Object permanence

2005, 2015, 2024.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readFeb 7, 2025

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#20yrsago Japanese software patents kill Word competitor https://web.archive.org/web/20051202020452/http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/3BDE72837B1DD5BBCC256F9C0070E506?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld]

#20yrsago Chicago’s public sculpture can’t be photographed by the public https://web.archive.org/web/20050204040938/https://newurbanist.blogspot.com/2005/01/copyrighting-of-public-space.html

#10yrsago No future for you: cultural institutions can’t afford to play along with pointy-headed bosses https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/06/go-digital-by-all-means-but-dont-bring-the-venture-capitalists-in-to-do-it

#10yrsago Gov Walker caught lying about his rewrite of the U Wisc mission https://web.archive.org/web/20150205182804/https://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/documents-show-walker-administration-seeking-removal-of-uws-wisconsin-idea-b99439710z1-290927651.html/

#10yrsago Hacking diabetes: the open artificial pancreas project https://web.archive.org/web/20050207005818/http://openaps.org/

#10yrsago Family fake-kidnapped 6-year-old to teach him to mistrust strangers https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/05/us/missouri-fake-kidnapping/index.html

#10yrsago Necromantic lawyers say George Patton can’t appear in video games https://www.techdirt.com/2015/02/05/video-game-maker-sued-lawyernecromancer-featuring-general-patton-in-game/

#1yrago Apple to EU: “Go fuck yourself” https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/06/spoil-the-bunch/#dma

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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