Already night around 4PM which means more depressing days to come in terms of outdoor activity.
@indigo I'm afraid those tech companies are going to get even more creepy.
// @neilco @kdfrawg
@literary Hope your new passwords are stronger now. Never fun to change but it's necessary.
A look at PLATO, a 1960s-era networked platform of computers for education, a precursor to modern Internet concepts including forums and instant messaging [motherboard.vice.com]
Leaned a lot of new things on this one.
Internet Archive: The quest to preserve truth [theregister.co.uk]
Here's a great look inside the Internet Archive and it's 10PB+ of storage to keep the truth alive.
Freelance mini projects now complete. Now a more relaxful week is upcoming which is great!
FCC approves TV technology that allows broadcasters to know what you're watching and remotely turn on your TV. [reuters.com]
This is real bad news for privacy as this will soon be a requirement. A real-life Orwellian novel taking shape.
So it looks like barring legal action (because it's a guarantee there will be), the US internet will be tightly controlled by ISPs and that is real bad news for freedom of speech, small businesses, startups, consumers and self-employers. Soon, we will be living in very dark times. It's only the beginning.
@literary Looks like they did a great job on it!
Is your Mastodon handle the same as here? I'm on there too occasionally.