The most unbelievable things about life before smartphones
I consumed news once a day by reading a paper that stained my hands. I stumbled upon random articles I would never have selected based on the headline. The ads …
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Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
If the age of reason was, in part, a reaction to the existence of the printing press, and 1960s futurism was a reaction to the atomic bomb, we need a …
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Airband HF Monitoring
Pretty interesting presentation from the Santa Barbara ARC on monitoring HF aircraft traffic.
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Tim Bray: Just Too Efficient
Stop and think · Specifically, do it when something is annoying you; at work, or in your personal interaction with a big organization. Could this be explained by someone, somewhere, …
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NW8S Field Day 2020
Field day 2020 is in the books. NW8S posted our best score ever. Thanks to N8ESG for running a GOTA station. Check out the post for more details and pics. …
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Issues of Trust with Blockchain
Blockchain doesn’t eliminate the need to trust human institutions. There will always be a big gap that can’t be addressed by technology alone. People still need to be in charge, …
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Independent Online Radio Is the Algorithm Alternative You Need
But the anxiety of too much choice persists, with listening experiences feeling more contrived each day. It might explain the renewed popularity of online radio, which offers a human-driven reprieve …
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Massive Collection #1 Breach Exposes 773 Million Emails
There’s no shortage of data breaches these days, but this one should make you sit up and pay attention. The newly discovered “Collection #1″ is the largest public data breach …
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Shortwave Trading | Part I | The West Chicago Tower Mystery
Another article on the HF trading experimentation in Chicago.. Since 2014 this blog has extensively covered the wireless networks built by high-frequency trading (HFT) firms or network providers to reduce …
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HFT Traders Look At Shortwave Radio Tech For Low-Latency Datacomm
HF based high-frequency trading.. fascinating. Here’s a second more detailed article. Traders appear to be testing the idea of using shortwave technology to convey data between the CME facility …
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