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Backstage drama at Wikipedia DE

This is a fascinating case study of an in depth online dispute involving a very tech savvy and high profile team. Mathieu von Rohr in Speigel Online: "It…

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Conference about the Future of News

Next week, the Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society (CIS) is hosting a conference titled The Future of Journalism: Unpacking the Rhetoric. The…

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The price we pay for civilization

James Carroll in the Globe: "We may dislike the tax bite, but we loathe the destruction of civic pillars and the deliberate unraveling of safety nets. Citi…

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Thanks from WhatApp.org!

The response to WhatApp.org has been wonderful, thanks!  We now have over 20 registered and approved experts from a wide variety of sectors, including privacy c…

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Unvarnished Revisited (& Updated)

UPDATE: Unvarnished changed its privacy policy, addressing some of the problems I mentioned.  Thanks! I recently wrote about my disappointment in Unvarnished’s…

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Obama and Rush

CBS News: "In an interview with CBS News' Harry Smith yesterday, President Obama was asked if he is "aware of the level of enmity that crosses the…

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Unvarnished & Unintellible

UPDATE: I had a good meeting with Peter Kazanjy about Unvarnished.  My thoughts on that meeting and what I learned here.  Among other things, Unvarnished has no…

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Turing Machines and Bilski

I received a link to a fascinating site (http://www.aturingmachine.com) and video of a working model of a Turing Machine (TM). Turing Machines are named for Bri…