This is actually a great example of how material concerns influence culture. The differences (including this one) between manga & american… | Continue reading
By dying before finishing Acid Communism, Fisher freed us up not just to argue about what he really meant by Acid Communism, but also to… | Continue reading
The problem of generating interesting long-form text (whether fiction or non-fiction) is a problem of information density: people do not… | Continue reading
“Our competitor has released a new update,” the vice president said, “with thirty new features.” | Continue reading
Software developers are in a position of power. Most of the software that gets professionally developed is proprietary or is hidden away… | Continue reading
Last February, in response to online pushes (for Women’s History Month) to “read more women”, I went looking at my bookshelf (which I had… | Continue reading
Hot take: algorithmic sorting of timelines, displaying ads, and accepting subscription fees are all ‘editorial’ and therefore any… | Continue reading
This essay originally appeared on secure scuttlebutt at %3k6qAo85Q/1hjMW6xc3S0MNt+PsBCM00S354HeXOUco=.sha256 | Continue reading
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