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FCC votes to restore net neutrality

theverge.com
52 points·by NetBeck·2 years ago·18 comments

FCC moves ahead with Title II net neutrality rules in 3-2 party-line vote

arstechnica.com
184 points·by NetBeck·3 years ago·189 comments

Some business advice for academic startups/spinouts

berthub.eu
2 points·by NetBeck·4 years ago·0 comments

Lunch with a Former Technology Teacher

old.reddit.com
2 points·by NetBeck·5 years ago·0 comments

Causal Information Affects Decisions

cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com
48 points·by NetBeck·5 years ago·4 comments

What happens when 911 fails (2014)

theverge.com
1 points·by NetBeck·5 years ago·0 comments

AIM Encryption Certificates

ocf.berkeley.edu
2 points·by NetBeck·5 years ago·0 comments

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NetBeck
·2 years ago·discuss
>It is estimated that 70% of wealthy families will lose their wealth by the second generation and 90% will lose it by the third.[0]

[0] https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/generational-wealth%3A-why-d...
NetBeck
·3 years ago·discuss
Schools could buy these for students instead of parking buses outside to act as WiFi hotspots.
NetBeck
·3 years ago·discuss
During initial setup, allowing product owners to choose what browser they want, whether its Safari, Chrome, or Firefox, with their respective browser engines, would be nice.
NetBeck
·3 years ago·discuss
From what I found on teeth development:

>The first stage begins in the fetus at about 6 weeks of age. This is when the basic substance of the tooth forms.

>Next, the hard tissue that surrounds the teeth is formed, around 3 to 4 months of gestation.[0]

[0] https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-preventi...
NetBeck
·3 years ago·discuss
Reminds me of excess calories chess players burn when playing.

>Robert Sapolsky, who studies stress in primates at Stanford University, says a chess player can burn up to 6,000 calories a day while playing in a tournament, three times what an average person consumes in a day.[1]

[1] https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmaste...
NetBeck
·3 years ago·discuss
“We have to push back the product launch date. The AI bot is down and that one employee that knows how computers work was laid off due to redundancy.”
NetBeck
·3 years ago·discuss
This is reminiscent of the Panic of 1907:

>Morgan and his associates examined the books of the Knickerbocker Trust and decided it was insolvent, so they did not intervene to stop the run. Its failure, however, triggered runs on even healthy trusts, prompting Morgan to take charge of the rescue operation.[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1907#J._P._Morgan
NetBeck
·4 years ago·discuss
YouTube is deleting pre-2010 videos, meanwhile anything is still possible at https://www.zombo.com
NetBeck
·4 years ago·discuss
The FTC signaled this move and others earlier this month.[1]

>“During the pandemic reliance on these technologies really dramatically increased and Americans are now often dependent on these key digital tools and services to navigate their day to day lives,”

>“Children should not be required to sign up for surveillance in order to sign up to do their schoolwork,” Khan said Wednesday.

[1] https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3516884-ftc-chair-khan...
NetBeck
·4 years ago·discuss
Apollo was rejected by a mortal after giving her powers. As a god of prophecy, he should have seen that coming.
NetBeck
·4 years ago·discuss
Word 2007 had an "AutoSummarize" feature which was later removed.[1] I wonder how well it would hold up today.

[1] https://youtu.be/o30nPCgdq0I?t=100
NetBeck
·4 years ago·discuss
The packages increasing by $10 have an extra $10 DVR charge. The only static price to the left doesn’t mention a DVR fee.
NetBeck
·4 years ago·discuss
LibreOffice Draw edits PDFs pretty well.
NetBeck
·4 years ago·discuss
"Returning to the market" were similar headlines when Dell went public again.[0][1][2]

[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dell-ipo-idUSKCN1OR14E

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/dell-returns-to-public-equity-m...

[2] https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/28/18159305/dell-stock-mark...
NetBeck
·4 years ago·discuss
The lease agreement on those boxes usually states the customer assuming all risk. Sometimes boxes randomly go missing, and natural disasters can make them inaccessible.

"She sued the bank in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking $7.3 million. Bank of America sought to have the case dismissed, citing language in its lease agreement stating that the renter “assumes all risks” of leaving property in the box."[0]

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/safe-deposit-box...
NetBeck
·4 years ago·discuss
That failed merger's poison pill is the reason T-Mobile is the juggernaut it is today. The cash T-Mobile received allowed them to upgrade their network, and customers could roam free on AT&T's 1700MHz frequency.

AT&T's threat assessment of T-Mobile was correct at the time.
NetBeck
·5 years ago·discuss
There's EU draft regulation regarding AI utilization. Prohibited AI would be described as, "...systems or applications that manipulate human behaviour in order to circumvent the free will of the users."[0]

[0] https://www.ey.com/en_ch/ai/eu-draft-regulation-on-artificia...
NetBeck
·5 years ago·discuss
Jobs still reached an audience through iTunes. It paved the way for the iPhone to be untouched by carriers. Verizon rejected the first iPhone, but Cingular agreed to Apple's terms.[0]

[0] https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-28-verizon...
NetBeck
·5 years ago·discuss
Cloudflare has a useful tool for measuring if your ISP is using RPKI.[0] For Facebook, this is the latest I could find for their implementation of BGP.[1][2]

[0] https://isbgpsafeyet.com/

[1] https://engineering.fb.com/2021/05/13/data-center-engineerin...

[2] https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi21/presentation/abhash...
NetBeck
·5 years ago·discuss
Fast.com was originally a tool to measure if your line was throttling Netflix traffic.[0]

[0] https://qz.com/688033/netflix-launched-this-handy-speed-test...