links, etc Neal Stephenson’s Most Stunning Prediction - The Atlantic friends and family know what massive neal stephenson fan i am. i forgot all about the diamond age. an interesting interview. i’m always re-assured when authors i respect seem to get it. (yes, confirmation bias) A chatbot is not an oracle; it’s a statistics engine that creates sentences that sound accurate. the best tweet i’ve been redirected to in a long time, re: AI....
links, etc who shares your information with facebook? you’re not going to like the answers. a very interesting bit of research on the part of consumer reports.
links, etc for the amount of money that’s been poured into the open maws of telecoms in the U.S. in the form of subsidies and grants - that we haven’t brought broadband pricepoints to a point where we don’t need grants for people is more than a little disheartening. oh, that the GOP spent as much time decrying largesse and waste on the part of the corporations they shovel money at, as they do vilifying poor people....
links, etc Attack of the week: Airdrop tracing there’s a lot to unpack in this attack. personally, the most interesting element in the attack is the overview of how AirDrop works. creating rainbow tables to do the analysis seemed like the logical next step. apple does need to fix this. About Stolen Device Protection for iPhone - Apple Support speaking of apple, this is a nice development. #security