I’m not talking about their dismantling of the modern idea of America that we grew up with on “Schoolhouse Rock”, either. Though that is bad enough. Most of that stuff is happening on the “shadow docket” where the Supreme Court…
Archive: Microsoft comics? (or: a look at the patently silly)
Ah, to be young and have the time to amuse myself browsing the patent database. An old post of mine from Kuro5hin.Org, dated “Sun Jun 18th, 2000 at 08:57:55 PM EST”. I was bored and clicking around the Net over…
You Should Read This: The Hater’s Guide To The AI Bubble
No one has been as vociferous, or as detailed, in addressing the generative AI bubble as Ed Zitron. Though I would say Nikhil Suresh has been more amusing. But Zitron is still engaging on it and he brings the receipts.…
Archive: Using Copyright to Protect Privacy
This one I don’t really agree with anymore; it’s too much of a “quick hack” to be a good idea for a long-term solution. An old post of mine from Kuro5hin.Org, dated “Sun Jun 11th, 2000 at 08:37:34 PM EST”.…
Archive: How to Manage Advertising on K5?
Sadly, though we did do several reader surveys with various sites on implementing an automated payment alternative to adverstising-support on web sites, in the end the system had no takers. An old post of mine from Kuro5hin.Org, dated “Thu Jun…
Ain’t Representin’ II: What Congress Would Look Like Under Proportional Representation
So, yesterday I did some back-of-the-envelope math about the party makeup of the California and Texas delegations in the U.S. House of Representatives to see what they would look like under a system of proportional representation by party registration. Like…
Ain’t Representin’:There’s Only One Solution To Gerrymandering
If there’s one thing that Republican and Democrats can agree on, even today, it’s that gerrymandering electoral district boundaries is a gross perversion of democracy. If it doesn’t benefit them, that is. If it benefits them, of course, they’ll say…
Archive: An Immodest DNS Proposal
This was the first story I submitted to K5, and was the essay that resulted in a group of us creating The OpenNIC. An old post of mine from Kuro5hin.Org, dated “Thu Jun 1st, 2000 at 10:45:30 PM EST”. We…
Dissenting From Judge Dredd: The Law Is The State
I’m gonna start with something that may not be popular with Democrats and Democrat-supporters. The federal government should be deporting anyone who’s here illegally. That’s what the law says it should be doing. And a State that ignores the laws…
Leviathan Search: You Can Make The World You Want To Live In
If the organizations and systems in the world don’t do what you want or do it the way you want, you don’t have to convince them to change; you can replace them instead. Even if only for yourself. This is…