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Now, more than ever.

"L4S could fix a problem that even gigabit connections don’t."

Fork of the SimpleMobileTools set of privacy-focused apps, now that the original has been bought by a company known for buying up apps and adding even more tracking, ads, and ridiculously high subscription rates

"On July 11, 2017, at 00:55 UTC, the armored tank of a space probe Juno reached perijove, the closest point in its orbit over the mighty planet Jupiter. Screaming above the cloud tops at over 200,000 kilometers per hour — fast enough to cross the continental Unites States in a minute and a half — it took eleven minutes and 33 seconds to reach the Great Red Spot. Looking down from its height of a mere 9000 km above the clouds, what it saw was ... glorious.  "

"On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros."

UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.

Food for thought: applying the human brain's limits on meaningful relationships (Dunbar's number) to social media.
Interesting to look back at this 10 years later.

"No wonder you don't feel rested after a first night in a new place: Half your brain has stayed alert while the other half enjoyed deeper sleep."

A Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund project: "Analyzing Effective Governance and Infrastructure Gaps in Medium-to-Large Sized Servers for Enhanced Social Networking"