The US’s massive surveillance is obscene. After so many years of tech-savvy privacy and freedom advocates…

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The US’s massive surveillance is obscene. After so many years of tech-savvy privacy and freedom advocates trying to raise this issue, I’m glad it’s now gaining some public scrutiny. Yet, it’s surprising how little people are actually outraged about this. This is not your government doing your work, this is government dangerously out-of-control. The data being collected is undoubtedly (if it ... continue reading

The regular APA style is such an awful thing. I wish it would stop being the default mandated style …

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The regular APA style is such an awful thing. I wish it would stop being the default mandated style in so many situations. I cannot understand the rationale for peppering a page with (Author, date). It totally distracts from the focus of the content. There’s a reason we have nice things like the ability to make superscript numerals and footnotes. ... continue reading

I don’t think calling him a videogame god…

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I don’t think calling him a videogame god does justice to what this is. It’s a profound social experiment and for the winner, I wonder down the road whether he might regret what he’s won or become something nobody could have imagined. Which, to be realistic might also just be a blip of celebrity in time. Still, this strikes me as likely to transform the content of the game and its players into som ... continue reading