Ensure your neighbors have the right to vote: A software engineer volunteers at his local elections office ⌘ https://github.blog/2020-09-16-ensure-your-neighbors-have-the-right-to-vote-a-software-engineer-volunteers-at-a-local-elections-office/
Dilbert by Scott Adams for Wed, 16 Sep 2020 ⌘ https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-09-16
On the blog: Fiction — Grandfathers, Butterflies, and Patient Minus-One https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/16/butterfly.html #freeculture #creativecommons #politics
Dilbert by Scott Adams for Sun, 16 Aug 2020 ⌘ https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-08-16
I never thought I’d ever say this, but I am officially done with Csound. I’ve been using Csound since I was 16 years old, but now I feel like throwing my copy of the Csound book in the trash. Good riddance.
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Alternative Factor https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/07/16/altfac.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Securing your open source dependencies with GitHub dependency insights ⌘ https://github.blog/2020-07-16-securing-your-open-source-dependencies-with-github-dependency-insights/
GitHub Archive Program: the journey of the world’s open source code to the Arctic ⌘ https://github.blog/2020-07-16-github-archive-program-the-journey-of-the-worlds-open-source-code-to-the-arctic/
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Jathia’s Wager https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/05/16/jathia.html #freeculture #bookclub
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Real Life in Star Trek, Balance of Terror https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/04/16/trek-balance.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Tweets from 03/16 to 03/20 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2020/03/20/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Developer Journal, Ides-Adjacent https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/03/16/dev-ides.html #programming #project #devjournal
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: My Software https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/02/16/software.html #software #technology #meta
Random link from the archives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJVL80Gg3lA originally archived Tue Jan 16 13:48:42 EST 2018
Malfunctioning Doorbell Lessons: Hey, At Least It Wasn’t Hacked https://tedium.co/2019/04/16/doorbell-history-doorbell-malfunction/
The Anarchists Who Took the Commuter Train https://longreads.com/2019/04/16/the-anarchists-who-took-the-commuter-train/
Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet bites into bigots “ and not just by analogy - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/16/18410695/netflix-santa-clarita-diet-season-3-analogy-bigotry-drew-barrymore-timothy-olyphant
Random link from the archives: https://skerritt.blog/how-does-tor-really-work/ originally archived Mon Apr 1 09:16:59 EDT 2019
Random link from the archives: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-mind-of-amanda-feilding-countess-of-psychedelic-science/ originally archived Fri Feb 16 12:08:27 EST 2018
Random link from the archives: https://tedium.co/2017/10/24/public-domain-film-history-copyright/ originally archived Thu Oct 26 08:16:35 EDT 2017
More Than This: Notes on Acid Communism – The Wasted World https://thewastedworld.wordpress.com/2018/12/16/notes-on-acid-communism/
The Mechanical-Architectural World of Stijn Jonckheere “ SOCKS http://socks-studio.com/2017/01/16/the-mechanical-architectural-world-of-stijn-jonckheere/
The Orthogonality Thesis & Ontological Crises http://humaniterations.net/2016/05/16/the-orthogonality-thesis-ontological-crises/
Mall Rats, Vidiots and Addicts: Anti Video Game Propaganda From The 80s – Retro Bitch https://retrobitch.wordpress.com/2019/01/16/mall-rats-vidiots-and-addicts-anti-video-game-propaganda-from-the-80s/
Is Spotify’s Model Wiping Out Music’s Middle Class? - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/tech/2019/1/16/18184314/spotify-music-streaming-service-royalty-payout-model
Facebook Algorithms and Personal Data | Pew Research Center http://www.pewinternet.org/2019/01/16/facebook-algorithms-and-personal-data/
The Economic Perspective On Moral Standards | Slate Star Codex http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/11/16/the-economic-perspective-on-moral-standards/
Generated Book Gallery – 60212: INTERACTIVITY & COMPUTATION http://cmuems.com/2018/60212f/deliverables/7-due-11-16/generated-book-gallery/
WHAT IS TO BE DONE? – ALIENIST MANIFESTO https://alienistmanifesto.wordpress.com/2018/06/16/what-is-to-be-done/
Folk Concepts https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/11/16/folk-concepts/
Digital Philosophy – I: The Real is Unreal https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2007/08/16/digital-philosophy-i/
My old HyperCard stack (Phil Gyford’s website) https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2017/08/16/hypercard-tea/
Dataspace 10: An Array Representation | Natepod http://natecull.org/wordpress/2018/08/16/dataspace-10-an-array-representation/
Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House Finds the Beating Heart of Shirley Jackson’s Tale | Tor.com https://www.tor.com/2018/10/16/netflixs-the-haunting-of-hill-house-finds-the-beating-heart-of-shirley-jacksons-tale/
Mailbag: AI Research on Dialogue and Story Generation | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/10/16/mailbag-ai-research-on-dialogue-and-story-generation/
The Rise and Demise of RSS https://twobithistory.org/2018/09/16/the-rise-and-demise-of-rss.html
Escaping the Default Future When Writing Science Fiction | Tor.com https://www.tor.com/2018/08/16/escaping-the-default-future-when-writing-science-fiction/
Modern horror films are finding their scares in dead phone batteries - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/16/17675474/modern-horror-films-dead-cell-phone-trope-isolation
Dataspace 10: An Array Representation | Natepod http://natecull.org/wordpress/2018/08/16/dataspace-10-an-array-representation/
My old HyperCard stack (Phil Gyford’s website) https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2017/08/16/hypercard-tea/
How a cabal of romance writers cashed in on Amazon Kindle Unlimited - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/16/17566276/cockygate-amazon-kindle-unlimited-algorithm-self-published-romance-novel-cabal
The Twitch streamers who spend years broadcasting to no one - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/16/17569520/twitch-streamers-zero-viewers-motivation-community
The “Baccano” of Pulp Fiction: Omake | The Bugblog https://baguburagu.wordpress.com/2018/06/16/the-baccano-of-pulp-fiction-omake/
How China censors the net: by making sure there’s too much information | John Naughton | Opinion | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/16/how-china-censors-internet-information
The Texas Instruments 99/4: World’s First 16-Bit Home Computer - IEEE Spectrum https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/heroic-failures/the-texas-instruments-994-worlds-first-16bit-computer
Fibonacci Hashing: The Optimization that the World Forgot (or: a Better Alternative to Integer Modulo) | Probably Dance https://probablydance.com/2018/06/16/fibonacci-hashing-the-optimization-that-the-world-forgot-or-a-better-alternative-to-integer-modulo/
Re-coding Black Mirror Part III | the morning paper https://blog.acolyer.org/2018/05/16/re-coding-black-mirror-part-iii/
Jaron Lanier interview: on VR, LSD, and where Silicon Valley went wrong - Vox https://www.vox.com/2018/1/16/16897738/jaron-lanier-interview
Basic Income, Not Basic Jobs: Against Hijacking Utopia | Slate Star Codex http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/05/16/basic-income-not-basic-jobs-against-hijacking-utopia/