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Github blocked in India — why even business needs a decentralized internet
Today’s news: Internet users in India are starting to lose to access websites including GitHub, Internet Archive, Pastebin, and Vimeo under an order from India’s DoT (Department of Telecom). … “The websites that have been blocked were based on an advisory by Anti Terrorism Squad, and were carrying Anti India content from ISIS.” So, somebody…
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Human visual processing speed vs short-term memory access speed
Here’s an interesting experiment about human information processing, featuring me, myself and some Christmas songs. Every Christmas season, I pull out a little book of Christmas songs and play some of them on the piano. Because I play those songs only once a year, and then only a few times, I don’t remember much about…
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In praise of my MacBook Pro
I’ve owned Macs, continuously, since 1992, when I got an LC II. Even through the dark years when my PowerBook 5300 seemed to be in the shop more often than it was usable. My most recent MacBook Pro, is undoubtedly the best. I bought it, while on vacation in Italy, on-line within hours of when…
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Connectivity for the Internet of Things
Let me say it up front: I don’t think the internet-of-things is being deployed for reals in the home by many people at this point. My argument is simple: nobody ever talks about the number one frustration that I have in my home, and I don’t think I’m unique: WiFi coverage, or the lack thereof.…
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How GnuPG Works
I first used GnuPG 21 years ago, to securely communicate from Germany with my US-based girlfriend at the time (who became my wife of by now 17 years). That was before the web (I discovered it in December 1993), and connectivity was over a modem, “somewhere” in the company that paid my salary. This modem…