I’ve been programming for more than a few years now, but sometimes I like to look back at things I wrote when I was much younger, and reflect on how much I’ve learned since then. Of course, no one expects you to start out knowing everything, but there are a few things I wish I’d… Continue reading Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started Programming
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We’re Not Ready to be a Surveillance State
Recent news has revealed what many already suspected – we have become a de-facto surveillance state. The problem is: we are not at all ready to be a surveillance state.
Why Corporate Participation in Politics is Bad, Bad, Bad
I’ve talked before about why corporations are evil (or rather, why they tend to behave that way). But there’s something else I want to talk about which is related to that – and that’s corporate participation in politics. Let’s back up a bit first though and go over what exactly is a corporation? A corporation… Continue reading Why Corporate Participation in Politics is Bad, Bad, Bad
Florida Activates System for Citizens to Call Each Other Terrorists
Florida Activates System for Citizens to Call Each Other Terrorists Or, in other words, a very, very, very bad idea… but sadly not the first time we’ve seen something just like this. There’s the “if you see something, say something” campaign that you see plastered all over the place in the greater NYC metro area… Continue reading Florida Activates System for Citizens to Call Each Other Terrorists
Still Blogging
There’s a reason I don’t use services like Tumblr (or LiveJournal, or Blogger, or any of a dozen other similar “free” services) and instead still post things here on my own blog – and that is: I own this blog, but I don’t own Tumblr*. Now, this may not – scratch that, this will not… Continue reading Still Blogging