In my latest blog roundup, I explore some intriguing reads, like the tactile shift from touchscreens back to knobs and buttons, Albertsons using land restrictions to squelch competition, and Alonzo Church’s pivotal role in computer intelligence. I delve into why unplugging isn’t the only online peace strategy, examine the existential threat AI poses to publishers, discuss parody’s power in activism, and highlight a Bluetooth and WiFi jammer project. Happy reading!
- IEEE Spectrum: In an interview with Rachel Plotnick, delve into the past and present of tactile controls. As touchscreens dominate, we examine the current trend shifting back to physical buttons, and why users crave the familiar feel of buttons, knobs, and switches in their devices and interfaces.
- How Albertsons Kills Rural Grocers with Land Use Restrictions: Albertsons uses land use restrictions in Mammoth, CA to stop competition so it can be the only store in town.
- Alonzo Church: The Forgotten Architect of Computer Intelligence: The man who gave us the solution to the Entscheidungsproblem
- Unplugging Is Not The Solution You Want: 🎧 Listen or Read | Why acceptance is another worthy approach to finding peace online
- Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense by Saul Perlmutter PhD:
- Zuckerburg Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: By: Frank Bilotto For the past year, I have been unabashedly critical of publishers that are licensing their content to companies with AI technologies. With each new licensing agreement, AI companies are taking giant leaps forward to ultimately replacing publishers. Many of you are old enough to remember when Google first publicly released their mission […]
- Sorry, Gas Companies – Parody Isn’t Infringement (Even If It Creeps You Out): Activism comes in many forms. You might hold a rally, write to Congress, or fly a blimp over the NSA. Or you might use a darkly hilarious parody to make your point, like our client Modest Proposals recently did. Modest Proposals is an activist collective that uses parody and culture jamming to…
- The key decisions that saved the Boston Globe: Boston Globe paywall strategy: Chief commercial officer Kayman Salmanpour explains how a famous local news title escaped possible closure.
- ESP32-BlueJammer: The ESP32-BlueJammer (Bluetooth jammer, BLE jammer, WiFi jammer, RC jammer) disrupts various devices using an ESP32 and nRF24 modules, causing plenty of noise and sending unnecessary packets (DoS). It interrupts: Bluetooth, BLE, WiFi, and RC (Drones, etc.) connections, IoT devices, and much more communicating on 2.4GHz! – EmenstaNougat/ESP32-BlueJammer