Link List

28-Nov-2023 – Substack and Telegram searches reveal scores of white supremacist, neo-Confederate, and Nazi newsletters on Substack; over 16 displayed overt Nazi symbols (Jonathan M. Katz/The Atlantic)

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Jonathan M. Katz / The Atlantic:
Substack and Telegram searches reveal scores of white supremacist”

28-Nov-2023 – Meta Joins Google In Turning Its Back On The Open Web, And Embracing Unconstitutional Mandates That Pretend To ‘Protect The Children’

Brief Summary: “A month ago we wrote about Google effectively “pulling up the ladder” on the open internet by embrac”

28-Nov-2023 – Evernote is Testing Drastic Changes to its Free Plan

Brief Summary: “The note-taking app Evernote is testing some drastic changes to its free plan, with users being rest”

28-Nov-2023 – Internet Use Does Not Appear To Harm Mental Health, Oxford Study Finds

Brief Summary: “A study of more than 2 million people’s internet use found no “smoking gun” for widespread harm to m”

28-Nov-2023 – Evernote Pushes Users To Upgrade

Brief Summary: “After making steep cuts to personnel earlier this year, Evernote’s Milan-based owner Bending Spoons “

26-Nov-2023 – Usenet Newsgroups Part I – I find some Usenet Archives on CD-ROM

Brief Summary: “I am once again skirting a bit on the edge of the telephone related subjects as well as taking a bit”

22-Nov-2023 – Why Has America Tolerated Six GOP Presidents Who Cheated Their Way to the White House?

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22-Nov-2023 – Do cats “meow” in every language?

Brief Summary: “There is something so entertaining about hearing animal sounds in other languages—cats all objective”

22-Nov-2023 – Thoughts about Godot

Brief Summary: “I have never used a game engine before and, when working with 8-bit, I have this thing of starting f”

21-Nov-2023 – Massive Cryptocurrency Rig Discovered Under Polish Court’s Floor, Stealing Power

Brief Summary: “According to Polish news channel TVN24, a secret cryptomining rig was found under the floors of a Po”

21-Nov-2023 – GameMaker ditches subscription model for indie developers

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Image: Devolver Digital

Christmas has come early for indie / solo game devel”

21-Nov-2023 – Scott Alexander is wrong about slurs

Brief Summary: “Published on November 21, 2023 8:43 AM GMTWalsall, UK, circa 1975. Photo by Ian Sanderson.Scott Alex”

21-Nov-2023 – Zork Zcode Interpreters Appear Out Of Nowhere

Brief Summary: “Some of our readers may know about Zork (and 1, 2, 3), the 1977 text adventure originally written fo”

20-Nov-2023 – Easy Hackintosh With Docker-OSX: Soon To Be Impossible?

Brief Summary: “The Docker-OSX project has to be among one of the easiest ways to get a fully functional Hackintosh “

20-Nov-2023 – Amazon’s Offering Free Courses on Generative AI

Brief Summary: “Amazon is starting to offer free educational courses on generative AI with an aim to extend “critica”

20-Nov-2023 – ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Promises To Sue Media Matters To Silence Their Speech

Brief Summary: “The fakest “free speech absolutist” who ever lived is at it again. As you may recall, earlier this y”