If your computer can’t lie to other computers, then it’s not yours. This is a fundamental principle of free and
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The default category for posts on this site; the equivalent of “Uncategorized” in a fresh WordPress installation :-).
Twelve Pieces of Classical Music, for Jim
The number twelve is a lie; I just wanted to hook you. More than a year ago, my friend Jim
Continue readingWhy not to sign the anti-Stallman petition on GitHub.
There’s a petition circulating that is essentially a public indictment of Richard Stallman. More than half of the initial signers
Continue readingActual comment from a LaTeX document that I am writing now.
% So, why are we not using \appdxsection here? % % Sit down, my child, and you shall hear a
Continue readingSo this happened.
I decided to try out this lossless text-compression demonstration site by Fabrice Bellard. It uses GPT-2 natural language generation and
Continue readingDon’t Cover For, Just Cover: How to Report on Trump
Have you noticed how Trump consistently says that “we can’t let the cure be worse than the problem“? (emphasis mine)
Continue readingWhy the Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library is a Good Idea.
I wrote a semi-personal post over at QuestionCopyright.org on why the National Emergency Library is a good thing. (Instead of
Continue readingEthics Enforcement Via Software Licenses Considered Harmful.
Update (2019-11-25): Audrey Eschright has made a link roundup of “pieces I’ve been reading on the topic of modern free
Continue readingFour Arguments for Elizabeth Warren.
I’ve been “All In For Warren” for a while now. I expect a lot more people to join us after
Continue readingHow about a Numeracy Editor?
Do any news organizations have a Numeracy Editor? For fifteen years, the New York Times had a Public Editor, whose
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