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 Hey look at this * Notes on using a single-person #Mastodon server https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/08/11/some-notes-on-mastodon/ (h/t @nelson) * The Best Noir Crime Thrillers https://fivebooks.com/best-books/noir-crime-thrillers-cory-doctorow/ * These Women Tried to Warn Us About #AI https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/women-warnings-ai-danger-risk-before-chatgpt-1234804367/ 4/ 13 comments | Expand all CWs
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#20yrsago #P2P network originates in #Palestinian refugee camp https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/in-refugee-camp-a-p2p-outpost/
#15yrsago Man whose US immigration notice was sent to the wrong address is detained with untreated spinal cancer until he dies, denied access to his wife and children https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/nyregion/13detain.html
#15yrsago #FreeCopyrightLicense upheld Fed Circuit Court of Appeals https://archives.lessig.org/index0d61.html?m=200808&paged=2
#10yrsago #Orwell explains Nineteen Eighty-Four https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-orwells-letter-on-why-he-wrote-1984
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#20yrsago #P2P network originates in #Palestinian refugee camp https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/in-refugee-camp-a-p2p-outpost/
#15yrsago Man whose US immigration notice was sent to the wrong address is detained with untreated spinal cancer until he dies, denied access to his wife and children https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/nyregion/13detain.html