Object permanence
Hotel wifi sucks; Facebook pays no UK tax; Econ research replicability crisis; Herd immunity.
I’m on a tour with my new book Enshittification: Catch me next in Chicago, Los Angeles and Calgary! Full schedule with dates and links here.
#20yrsago Why hotel WiFi sucks https://web.archive.org/web/20090917145044/https://wifinetnews.com/archives/2005/10/ny_times_v_wall_st_journal_on_hotel_internet_fees.html
#20yrsago Vet’s obit: “send acerbic letters to Republicans” https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/theodore-heller-obituary?id=2437473
#15yrsago Canon’s printer/photocopier blocks jobs based on keywords https://www.itnews.com.au/news/canon-blocks-copy-jobs-by-keyword-235047
#15yrsago Tom Waits and Preservation Hall Jazz Band release limited-edition 78RPM record and matching limited edition record-player http://www.tomwaits.com/news/article/108/Preservation_Hall_Jazz_Band_Tom_Waits_On_78_rpm_Vinyl/
#15yrsago Koster’s “Fundamentals of Game Design” https://www.raphkoster.com/2010/10/12/the-fundamentals-of-game-design/
#15yrsago Pratchett’s I Shall Wear Midnight, sentimental and fun book about a witch among enemies https://memex.craphound.com/2010/10/12/pratchetts-i-shall-wear-midnight-sentimental-and-fun-book-about-a-witch-among-enemies/
#10yrsago Facebook UK made £105M in 2014, paid £35M in bonuses, and will pay £4,327 in tax https://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/oct/11/facebook-paid-4327-corporation-tax-despite-35-million-staff-bonuses
#10yrsago Economics research considered unreplicable https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/feds/2015/files/2015083pap.pdf
#10yrsago The hockey-stick from hell: US incarceration per 100,000 people, 1890-today https://www.vox.com/2015/10/11/9497161/incarceration-history
#10yrsago Read: Austin Grossman’s moving text-adventure story “The Fresh Prince of Gamma World” https://www.wired.com/2015/10/excerpt-fresh-prince-of-gamma-world/
#5yrsago The herd immunity conspiracy https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/12/redeeming-hackers/#herd-immunity
#5yrsago Attack Surface in Wired https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/12/redeeming-hackers/#origin-stories
