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I'm Upset Again About a Co-Creator of RSS Being Prosecuted For Something Meta Is Doing With Little Consequence – quailblog

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:47:56 +0000

It’s nothing short of an indictment of our society at large that Aaron Swartz, one of the co-creators of the RSS protocol (among many other things) was effectively assasinated by our legal system for “illegally” downloading about 70 gigabytes of academic articles from JSTOR - charged so excessively to be made an example of (we're talking 35 years in prison, $1million USD fine, and asset forfeiture) to the point where he felt the need to take his own life rather than deal with the court circus and impending financial ruin - while Facebook (oh I’m sorry Meta) has torrented 80 TERABYTES of books to train their AI models with virtually no consequences other than a court case they will most likely get some sort of financial slap on the wrist for while their AI models continue to print them money.

Tags: #aaronsw #ai #books #libraries #llms #meta

Banned Book Library | Rick's Blog

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:31:50 +0000

A long while back I had an idea to hack a WiFi smart light bulb to do something more useful to me. Actually, I had a few different ideas of things to do with them. One of these ideas was to modify the device to have an open WiFi access point and a web server hosting banned books. The idea was that if you lived somewhere that banned books you thought were important, you could theoretically stick a digital copy of the book on one of these light bulbs. Then you could go install it somewhere in your community. As long as the light bulb is switched on, then anyone in the vicinity can still access the banned material assuming they have an electronic device with WiFi. Since the device is a light bulb, it would be difficult to detect and likely to go unnoticed. A cyberpunk digital dead drop. These devices are also fairly inexpensive, so leaving them around town as is hopefully not very cost prohibitive.

Tags: #books #cyberpunk #diy #esp32 #hacks #hardware #iot

Co-Existence and the End of Co-Intelligence

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:07:39 +0000

Two years ago, the question I was trying to answer was how to think alongside a new kind of intelligence. Now the questions are weirder: When should you refuse AI’s help, even when it is offering? When should you hand over the keys entirely? And what do you do when the AI is no longer just your assistant, but your reader, your critic, and the gatekeeper standing between your work and its audience? Writing this book meant living with all three questions at once, and I suspect your job will involve them soon, if it doesn’t already.

Tags: #ai #books #work

Welcome to Booklore | Booklore

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:23:58 +0000

A modern way to organize, read, and own your digital library.

Tags: #booklore #books #epub #ereader #reading

Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults by Caroline Maguire | Hachette Book Group

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:09:57 +0000

From a social emotional learning expert: a book providing simple, science-based, practical advice including scripts, tips and strategies to help Neurodivergent adults who have ADHD, autism or anxiety find the belonging and support of lifelong friendships they seek.

Tags: #adhd #books #friends #neurodivergent #social

ZINEDROP - A community directory for independent zines. Submit your publications, discover new work.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:53:59 +0000

Love zines? You’re in the right place!

Tags: #books #diy #zines

The new Metroid Prime art book offers insights into Nintendo’s process | The Verge

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:17:59 +0000

Metroid Prime 1–3: A Visual Retrospective is a fabulous resource for learning more than I ever thought I’d be privy to about Nintendo and Retro Studios’ ambitious first-person adventure series. The 210-page hardcover book launches on October 28th, weeks before the series makes its long-awaited return with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond on the Switch and Switch 2. It’s the perfect $50 gift for someone who’s pored over video essays about the trilogy’s design, and who’s always wanted to get a behind-the-scenes look at how the games were made

Tags: #books #gaming #metroid #nintendo

Choose Your Own Adventure The Digital Antiquarian

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 03:41:01 +0000

Tags: #adventure #books #cyoa #games #gaming #rpg

HandsOnLLM/Hands-On-Large-Language-Models: Official code repo for the O'Reilly Book - "Hands-On Large Language Models"

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 22:36:22 +0000

Official code repo for the O'Reilly Book - "Hands-On Large Language Models"

Tags: #ai #books #llm #ml

Rush is a Band Blog: Neil Peart's Silver Surfers book now available

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:22:02 +0000

Neil Peart's final book - a coffee table book highlighting his extensive "Silver Surfers" car collection - officially releases today

Tags: #books #cars #peart #rush

Make it Yourself

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:12:40 +0000

Make it Yourself is a digital book that showcases this incredible talent, bringing together over 1000 useful DIY projects to demonstrate just what is possible when you make things yourself.

Tags: #books #design #diy #makers

The History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:35:04 +0000

Tags: #books #c64 #commodore #retro

My last word on DRM | Studio Tendra

Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:52:45 +0000

It involves inflicting a recurring technical, infrastructural, and administrative cost on all of their sales in perpetuity to solve a problem they can’t prove exists. By tying their entire catalogue, in perpetuity, to the fate and competence of a single external service provider (whoever provides the DRM solution) publishers are taking a business risk of unfathomable proportions. These are the kinds of risks that sink large companies.

Tags: #books #drm #imported:pinboard #publishers #reading

My last word on DRM | Studio Tendra

Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:52:45 +0000

Tags: #books #drm #publishers #reading

Smooth CoffeeScript

Sat, 17 Aug 2013 00:17:34 +0000

An introduction to CoffeeScript programming with an emphasis on clarity, abstraction and verification

Tags: #books #coffeescript #imported:pinboard #webdev