Object permanence

2005, 2010, 2015, 2024.

#20yrsago Interoperable apocalypse: sf story about devices that come to life https://web.archive.org/web/20050208033403/http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/difilippo3/difilippo31.html

#20yrsago List of Polish communist snitches available online https://web.archive.org/web/20050205131854/https://www.futrega.org/lista/

#15yrsago Zero rupee note that Indians can slip to corrupt officials who demand bribes https://web.archive.org/web/20100204201655/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/paying-zero-public-services

#15yrsago Santa Fe Institute economist: one in four Americans is employed to guard the wealth of the rich https://web.archive.org/web/20100206183034/http://sfreporter.com/stories/born_poor/5339/

#15yrsago Photog sued for shooting a street that contained publicly funded art https://web.archive.org/web/20100208073541/https://komonews.com/news/local/83618997.html

#10yrsaog Ron Wyden to Eric Holder: before you go, how about all those requests for information? https://www.techdirt.com/2015/02/04/senator-wyden-follows-up-with-eric-holder-all-requests-doj-has-totally-ignored/

#10yrsago If privacy was really dead, would everyone be trying so hard to kill it? https://rifters.com/crawl/?p=5525

#10yrsago Alan Turing’s lost notes discovered as crumpled insulation in Bletchley Park huts https://web.archive.org/web/20150203205132/http://www.mkweb.co.uk/pictures/8203-BLETCHLEY-PARK-Alan-Turing-s-notes-used-roof/pictures-25966005-detail/pictures.html

#10yrsago GOP senator: abolish hand-washing regulations in restaurants https://www.joeydevilla.com/2015/02/03/gop-senators-example-of-reducing-regulatory-burden-letting-restaurant-workers-opt-out-of-washing-their-hands-after-using-the-bathroom/

#1yrago How I got scammed https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/cyber-dunning-kruger/#swiss-cheese-security