs: And hurts patients (but it's great for investors!).
- Canada's GDPR: Down with fictional consent!
- This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 17 Nov 2020
Today's links
- Cross-Media Sci-Fi with Amber Benson and John Rogers: The Attack Surface Lectures continue.
- Storage Wars: The eviction epidemic comes to New York's self-storage lockers.
- Embedded machine learning: Offline, low-powered and ubiquitous.
- This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 16 Nov 2020
Today's links
- Jeremy Meyer's typewriter assemblages: Symmetry is everything.
- HHS to pharma: stop bribing writing docs: No more cash-for-Rx.
- The Attack Surface Lectures: Part 1, Politics and Protest.
- Youtube-dl is back: EFF to the rescue!
- Someone Comes to Town Part 23: The latest in my podcast.
- This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 13 Nov 2020
Today's links
- Big Car wants to pump the brakes on Right to Repair: Automotive makers v 76% of Massachusetts.
- How to Fix the Internet: EFF has a podcast!
- This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 12 Nov 2020
Today's links
- Constantly Wrong: "Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
- Xi on interop and lock-in: Inkjet business model as foreign policy.
- Anti-bear robo-wolves: Dr Tenma v lobo.
- This day in history: 2015
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 11 Nov 2020
Today's links
- Interactive UK covid omnishambles explorer: Tories gonna tory.
- Win 6 free sf/f hardcovers: Tor's Chaos and Cosmos totebag sweepstakes.
- This day in history: 2010, 2015
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading