The FBI’s report on mass shootings … doesn’t actually report on mass shootings. So says John Lott. Attorney wants to overturn the “machine-gun ban” and then take on the NFA. In four days, he’s more than half funded. (Via David Codrea) Blogs are 20 years old now. That’s older than dinosaurs in ‘Net time. (H/T JB) Robinson Jeffers handcrafted stone cottage. Just because. (This strikes me as a very apt sort of thing for a poet to do. H/T A.G.) They were Irish and they were slaves. Where are our reparations???
Category: Computers & Technology
Tiny, portable box adds TOR to every Ethernet connection. And everything you do online. Claim: cold fusion may have been verified by third-party researchers. I’ll believe it when I see it. Just posting as an item of interest for now. But oh my, if this ever turns out to be for real, it changes everything — and not just in tech or power generation. (H/Ts: MJR and MtK) —– ADDED: Sigh. It’s possible both of these might turn out to be scams. Per Sam in Oregon, here’s the latest on the Anonabox. Already got a reality check on the cold-fusion…
… and how human error begets automation, which in turn increases human error. One of the most harrowing things you’ll ever read.
“The boy who invented email.” Wonder why more of us don’t know this. When “experts” had dismissed it as too difficult, a precocious 14-year-old invented email. Love this from Brigid: stripper clips and “Lab” dances. More snoopery? No problem. More privacy tools. Haven’t really been a fan of Rand Paul’s (for the usual “he’s not Ron” reasons). But this is a good guy. SNL thinks Obama is nothing to laugh at. Do all languages derive from a common ancestor? Finally, via Keith in a comment over at Joel’s Gulch, here’s a funny for ya. The Expert. If you’ve been in…
New phone app Five-O: A new phone application invented by some crafty teenagers will help citizens to keep track of incidents of police violence. The app called “Five-O” allowed users to record and document interactions with police, submit ratings of law enforcement, and allow people to see how their departments compare to others. Users can also rate specific officer’s behavior and ratings are public for everyone to view. Inventor Ima Christian spoke to Business Insider about her invention: “We’ve been hearing about the negative instances in the news, for instance most recently the Michael Brown case, and we always talk…
You may have been hearing about it since yesterday: the new way of profiling your computer (and, with enough other data, you) without leaving either traditional cookies or flash cookies on your system. Those cookies you can get rid of. The new “evercookie” you can’t even see — although your own system created it on orders from a site or sites you visited. The underlying technique is “canvas fingerprinting.” Here’s some not-too-geeky info on how it works. Using TOR apparently helps, but not completely. Firefox’s wonderful NoScript add-on does the trick. It prevents a nasty little company called AddThis from…
Liberty or tyranny, happiness or misery, life or death. You decide. (H/T WRSA) And along similar lines, Paul Bonneau reminds us of a classic piece of his: “A New Berry Bush for the Garden.” The natives are surely getting restless when a law professor says things like this. The prof in question is Glenn Harlan Reynolds. But still … Yet another reminder that the Internet is full of idiots. Campaign challenges users to quit F*c*b**k for 99 days. (Hey, I think I’ve beaten that challenge already!) Malkin hands it to Bloomberg. Hands him his posterior, that is. And yes, that…
A different way of fighting addictions. Article is a little vague on whether these newish ways are more effective than the old. But it’s certainly good to see the old “you’re helpless, forever sick, and dependent only on a higher power” model of treatment getting some competition. Kim Jong Un is terrified of … poor-quality imitation Moon Pies??? Well, take it with a grain of salt, but stranger things have helped bring down tyrants. Yes, some cops should be charged with murder. And conspiracy. And attempted coverup. And … Obama The Great. Or why he thinks he is and is…
I thought the Hobby Lobby decision was the right one. I also think the owners of Hobby Lobby appear to be flaming hypocrites on the subject of contraception. Right from the moment of legalization, Washington state authorities have treated cannabis use with gentle good humor. The latest: a series of ads about things that it’s now legal — but not necessarily smart — to do while stoned. One-armed man fined for riding bike with only one handbrake. It might be no surprise the Microsoft security people just broke a chunk of the Internet The surprise (to me at least) is…
As of this afternoon, JPFO has a F*c*b**k page — and it’s all thanks once again to the Amazing Nicki. JPFO lost control of its old social media feeds late last year for reasons too grim & complicated to go into. It took social-media whiz Nicki no time at all to get new ones going. Now, of course, comes the long slog of winning back all those JPFO Twitter and FB followers — and there were thousands. So please … spread the word. I swear, just watching Nicki work wears me out. I think I’ll go have a Bloody Mary…