This day in history

2007, 2012, 2017.

#15yrsago Canadian gov’t convenes secret net-tapping inquiry https://web.archive.org/web/20071011094438/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2228/125/

#10yrsago Magic: The Gathering is Turing complete https://www.toothycat.net/~hologram/Turing/HowItWorks.html

#10yrsago David Byrne’s How Music Works https://memex.craphound.com/2012/09/12/david-byrnes-how-music-works/

#5yrsago Deposit “tips” that are actually fake money with Bible verses in the church collection plate https://imgur.com/gallery/c4BrU

#5yrsago Chinese government sources tell the WSJ they’re about to shut down all domestic Bitcoin exchanges https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/11/16288898/china-shutdown-rumored-bitcoin-exchanges-crackdown

#5yrsago RIP, Imagineer X Atencio https://gizmodo.com/x-antencio-disney-animator-and-co-writer-of-the-pirate-1803776129

#5yrsago Blueborne is a newly revealed Bluetooth attack that allows wireless penetration of billions of devices https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/bluetooth-bugs-open-billions-of-devices-to-attacks-no-clicking-required/

#5yrsago Red Cross “didn’t show up” at Florida shelters during Irma…