This day in history

2002, 2012, 2021.

#20yrsago Steven Levy’s wireless neighbors https://www.newsweek.com/i-was-wi-fi-freeloader-146877

#10yrsago Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium: Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly’s debate kicked ass https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/07/jon-stewart-bill-oreilly-debate

#10yrsago Supreme Court case will decide whether you own your stuff https://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-right-to-resell-your-own-stuff-is-in-peril-2012-10-04

#1yrago Scottish Limited Partnerships are still laundering criminal millions: Offshore is actually onshore https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/07/markets-in-everything/#if-its-not-scottish

#1yrago “Inclusive Access” allows textbook monopolists to permanently consolidate their gains: Universities are auto-billing students for high-priced, self-destructing textbooks they can’t loan or sell https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/07/markets-in-everything/#textbook-abuses

#1yrago DoS a federal agency, then charge for access: Enq carries on a tradition of genuinely terrible startup ideas https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/07/markets-in-everything/#no-th-enq

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