This day in history

2006, 2011, 2016

#15yrsago Jim Baen, sf publisher, has passed away https://web.archive.org/web/20110628190652/http://david-drake.com/topic/01-about-me/10-jim-baen/

#10yrsago YouTube listens to fraudulent NyanCat takedown notice, drags heels on put-back from creator https://web.archive.org/web/20110628132607/http://www.prguitarman.com/index.php?id=369

#10yrsago Wyoming’s corporation mills manufacture privileged artificial “people” to order https://web.archive.org/web/20110629234908/https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/28/us-usa-shell-companies-idUSTRE75R20Z20110628

#5yrsago Hope Larson’s “Compass South”: swashbuckling YA graphic novel https://memex.craphound.com/2016/06/28/hope-larsons-compass-south-swashbuckling-ya-graphic-novel/

#5yrsago Fansmitter: malware that exfiltrates data from airgapped computers by varying the sound of their fans https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.05915

#5yrsago Healthcare workers prioritize helping people over information security (disaster ensues) https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~sws/pubs/ksbk15-draft.pdf

#5yrsago The Olympics are profitable for every host city (that lies about the numbers) https://timharford.com/2016/06/how-do-you-make-the-olympics-pay-fudge-the-figures/