This day in history

2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020

#20yrsago What your computer does when it boots https://web.archive.org/web/20010516144421/http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/excerpts/linux_kernel/how_computer_boots.html

#15yrsago Schwarzenegger sends National Guard to California’s airports https://web.archive.org/web/20060813201014/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/11/SECURITYLOCAL.TMP

#15yrsago Fake anti-Net Neutrality groups https://web.archive.org/web/20060815175125/https://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=2007877&auid=1871905&kntaw4229=C9E5C86AD89540898B5D07CB54AB0FE6

#10yrsago Marvel to comics retailers: we’ll give you limited edition singles if you destroy our competitors’ products https://www.wired.com/2011/08/the-great-marvel-comics-rip-off/

#10yrsago My SIGGRAPH keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfU6e6--izo

#5yrsago Trump is an object lesson in the problems of machine learning https://mathbabe.org/2016/08/11/donald-trump-is-like-a-biased-machine-learning-algorithm/

#5yrsago DEA bribes rail/airline employees for tipoffs that lead to warrantless cash seizures https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/08/10/dea-travel-record-airport-seizures/88474282/