This day in history

2008, 2013, 2018, 2022.

#15yrsago TSA: laptops will stop making planes explode if you just build a bag like this one https://web.archive.org/web/20080306165027/https://gsnmagazine.com/cms/features/news-analysis/542.html

#15yrsago Nine Inch Nails made at least $750k from CC release in two days https://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/03/04/nin-ghosts/

#10yrsago Wikipedia and libraries: a match made in heaven https://everybodyslibraries.com/2013/03/04/from-wikipedia-to-our-libraries/

#10yrsago Transcript of Lessig’s talk: “Aaron’s Law” https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/03/transcript-lawrence-lessig-on-aarons-laws-law-and-justice-in-a-digital-age-section-i.html

#10yrsago How to be better at being pissed off at Big Tech https://locusmag.com/2018/03/cory-doctorow-lets-get-better-at-demanding-better-from-tech/

#5yrsago The UK government declined a chance to get £364m out of Carillion before it failed, and public purse is now on the hook for that money https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/04/government-let-slip-chance-to-retrieve-364m-from-carillion

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