How I Ended Up in Solitary After Calling 911 for Help.
Good Samaritan Backfire
Category Archives: JFI0
The Chart
The chart superimposes the market’s recent performance on top of a plot of its gyrations in 1928 and 1929.
GILGAMESH / SHENANIGANS
Tracking people by metadata and then killing them by SIM card is inherently flawed.
IBM
A series of columns by Robert X. Cringely about the decline and impending demise of IBM
Not your father’s IBM
Something’s rotten in IBM Dubuque
Magical thinking at IBM
How to fix IBM in a week
We’re all just lab rats to IBM
By 2015 IBM will look like Oracle
Fulfilling customer requirements is a weapon at IBM
The New IBM — vampires in our midst
IBM to customers: Your hand is staining my window
The Decline & Fall of IBM
IBM sells Intel server business, company is doomed
Metadata+
A drone-tracking app created by data journalist Josh Begley has finally been released for public use.
Billionaires Dumping Stocks
A handful of billionaires are quietly dumping their American stocks.
Smart TV
On the other side of the world, people you didn’t know existed are keeping a beady eye on your every move.
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The Permissive Action Link (PAL) is a security device for nuclear weapons that it is supposed to prevent unauthorized arming or detonation of the nuclear weapon.
Rapid Reaction Force
Letters From Deniers
The Claim: Letters “[saying] there’s no sign humans have caused climate change” do not get printed.
The Response: When deciding which letters should run among hundreds on such weighty matters as climate change, I must rely on the experts. ~ The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ~ said it was 95% certain that we fossil-fuel-burning humans are driving global warming. ~ Saying “there’s no sign humans have caused climate change” is not stating an opinion, it’s asserting a factual inaccuracy.