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This is one for remembering…
As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy. https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of…
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Which is worse: 2 weeks of Trump, or 2 weeks of Pence? https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1346934098384793606
Honestly am not sure, but I am leaning towards getting the nuclear football away from Trump as quickly as possible.
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Xbox 20 Year Anniversary: How an American Video Game Empire Was Born – Bloomberg # This is very much worth a read, moreso if you’ve ever worked for a hardware company
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-01-06/xbox-the-oral-history-of-an-american-video-game-empire
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This is also the kind of scam that will leverage the legal obligations for #AgeVerification and #AgeAssurance which the #OnlineHarms bill is mooting. #UnintendedConsequences
Government plans for the “prevention of online harms” are well-intended but will perversely bring about many opportunities for greater online harm; the relentless and legally-obliged demands to know more (age, identity, credit cards, address) about the person accessing a website will train people into giving away unnecessary amounts of personal information, with a net greater…
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Update: Making Porridge from Groats; or: How much Water to add to Porridge?
Previously; so the only thing wrong with the “Chow” video on how to make Porridge from Oat Groats is that in the process of talking excitedly about what you can put in it, they don’t really talk much about “how much water to put into porridge”. With standard shop-bought porridge oats, I am used to…
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Dinosaur! Digger! Dinosaur! Digger!
Doing what we can to keep the #yalepeabodyrenovation on-brand in 2021. Please enjoy this #dinosaur demolition distraction and wishing everyone a happy new year! Video courtesy of Chris Meyer, Turner Construction@Yale @turner_talk pic.twitter.com/EDUXFNptdh — Yale Peabody Museum (@yalepeabody) January 5, 2021
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BBC News: Was I wrong to fall for a cheating cat? # I had this issue with one of my cats; he started staying at home a lot more after I put a ‘SPECIAL DIET, PLEASE DON’T FEED ME’ tag on his collar
BBC News – Was I wrong to fall for a cheating cat? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-54710400
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“The turbine, which is capable of producing as much thrust as the four engines of a Boeing 747 jet” – Umm. I don’t think that’s how it works. Am I wrong?
Perhaps they mean torque? Or is there a reasonable way to think of wind turbines producing thrust? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/business/GE-wind-turbine.html
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What’s a good title for a short paper on actually living with DNS-over-HTTPS-over-Tor? Context and explanation on my blog:
One of the chairs of DNS Privacy Workshop 2021 has reached out to me asking whether I would be interested in publishing my results of living exclusively with DNS over HTTPS over Tor, for nearly a year. As ever the most important part of any presentation is selection of an apposite pun or pop-culture reference…