Panoramix @panoramix@mastodon.social

Opinion | We need to hack-proof our elections. An old technology can help. http://wapo.st/2BYjJvu

Silicon Valley Is Turning Into Its Own Worst Fear https://www.buzzfeed.com/tedchiang/the-real-danger-to-civilization-isnt-ai-its-runaway

While I agree coding is a useful skill, I think Cook might be overestimating its importance *slightly* https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/12/apple-ceo-tim-cook-learning-to-code-is-so-important.html

Yuval Noah Harari's new book to cover global warming, God and nationalism https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/06/sapiens-author-harari-new-book-to-cover-global-warming-god-and-nationalism

If it’s broken, you can’t fix it: A “right to repair” movement tools up https://www.economist.com/news/business/21729744-tractors-smartphones-mending-things-getting-ever-harder-right-repair-movement

This is stupidity in action, but you don't have to take my word for it. http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/levar-burton-sued-for-using-his-reading-rainbow-catchphrase.html

“ If someone told you that engineering was a field where you could get away with not dealing with people or feelings, then I’m very sorry to tell you that you have been lied to. ” — @yonatanzunger https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/so-about-this-googlers-manifesto-1e3773ed1788

New Jersey Becomes the 12th State to Consider Right to Repair Legislation https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/new-jersey-becomes-the-12th-state-to-consider-right-to-repair-legislation

As if we didn't already know Scott Adams went off the deep end somewhere. http://dilbert.com/strip/2017-05-14

I'm an ex-Facebook exec: don't believe what they tell you about ads https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/02/facebook-executive-advertising-data-comment

Busy day for Intel server admins: https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Do+you+have+Intel+AMT+Then+you+have+a+problem+today+Intel+Active+Management+Technology+INTELSA00075/22364/

Science vs. Silliness for Parents: Debunking the Myths of Child Psychology - CSI http://www.csicop.org/si/show/science_vs._silliness_for_parents_debunking_the_myths_of_child_psychology

Canada knows. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/canada-just-ruled-to-uphold-net-neutrality

Hilarious read: Ross Douthat - "This newspaper’s secular liberal readers should head en masse to church." https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/opinion/sunday/save-the-mainline.html

Arkansas plans to execute 8 men over 10 days - because drug expires.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/02/health/arkansas-eight-executions/

BBC News - Graphene-based sieve turns seawater into drinking water http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39482342

Great Barrier Reef at 'terminal stage': scientists despair at latest coral bleaching data https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/10/great-barrier-reef-terminal-stage-australia-scientists-despair-latest-coral-bleaching-data