This day in history

2003, 2008, 2013, 2018.

This morning (Nov 4), I’m keynoting the Hackaday Supercon in Pasadena, CA.

#20yrsago FCC screws America, adopts Broadcast Flag, doom, gloom, armageddon https://web.archive.org/web/20040611171815/https://www.eff.org/IP/Video/HDTV/20031104_eff_pr.php

#15yrsago Spider Robinson’s “Very Hard Choices” — rigorous, science fictional look at telepathy’s problems https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/04/spider-robinsons-very-hard-choices-rigorous-science-fictional-look-at-telepathys-problems/

#10yrsago Fighting patent trolls and corruption with the Magnificent Seven business-model https://locusmag.com/2013/11/cory-doctorow-collective-action/

#10yrsago Explaining the banned phrases in a Chinese microblogging client https://blockedonweibo.tumblr.com/post/65525907975/the-chinese-keywords-on-messaging-app-lines-bad

#5yrsago Analyst: Apple’s poor earnings will recover now they’ve switched from innovating to rent-seeking https://memex.craphound.com/2018/11/04/analyst-apples-poor-earnings-will-recover-now-theyve-switched-from-innovating-to-rent-seeking/

#5yrsago The Ghastlygun Tinies: MAD’s Edward Gorey satire that takes aim at school shootings https://memex.craphound.com/2018/11/04/the-ghastlygun-tinies-mads-edward-gorey-satire-that-takes-aim-at-school-shootings/