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    When Death Stalks my Yard

    This must be a horrible moment for a rabbit or a mouse or a chipmunk; when I think about the predator drone-strikes, I imagine they must instill the same immobilizing terror, except the drones don’t cast that flickering shadow.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 23, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground
    • 8 Comments

    Specifically How It Should Not Be Done

    Back in 2009 I did some strategy consulting for a company that was building a cop-cam system; they wanted to know if having the data in “the cloud” would be acceptable, and what protections would need to be in place for the customers to trust it. My job was to look for perverse incentives in the design, and to suggest ways to make the storage option more palatable.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 22, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground, Cops
    • 17 Comments

    The Best Justice System Money Can Buy

    It’s become a rite of the losers to decry the influence of money on politics, and it’s a legitimate complaint. As a portable form of power, money is going to immediately be corrupting to any system you can inject it into.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 21, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground, Cops
    • 35 Comments

    Up Close and Impersonal

    When I tried flying a drone right up to deer they don’t seem bothered until you get quite close.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 20, 2018
    • Art
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    I Saw Black Panther

    And it was OK. I am generally sick of movies in which the final resolution is two people in spandex beating the crap out of each other.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 19, 2018
    • Art
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    Sunday Sermon: There Must Be a Name for This Disease

    What do you call it when someone wants more money, even proportionally tiny amounts, yet is willing to go to great lengths to get them? I’m surprised psychologists haven’t come up with a term for it, though I suppose it could be a manifestation of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 18, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground
    • 44 Comments

    O Hai

    I came home and, as I got close to my house, this fellow was standing by the porch.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 17, 2018
    • Art
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    This Would be Pretty Cool

    File it under “Elon Musk wants to screw all the telco monopolies.”

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 17, 2018
    • Cyberwar, Technology
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    Helping People

    There is topic I’ve wanted to explore but haven’t because I am not sure how to explain it or make sense of it, but thanks to the NYPD I think I’ve figured it out. The problem is “what does ‘helping’ someone mean?” at a strategic level.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 16, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground, Cops, Philosophy
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    Stephen Hawking

    What a life!

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 15, 2018
    • Art
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