An odd request: Does anyone know the Vernor Vinge "Zones of Thought" books well enough to have an identifiable character, place, or quote that starts with the letter 'Y'? Asking for a friend...
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France has often been on the wrong side of these sorts of things. They had very strict regulations early-on in the crypto wars. I remember a story about a US company getting French flack for encrypting their data after a French competitor stole some of their secrets that transited French wirelines.
Fight for the FutureFrance just became the first nation in Europe to ban teens from social media and, you guessed it, they’re forcing everyone to upload their ID’s for social media access in order to enforce it. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Now what would be really REALLY funny is if Trump decided to sneakily arm the opposition down there, with the help of, oh I don't know, a middle-eastern adversary who's recently been at odds with us? Just sayin'...
Mike WalkerNicaragua’s president says country will not hold any more elections www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Found this via Fedi. My first quick thought was, "ooh, the hardware moral equivalent of MULTICS." negroniventurestudios.com/2026/07/18/t...
The computer at the bottom of a canalSomewhere at the bottom of the Forth and Clyde Canal, buried in the silt, there is a box of custom silicon that was right about almost everything. Back in 1988 a Scottish hi-fi company shipped a proce...negroniventurestudios.comToday (oops, yesterday now) was the anniversary of the death of legendary @umichband.bsky.social director William D. Revelli. I was lucky to meet the man myself as a Freshman, and we MMBers are all part of his legacy. kebe.com/blog/?p=513
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