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Dec 24
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Send a Christmas card to Gottfrid Svartholm Warg

Send a Christmas card to Gottfrid Svartholm Warg

Dec 18
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2600: The Hacker Quarterly, Autumn 2012

2600: The Hacker Quarterly, Autumn 2012

Nov 25
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Two misfits walk into a bar…

Two misfits walk into a bar…

Nov 24
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An-Cat, a heroine in the upcoming Voluntaryist comic series

An-Cat, a heroine in the upcoming Voluntaryist comic series

Nov 19
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Byzantium Security: elite protection for the world’s elite

Byzantium Security: elite protection for the world’s elite

Nov 17
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20 years later, and all these gadgets now fit into your pocket

20 years later, and all these gadgets now fit into your pocket

Nov 11
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Snow Warrior: Mi’kmaq warrior and former US Marine sniper Danny Boy Stephens

Snow Warrior: Mi’kmaq warrior and former US Marine sniper Danny Boy Stephens

Nov 07
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Gold price versus USD monetary base, 2008-2012

Gold price versus USD monetary base, 2008-2012

Nov 06
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Voting: the slave’s suggestion box

Voting: the slave’s suggestion box

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The Vote for Nobody campaign

The Vote for Nobody campaign

Nov 04
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You can easily find a list of major characters in this book [but] odds-on they wont mention the star of the show: The Primer. Oh, the Primer! Oh, sweet bejesus, the Primer! I wish I had a Primer as a child. I wish I had a Primer now, to give to my son. The Primer is perfect. It’s like a fully formed idea you were already aware of, that hadn’t been articulated yet. It was on the tip of my tongue – now I know what it’s called: the Primer! The Primer is perfect. It is what everyone who’s banged their head on the desk through educational software wishes it was, and then some.

I could read a whole encyclopedia about Nell’s lessons with the Primer – then go back in time, finish my AI design degree and devote my life to making the Primer a reality. Everything else in this book is window dressing (fascinating, imaginative, playful, funny, adventurous and evocative window dressing, for sure).

Oct 31
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Within four minutes, one kid not only opened the box, found the on-off switch … powered it up. Within five days, they were using 47 apps per child, per day. Within two weeks, they were singing ABC songs in the village, and within five months, they had hacked Android.
Oct 23
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The solution to oversleeping?

The solution to oversleeping?