This day in history

2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.

#20yrsago Disney bans Segways in the parks https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4217573

#15yrsago Dubai airport clogged with cars abandoned by fleeing construction workers https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/3-000-cars-abandoned-at-dubai-airport.100423/

#10yrsago “A reason to hang him”: how mass surveillance, secret courts, confirmation bias and the FBI can ruin your life https://memex.craphound.com/2014/02/09/a-reason-to-hang-him-how-mass-surveillance-secret-courts-confirmation-bias-and-the-fbi-can-ruin-your-life/

#10yrsago Oakland’s tech startups are reportedly being gentrified out of their spaces by deep-pocketed marijuana growers https://twitter.com/chr1sa/status/1093959332461330432

5yrsago HP’s ink DRM instructs your printer to ignore the ink in your cartridge when you cancel your subscription https://www.howtogeek.com/403346/hps-ink-subscription-has-drm-that-disables-your-printer-cartridges/

#1yrago Copyright won’t solve creators’ Generative AI problem https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/09/ai-monkeys-paw/#bullied-schoolkids