Object permanence
2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024.
I’m on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels. Catch me at PITTSBURGH’S White Whale Books on May 15 and in PDX at Barnes and Noble with BUNNIE HUANG on June 20. More tour stops (London, Manchester) here.
#20yrsago Self-referential multiple-choice test https://web.archive.org/web/20050126084907/https://math.wisc.edu/~propp/srat-Q
#15yrsago Big Content’s depraved indifference https://memex.craphound.com/2010/05/08/big-contents-depraved-indifference/
#15yrsago Use rust particles to reveal the data on your credit-card’s magstripe https://www.tetherdcow.com/another-science-experiment/
#15yrsago FCC hands Hollywood the keys to your PC, home theater and future https://memex.craphound.com/2010/05/07/fcc-hands-hollywood-the-keys-to-your-pc-home-theater-and-future/
#15yrsago Walt Disney World’s Haunted Mansion: stupendous essay https://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2010/05/history-and-haunted-mansion.html
#15yrsago Eating IHOP’s cheesecake-stuffed pancakes https://www.salon.com/2010/05/07/ihop_pancake_stackers_the_new_kfc_double_down/
#10yrsago Drug pump is “most insecure” devices ever seen by researcher https://securityledger.com/2015/05/researcher-drug-pump-the-least-secure-ip-device-ive-ever-seen/
#10yrsago Appeals Court rejects NSA’s bulk phone-record collection program https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-hails-court-ruling-rejecting-nsa-bulk-collection-americans-phone-records
#10yrsago Keurig CEO blames disastrous financials on DRM https://money.cnn.com/2015/05/06/investing/keurig-green-mountain-earnings-stock-fall/index.html
#10yrsago Drug pump is “most insecure” devices ever seen by researcher https://securityledger.com/2015/05/researcher-drug-pump-the-least-secure-ip-device-ive-ever-seen/
#5yrsago Wechat spies on non-Chinese users for in-China censorship https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/just-look-at-it/#training-data
#5yrsago Sidewalk Labs pulls out of Toronto https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/just-look-at-it/#ding-dong
#5yrsago Unix and Adversarial Interoperability https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/just-look-at-it/#multics
#5yrsago EU: “Cookie walls violate the GDPR” https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/just-look-at-it/#cookie-theatre
#5yrsago Helicopter flyover of deserted Disneyland https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/just-look-at-it/#emptyland
#5yrsago Wink will brick your smart home if you don’t pay a monthly fee https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/just-look-at-it/#wink
#5yrsago EFF’s Guide to Digital Rights During the Pandemic https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/just-look-at-it/#ebook
#5yrsago America is united https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/just-look-at-it/#national-unity
#5yrsago The TSA is hoarding N95s https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/07/just-look-at-it/#taking-shit-away
#5yrsago Volcano gods demand workers https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/08/volcano-gods/#reopening
#5yrsago US public health officials on apps: “Meh” https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/08/volcano-gods/#shoe-leather
#1yrago The disenshittified internet starts with loyal “user agents” https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/07/treacherous-computing/#rewilding-the-internet
