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I want to address a related point to the one I raised in this thread. A couple years ago the Times did a really strong package about the power of SpaceX. Not only is SpaceX. Not only is it now one if not the preemptive orbital delivery company in the world it also has a fleet of ...

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Hanlon's razor is part of my philosophy of life. Maybe I need to preface it with "except when dealing with malign narcissists,".

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New Blogpost: www.cert.at/en/blog/2025... What can the history of file sharing tell us about the prospects of chat control legislation?

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Oracle? Hard Pass. If past experiences with DB license changes weren't enough, this is a timely reminder that the cloud is simply "other people'scomputers": mastodon.de/@ErikUden/11...

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Who would have thought that the real "high risk vendors" (in EU parlance) aren't the Chinese ones, but the ones Trump might let Musk play gatekeeper for?

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One of the best ways for Mexico to retaliate against Trump tariffs (because "drugs") is to ban or heavily tax imports of high fructose corn syrup for health reasons. There is enough science to support it, and it hits Trumps base.

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Someone should do a "who goes AfD" version.

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Is Trump moving the US cloud providers versus the EU into the same situation that TikTok is versus the US? Let's see: noyb.eu/en/us-cloud-...

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New Blogpost: lendl.priv.at/blog/2025/01...

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Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized, open source Instagram competitor that has had skyrocketing signups in recent days: www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...

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Stolzer Vater: sport.orf.at/stories/3136...

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Can someone please tell Trump that the reason why Greenland is called Greenland is not because it is famous for its golf greens?

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Feels genuinely wrong if you say we are quarter of the way through this century

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This terrific @nplusonemag.com article on Netflix is such a perfect illustration of one of Marx’s cardinal rules of capitalism: the capitalist must produce a commodity with a use value, but they quite literally do not care what it is. Netflix thus embodies the pure commodification of tv/film.

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Christmas in Carinthia.

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Lesenswert: www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft... Im Süden macht PV schlicht ganz viel Sinn.

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Some people claim that the purpose of the 2nd amendment is to be able to fight an oppressive government. Maybe they are half right and it's about fighting oppressive corporations instead? Strange how ppl react if the shoe is suddenly the other foot.

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Overlooking the fact that our brain is hardwired to react to rage bait and perceived danger in headlines might be the single biggest cause of skewed user data interpretation. Clicks ≠ value. "In our past, this is the kind of content that we really needed to pay attention to"

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If the shoe is on the other foot: element.io/blog/senator...

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Hab mal wieder ein Interview gegeben: Diesmal zu Juice-Jacking für den Standard: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

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Carl Sagan, 1995. via Leto over at Balloon Juice imgur.com/gallery/carl...

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We leveled your cities, carried out mass executions of civilians and POWs, denied your nationhood and language, denied your agency to conduct foreign policy, and invaded you twice. But if you downsize your army and become neutral, we promise we won't touch you again, trust me bro

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Unfollowing hyperpartisan influencers can reduce partisan animosity by 24%. It was a "structural intervention", changing people’s daily information diet for at least a year. osf.io/acbwg Authors: among else @steverathje.bsky.social @jayvanbavel.bsky.social

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Unfortunately I will not be able to attend after all. My apologies, my initial enthusiasm was caused by a misreading of 'webinar' as 'winebar', under the circumstances I hope you understand

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