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Kyle Rankin Chief Security OfficerPGP ID: 0xB9EF770D6EFE360FFingerprint: 0DFE 2A03 7FEF B6BF C56F73C5 B9EF 770D 6EFE 360FLibrem Social Latest posts by Kyle Rankin (see all) Imagine an Internet of Snitches, each scanning whatever data they have access to for evidence of … Read more
The concept of a new media ecosystem that’s non-profit, publicly funded and tech-infused is drawing interest in policy circles as a way to shift the power dynamics in today’s information wars. Why it matters: Revamping the structure and role of … Read more
Over the next week at The Ringer, in honor of the release of Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage, we will explore events that changed the world as we knew it—specifically ones that marked the ends of established eras and … Read more
Internet-in-a-Box brings the power of a free Digital Library of Alexandria into the hands of any school, hospital, or community worldwide: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Internet_in_a_Box.webm Internet-in-a-Box is also used in libraries and medical clinics, as can be seen in this Dominican Republic video: … Read more
All Your Base Are Belong To Us. Would you believe that I clicked into the “General Discussion” forum, a subforum on this site I almost never visit, specifically to post my own rant on this very topic? The internet is … Read more
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Internet service is down for about 900 customers in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after a beaver chewed through a crucial fibre cable, causing “extensive” damage. In a statement, Telus spokesperson Liz Sauvé wrote that in a “very bizarre and uniquely Canadian turn of events,” crews found that a … Read more
The emerging dream of an internet where every interaction is a financial transaction Image: Chat (2021) by Viktor Timofeev. Three-channel custom software, furniture, modified keyboards. Courtesy the artist. http://reallifemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Paid-in-Full.mp3 Full-text audio version of this essay. In a 2000 piece for Wired, John Perry … Read more
Missing Appendix: Anders Sandberg asked: Does anybody know where the online appendix to Nordhaus’ “Two Centuries of Productivity Growth in Computing” is hiding? I look up the title in Google Scholar; seeing a friendly psu.edu PDF link (CiteSeerx), I click. … Read more