Scratchpad for September 6 2020
- What is the Small Web?
- An interesting suggestion for a fundamental change in how to approach content on the internet. I don’t think it will succeed but it will probably lay some of the groundwork for what comes after it.
- HyScale
- Kubernetes is so fundamentally complex that some people feel it needs a framework glued on top that adds even more complexity to keep its complexity in check.
- Why Johnny Won’t Upgrade
- I’m getting defensive about upgrading too and I know how to work around limitations or rolling back. Imagine what this does for regular users’ trust. It’s the exact opposite of what you want.
- Facebook Employees Are Outraged At Mark Zuckerberg’s Explanations Of How It Handled The Kenosha Violence
- You know what, Facebook employees: instead of being complicit and complaining without changing anything, just quit.
- Facebook apologizes to users, businesses for Apple’s monstrous efforts to protect its customers’ privacy
- This is so rich that it’s overflowing.
- Facebook Rated Top Buy As Stock Outperforms Market And Investor Expectations
- This just highlights how pathologically disconnected the stock market is from objective reality.
- Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World
- The latest example of how cheap Chinese smartphones take advantage of the world’s poorest people.
- This Is What Your Unsolicited Advice Sounds Like
- Spot. On.
- Coronavirus re-infections raise concerns about immunity
- At this point my prediction is that we’re not going to get this virus under control before major societal structures collapse.
- So you want to roll your own crypto?
- Very good advice to follow, namely: don’t.
- Alice in Wonderland and the theft of the public domain
- There are many, many arguments against the current system of copyright and this one illustrates it plainly.
- Noam Chomsky: ‘There’s never been a moment in human history’ like this one
- It’s not just you.
- 7 Versatile Vim Commands That Are Easy To Memorize
- Good overview of the most important ones.
- Facebook, The PR Firm
- Whatever happens, Facebook wins.
- Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean
- Kick ass. I just wish this would be framed as a fundamentally humanitarian action, not as "[…] anarchist at its heart, meant to bring together a variety of struggles for social justice, including for women’s and LGBTIQ rights, racial equality, migrants’ rights, environmentalism and animal rights". But then again, I’m a dude, not a female feminist.
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