ReHacked vol. 187: RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language, First-ever study shows bumble bees 'play', The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal? and more
The currency of the New Economy won't be money, but attention --A radical theory of value, 1997
ReHacked vol. 186: Electroshock Therapy More Successful for Depression than Ketamine, The worst sales promotion in history, How to use the watch as a Compass and more
It’s a marketing stunt. It’s a gag. But it’s also a massive license-violation framework. --Jamie Zawinski about GitHub Copilot
ReHacked vol. 185: Piracy as a form of music appreciation, Jessica Wade Makes Wikipedia bios For Unknown Women Scientists, Google Engineers Joked About How Incognito Mode Isn't Very Incognito and more
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. --H. L. Mencken
ReHacked #184: Brave browser to start blocking cookie consent banners, Sabotage cause of massive train disruption in northern Germany, Boston Dynamics pledges not to weaponize its robots and more
If you write what you yourself sincerely think and feel and are interested in, you will interest other people. --R.Carson
ReHacked #183: Japan WWII poison gas agents still scarring people today, Norvig's Law, Browsers with built-in VPNs and more
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again. --Peter Norvig
ReHacked #182: Kazakhstan’s president: We’re moving full speed ahead toward reform, Iran’s Internet Shutdown, New Webb Image Captures Clearest View of Neptune’s Rings in Decades and more
"Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them." --David Allen
ReHacked #181: Facebook Bans Holocaust Film for Violating Race Policy, The movie Hackers was released 27 years ago, The B-52 was designed in a hotel room over one weekend and more
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ReHacked #180: Queen Elizabeth II and other news
It doesn’t matter what education or job you have. The most important thing is to be nice to the people around you. --Old wise woman.
ReHacked #179: Frank Drake has died, Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model, AI-Generated Bible Art and more
Writing is not the artifact of thinking, it’s the actual thinking process. --Herbert Lui
ReHacked #178: Why No Roman Industrial Revolution?, Orcas Are Breaking Rudders Off Boats in Europe, AI generated pr0n and more
“If you go deeply into solitude, it will grow clearer to you that it’s not something you choose to do or not to do. Humans are fundamentally solitary. That is our nature.” - Rainer Maria Rilke