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RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116326861737478342
This thread is really interesting, and raises an issue which might be some weird corollary to Moore's law. Anyone who was programming before, I dunno, let's pick 2001, remembers the shift from constrained-resource coding, where you *had* to pay attention to resource use, make your algorithms as efficient as possible, etc. We didn't all manage to code cleanly and concisely, but that was the goal. 1/3
for those who might like a citable news article about the SANDWORM_MODE exploit, including the information summarized in the AI-generated summary screen-shotted in the OP, there's https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/malicious-npm-packages-harvest-crypto.html among others.
Has anyone written a history of developer fees? I'd be especially interested in their use by governments to maintain low property taxes. Bonus points if the history focuses on Canada.
#OpenAccess #publication in the spotlight:
➡️ The impact of mining-induced #earthquakes on #mental #health: Evidence from the #Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study and Biobank
🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629626000160?via%3Dihub
Read the interview with corresponding author Ailun Shui:
#OpenScience #economics #mining #psychology #Groningen #Netherlands
Advertising – specifically behavioral advertising – is central to corporate social media. Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff popularized “surveillance capitalism” as a label for behavioral advertising. Balkan uses a more brutal term: people farming. Like any cattle, he argues we are farmed by corporate social media. And such farming is wasteful....
How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir
Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used by ICE.https://www.404media.co/how-thomson-reuters-powers-ice-and-palantir/
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"Sauces that pair nicely with eating the rich."
NEW YORK – As yet another news cycle confirms that extreme wealth functions as a force field against accountability, the discourse has evolved. We’re no longer debating whether to eat the rich; we’ve moved on to the more pressing culinary question: how best to season them.
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/03/sauces-that-pair-nicely-with-eating-the-rich/
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