Burst the Filter Bubble
You should probably watch this: http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html (And while you’re at it, watch a bunch of other TED talks.) Some search engines simply don’t...
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Explaining the Brony Phenomenon
Update: Thanks so much to Equestria Daily for the link! This is now my most popular post ever! =) In 2010, an animated series entitled My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic debuted on cable tv. It was...
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Do not criticize someone’s spelling or grammar on the internet. The exceptions to this are (a) if the person’s spelling or grammar is literally so bad that you can’t figure out what they were trying to...
View ArticleGodwin’s Law
Godwin’s Law is a rule of the internet. The classic form is thus: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 100% The idea is that online...
View ArticleInternet Video Autoplay
Some websites play videos. On some of these, for no apparent reason, the video player cannot remain paused indefinitely. (I’ve seen this at the Daily Show and BBC websites.) So I’ll load the page, then...
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Internet domains end in dot something, such as .com or .us These are collectively called Top-Level Domains, or TLDs. ICANN is the group that sets the rules for TLDs, and it’s starting up a new process...
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The basic protocols of email, such as SMTP, have fundamental vulnerabilities. If I were in charge of Google or something, I’d send the following instructions to a team of programmers: Design a...
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