Conversable Economist
In Hume’s spirit, I will attempt to serve as an ambassador from my world of economics, and help in “finding topics of conversation fit for the entertainment of rational creatures.”.
By Timothy Taylor.
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An Economic Policy Tradeoff between Speed and Fraud During the Pandemic
The eruption of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 is less than five years ago: still, it has become hard (for me, at least) to recapture in my own head the fears and uncertainties of …
By conversableeconomist, 1,339 words
Strong Language
A sweary blog about swearing.
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Jesse Sheidlower answers our questions about “The F-Word”
Lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower has been researching and writing about fuck for a fucking long time: nearly three decades. He’s also been an invaluable resource for the Strong Language blog since our very beginnings (almost ten …
By Nancy Friedman, 1,776 words
PogoWasRight.org: Privacy News & Issues
My attempt to increase awareness of privacy news and issues.
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Tech Companies Push Back on Vietnam’s Proposed Data Protection Law
Scott Ikeda reports: Vietnam’s draft of a new data protection law has sparked pushback from US tech companies, who have been eyeing the country as one of Asia’s leading growth markets. The tech companies primarily …
LostFocus
A weblog by Dominik Schwind.
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Week 46, 2024
Another week over, huh? And here I am, back in grey, cold, rainy Germany again. What a bummer. After one more day in Vietnam I flew over to Bangkok and spent a few days there …
roytang.net
Roy Tang's blog. Programmer, engineer, scientist, critic, gamer, dreamer, and kid-at-heart. Randomly amazed.
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Weeknotes 2024-11-17
Today's entry will be a bit short. I'm writing this ahead of time so hopefully my scheduled publishing works fine. The World I am trying not to pay too much attention to US-centric news following …
Seirdy - Articles
All the long-form articles on Seirdy's Home.
By Rohan Kumar.
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Post-OCSP certificate revocation in the Web PKI
IntroductionToday, TLS certificates in the Web public key infrastructure (PKI) have long validity: almost all remain valid for at least three months! An attacker compromising a certificate early enough in its lifetimenote 1 keeps it …
Cloud Four – Articles
We share what we learn so we can build a better web, together.
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Generating Random Mazes with JavaScript
I didn’t get a chance to hit the pumpkin patch this year, so I missed out on seeing any corn mazes. To make up for it, I decided to make some mazes of my own! …
By Paul Hebert, 1,907 words
Scrivener's Error
Law and reality in publishing and entertainment (seldom the same thing) from the creator's side of the slush pile.
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Offshore Assets
Taking a break for a moment from US partisan politics (at least while gathering the ingredients for this platter), the last few weeks have seen some significant IP decisions, mostly overseas. But it's not 1930 …
Numbered Works — Notes
Making adventures, games, art, toys, music, objects.
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Updated a year ago
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The Hex Garden Encounters Three inductees in vivid butterfly robes, gardening. Brilliant, giant butterfly, fluttering above the chapel. Hex Priest. Two furred, swift, small humanoids, stealing figs. Giant caterpillar, feeding on the nearest green leaf. …
Silent London
A place for people who love silent film.
By Pamela Hutchinson.
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Beyond Gladiator: the ancient world on the silent screen
This is a guest blog for Silent London by Maria Wyke, professor of Latin at University College London. Worn out from watching Paul Mescal battle with CGI baboons, rhinos and sharks in the Roman arena? …
An Historian Goes to the Movies
Exploring history on the screen.
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Updated 2 years ago
The King: Agincourt
One of the reasons I stopped posting during Covid was I got busy right in the middle of a two-part review of The King (2019, dir. David Michôd), a movie I rather disliked. I did …
The Savvy Diabetic | Blog
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By Joanne Milo.
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Savvy Updates 11/18/24: NovoNordisk Phasing Out Human Insulin Pens, Sequel/Twiist AID, History of Artificial Pancreas
Novo Nordisk says it is gradually phasing out human insulin pens globally by Maggie Fick for Reuters.com, 14 November 2024. Novo Nordisk is gradually ending production of human insulin pens, as it spends billions to …
By thesavvydiabetic, 89 words
Fagerjord.org
Woodworking and other hobbies.
By Vidar Fagerjord Harboe.
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Updated 3 weeks ago
Parquet parkour
We are renovating a bedroom so that Rosemine and Lilly get their own, separate rooms. The oak parquet floor had a huge dent which needed fixing. And I did it the hard, easy way. Because …
Property, intangible®
a blog about ownership of intellectual property rights and its licensing.
By Pamela S. Chestek.
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Copyright and the Right to Scrape Data
X Corp. v. Bright Data Ltd. is being reported in the press for an odd proposition, quoting this sentence: “X Corp. wants it both ways: to keep its safe harbors yet exercise a copyright owner’s …
Yellhole
Obscurantist filth.
By Coda Hale.
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Updated a year ago