This day in history
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.
I’m on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in TORONTO (Mar 22), then NYC (Mar 24), then Anaheim and more!
#20yrsago Secret knocking codes for firewalls https://web.archive.org/web/20050212160334/http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6811
#20yrsago The Talking Heads decision: the judicial system’s David Byrne infatuation https://web.archive.org/web/20040630151030/http://www.legalunderground.com/2004/02/i_was_ready_to_.html
#20yrsago Bush and Kerry’s RSS, side by side https://web.archive.org/web/20040401181052/http://coollame.org/bushkerry.php
#15yrsago Derivatives exposures is worth $190K/human being on Earth https://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/the-size-of-derivatives-bubble--190k-per-person-on-planet/
#10yrsago British spies lied about getting super-censorship powers over Youtube https://www.techdirt.com/2014/03/14/turns-out-uk-government-only-wishes-it-had-special-powers-to-censor-youtube/
#10yrsago Florida set to delete Hampton, a town with a questing, rent-seeking, corrupt wang https://www.loweringthebar.net/2014/03/hampton-fl.html
#10yrsago Peak Facebook https://medium.com/a-programmers-tale/the-facebook-experiment-has-failed-lets-go-back-f7b8c66109ea
#5yrsago Beto O’Rourke was in the Cult of the Dead Cow and his t-files are still online https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-politics-beto-orourke/
#5yrsago Security researchers reveal defects that allow wireless hijacking of giant construction cranes, scrapers and excavators https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/attacks-against-industrial-machines-via-vulnerable-radio-remote-controllers-security-analysis-and-recommendations
#5yrsago Letterlocking: the long-lost art of using paper-folding to foil snoops https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-did-people-do-before-envelopes-letterlocking
#5yrsago Self-insurer Walmart flies its sick employees to out-of-state specialists to avoid local price-gougers https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/walmart-sends-employees-to-top-hospitals-out-of-state-for-treatment.html
#5yrsago Big Chemical says higher pollution levels are safe in West Virginia because residents don’t drink water, and are so fat that poisons are diluted in their bodies https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/03/14/the-real-elitists-looking-down-on-trump-voters/
#1yrago Learning from Silicon Valley Bank’s apologists https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/15/mon-dieu-les-guillotines/#ceci-nes-pas-une-bailout
