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    EVENTS

    A Fascinating Story

    This is reported in The Guardian – and I heartily suggest you read the whole source article, if it interests you.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • April 5, 2021
    • Things That Delight Me
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    Winning

    I have lived a life of great fortune. Starting with picking a great set of parents, being born white, and American, I just kept getting lucky as opportunity spread itself before me like a red carpet. I would have had to be a real loser to fail.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • April 4, 2021
    • rant, Things That Delight Me
    • 15 Comments

    Things That Delight Me All Along The Watchtower

    This is a really lovely blues-tinged cover, delivered with passion.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 29, 2021
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
    • 12 Comments

    Photography in the Age of Photoshop

    Back in the 50’s and 60’s, there were photographs of “flying saucers” that were considered to be non-fake because of the presumed difficulty of faking film.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 22, 2021
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
    • 12 Comments

    Not Touch Panel

    This crossed my radar screen sensor fusion network thanks to the folks at TWIV. What does it have to do with virology? Nothing!

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 17, 2021
    • Art, Silliness, Things That Delight Me
    • 13 Comments

    The Phantom Tollbooth

    Norton Juster, the author of The Phantom Tollbooth died Monday, leaving behind one of the best children’s books, ever.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 10, 2021
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
    • 6 Comments

    More on “System Design”

    This is one that, I admit, never occurred to me, either. The fact that it did not is profoundly embarrassing. Ready for a little F-35 bashing?

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 27, 2021
    • Cyberwar, Things That Delight Me, Things that make blood squirt out my ears, War is a Racket

    I Can’t Help It

    Two more memes.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 16, 2021
    • Things That Delight Me

    Marking The Hits

    This fascinating tidbit was mentioned in an aside on TWIV. Even their digressions are often mind-blowing, and teach fundamental scientific thinking. I mentally bookmarked it under “more research” and “not miserably depressing” and started digging.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 14, 2021
    • Science, Things That Delight Me

    Free Speech Doesn’t Mean “Never Stop Gabbing.”

    Parler is a security disaster in progress.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 11, 2021
    • Cyberwar, Things That Delight Me, Things that make blood squirt out my ears, We are Fucked
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