Notices by nil (doctorow@mamot.fr)

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Death of a Cyborg
https://boingboing.net/2019/09/29/premier-deuil.html

Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner's Roy Batty, RIP https://boingboing.net/2019/07/24/rutger-hauer-blade-runners.html

“Why do girls like Atari Computer Camps? - 1983 ad https://advertisingpics.tumblr.com/post/185205249443/why-do-girls-like-atari-computer-camps-1983-ad

#5yrsago Business Software Alliance accused of pirating the photo they used in their snitch-on-pirates ad https://boingboing.net/2014/03/23/business-software-alliance-acc.html

An "e-ink typewriter" that can only do one thing
https://boingboing.net/2019/02/15/spuds-for-everything.html

RT @mathowie@twitter.com: @doctorow@twitter.com @CNN@twitter.com @business@twitter.com @thehill@twitter.com this is amazing

??: https://twitter.com/mathowie/status/1072488269869404160

British Parliament seizes internal Facebook documents by threatening to jail a rival exec
https://boingboing.net/2018/11/25/by-any-means-necessary.html

There’s “beef” beneath Ford’s beauty! 1956 https://advertisingpics.tumblr.com/post/180196054528/theres-beef-beneath-fords-beauty-1956

#1yrago Quaker Apples & Cinnamon has "35% less sugar" because they've cut the portion size by 35%, while the price remains 100% https://boingboing.net/2017/10/20/grocery-shrink-ray.html

Prof. Hermann Billing & Wilhelm Vittali. Central Station, Karlsrühe. Germany 1905 http://danismm.tumblr.com/post/178988800129/prof-hermann-billing-wilhelm-vittali-central

New Macbooks and Imacs will brick themselves if they think they're being repaired by an independent technician
https://boingboing.net/2018/10/04/welcome-bootlickers.html

Bob Widlar’s 1970’s National Semiconductor Ad https://advertisingpics.tumblr.com/post/178154820268/bob-widlars-1970s-national-semiconductor-ad

Oh, come on. The revised A13 says, "You don't have to filter, but if any infringement shows up on your platform, you pay out gigantic fines. " The idea that this constitutes anything other than a filtering mandate is pure intellectual dishonesty.

Your theory of change can't be "Technology makes politics irrelevant."

It must be "Technology is a force multiplier for effecting political change."

#5yrsago How the feds asked Microsoft to backdoor BitLocker, their full-disk encryption tool https://boingboing.net/2013/09/11/how-the-feds-asked-microsoft-t.html

Hey, remember that time that Youtube zeroed out the entire proceedings of a Canadian climate conference because the lunchtime background music triggered a copyright false-positive? Neither does he. https://boingboing.net/2014/11/25/youtube-nukes-7-hours-worth.html

A next-gen, multi-switch Useless Machine that unswitches your switches in order
https://boingboing.net/2018/08/18/switched-sisyphus.html

#1yrsago You can hijack a gene sequencer by hiding malware in a DNA sample https://boingboing.net/2017/08/10/computer-viruses.html

RT @BookTV@twitter.com: CORY DOCTOROW ON CAPITALISM
Last weekend, Cory @Doctorow@twitter.com joined us LIVE to discuss all of his books on #InDepth Fiction Edition. If you missed it, watch it online OR tune in tomorrow at 9am ET to watch the entire program on @BookTV@twitter.com.

??: https://twitter.com/BookTV/status/1028023655413035009