Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The long bezzle; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/10/smartest-guys-in-the-room/

#Pluralistic

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Going to #Defcon this weekend? I'm giving a keynote, "An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification and Throw it Into Reverse," on Saturday at 12:30pm, followed by a book signing at the No Starch Press booth at 2:30pm!

https://info.defcon.org/event/?id=50826

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The long bezzle: Verizon can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110866772732755496

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Hey look at this

* RIP #BramMoolenaar: Coding world mourns #Vim creator https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/07/bram_moolenaar_obituary/

* The invisible laws that led to America’s #HousingCrisis https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/05/business/single-family-zoning-laws/index.html

* The Highest of Stakes with #RichardHeart encapsulates the narcissism of #crypto https://protos.com/the-highest-of-stakes-with-richard-heart-encapsulates-the-narcissism-of-crypto/

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#20yrsago Print-to-toilet-roll https://web.archive.org/web/20030406045030/http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk/content/attractions/content.asp?location=32

#20yrsago #IanClarke is leaving America https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=73841&cid=6632511

#15yrsago Defunct pizza parlor robot band repurposed for fan music-vids https://www.wired.com/2008/08/showbiz-pizzas/

#10yrsago #Lavabit founder has stopped using email: “If you knew what I know, you might not use it either” https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/08/09/lavabits-ladar-levison-if-you-knew-what-i-know-about-email-you-might-not-use-it/?sh=745a0549648a

#10yrsago #StephenFry explains what a hateful, terrible thing is the #DailyMail https://web.archive.org/web/20130812055755/http://stephen-fry-me.tumblr.com/post/57805910021/the-daily-mail-and-lord-dacre-appeasing-again

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#10yrsago #NSA firing 90% of its sysadmins to eliminate potential #Snowdens https://www.nbcnews.com/technolog/nsa-cut-system-administrators-90-percent-limit-data-access-6c10884390

#5yrsago The #EPA’s own staff are aghast that Trump is bringing back #asbestos https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/climate/epa-asbestos-rule.html

#5yrsago Reminder: your state may be purging you from its voter rolls https://a.wholelottanothing.org/2018/08/10/democracy-dies-in-the-darkness/

#5yrsago #TSA: the fact that our secret surveillance program hasn’t caught anyone means it’s working https://www.techdirt.com/2018/08/10/tsa-admits-quiet-skies-surveillance-program-is-useless-promises-to-continue-engaging-useless-surveillance/

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#5yrsago #AmericanConservative laments #MarketConcentration and #PrivateProperty as bad for #FreeExpression https://www.theamericanconservative.com/i-was-banned-for-life-from-twitter/

#5yrsago #Missouri voters kill the state’s anti-union law with a massively successful ballot initiative https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-missouri-unions-ballot-primary-janus.html

#1yrsago A modest proposal to fix #contracts https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/10/be-reasonable/#i-would-prefer-not-to

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