Pluralistic: The Cult of Mac (12 Jan 2024)

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The Cult of Mac: You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themself into in the first place.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: Linkdump Minkchump (16 Dec 2023)

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Linkdump Minkchump: A thoroughly assorted Saturday.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Pluralistic: 07 Aug 2022

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Epson boobytrapped its printers: "For your protection."
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 28 Oct 2021

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The new DRM-breaking exemptions just dropped: But here's the bad news…
All of science gets a general index: For your text-mining pleasure, courtesy of Carl Malamud and Public Resource.
Europe's trustbusters lose the plot: Filternet, made in Europe.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020.
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Pluralistic: 18 Oct 2021

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Corporatism made John Deere ripe for a strike: Optimized for failure.
Copyfraudster censors investigation of implausible covid gadget: When a US law is used to censor Indian scientific reporting.
At last, a new Econ 101 textbook: CORE's "The Economy" vs homo economicus.
Podcasting "Dead Letters": Email could be the last federated internet technology – but it isn't.
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Pluralistic: 01 Aug 2021

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Github pledges legal aid for interoperators: Youtube-dl's legacy.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 22 Jun 2021

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Improving the ACCESS Act: Six ways to make the most important tech law of the legislative season even better.
Juul's junk science: Reporting bias makes vaping's safety is a hazy mess.
Peloton bricks its treadmills: Your kids are dead because you didn't buy the subscription.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 03 May 2021

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Dishwashers have become Iphones: Meet the Bob Cassette Rewinder.
Part 5 of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: This week on my podcast!
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2021

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Laundering torturers' reputations with copyfraud: Eliminalia, where "we erase your past and help you build your future."
Foxconn's Wisconsin death-rattle: Imagine losing your family home for a GOP media op.
John Deere's dismal infosec: Paternalistic security works well, fails badly.
This day in history: 2020
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Pluralistic: 21 Nov 2020

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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
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