Charles Stross’ book Accellerando has a large number of absolutely brilliant projections of the future of trolling.
Is this the right room for an argument
This posting will not contain spoilers, so don’t worry. There are weaponizable ideas in this posting that I am not encouraging you to do, because not all things that can be done are worth doing.
Sometimes, you encounter an annoying person who is not arguing honestly with you; someone who just wants to show you how clever or tenacious they are.
Is this the right room for an argument
Actually, they are tedious, not clever, but your problem then becomes a matter of explaining that to them.
The talented Ieva Skrebele [avestra] did me a tribal badger icon. You’ve probably seen it in the small form already, but it’s worth a bigger look.
Back in October last year, I posted about the Russians’ deploying TOS-1 “Buratino” thermobaric multi-launch rocket systems. [stderr]
I clicked on the folder for my media archive, so I could paste the images I wanted to save off my iPhone, and instead I just got a spinning icon.
I’ve decided to celebrate June 10 as Facial Recognition Day. On this day, every year, I will try to think of some way to interfere with facial recognition.
I pointed this problem out during my “cyberwar is bullshit” talk at RSA conference in 2012: once you begin using your cyberweapons, they become subject to commercial pressures: and competitive analysis.
The unpredictable flounderings of the United States have opened some opportunities for other leaders who want to make a move. One that I predicted “eventually” appears to be starting “real soon now.”
Maybe it’s time for a rich tough-guy who is actually a tough guy to be President?
NASA has been releasing some amazing pictures of Jupiter from various angles.