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What’s the deal with KFC and Christmas in Japan? | Time Out Tokyo | …and I thought Jewish Chinese-Food Christmas was amazing
But how big of a deal is it really? Well, apparently a third of KFC’s yearly sales big https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/things-to-do/whats-the-deal-with-kfc-and-christmas-in-japan
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China to increase curbs on video gaming industry | BBC | …let’s be honest: this is all about political control
Proliferation of gaming means proliferation of unregulated, hard to censor, classless, cross boundary, collective yet individualistic cultural development. The PRC has no idea what will happen if it was permitted to continue. Hell, the UK Government is equally scared. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67801091
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Why the Apple II Didn’t Support Lowercase Letters | some classic geekery, straight from the horse’s mouth
https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/2833/why-the-apple-ii-didnt-support-lowercase-letters
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“Technology Panic Attacks, From Radio to Social Media, With Amy Orben” | from 2020, Dr. Amy Orben, expert in the history of technology panics | this will be weekend listening
https://itif.org/publications/2020/09/28/podcast-technology-panic-attacks-radio-social-media-amy-orben/
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Age Verification: “New Jersey […] requiring social media companies to contract with third-party data vendors to perform invasive age and identity verification”
Everything I experienced surrounding the Age Verification debate in the UK led me to believe that it must have been enabled by a lot of cosy lobbying from rent-seeking startups upon impressionable and willing elderly peers. Looks like America has similar:
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Fun Stuff To Read: “How to Be a Better Reactionary: Time and Knowledge in Technology Regulation”
Calling somebody a reactionary usually isn’t very nice. This is especially true in academic circles, where most people fall somewhere on the left side of the political spectrum. Here, “reactionary” is a downright slur. It’s a dysphemism used to tar and feather your enemies. But in this little think piece, I want to argue that,…
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As we approach Christmas one thing which gives me the greatest hope for mankind is that the war & empire-building that killed millions and marred European history of the past 500 years, is now reduced to witty sparring on social networks
…and I have to say, the Habsburgs are squarely on top of their meme game. …aaaaaaand:
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Criminals will start wearing extra prosthetic fingers to make surveillance footage look like it’s AI generated and thus inadmissible as evidence
I’m sure the NCA would agree that it’s obviously necessary to ban all silicone prosthetics immediately, and of course there would be absolutely no downsides to doing so.