Cory Doctorow's Daily Links: The Big Con, Tech News, and Upcoming Appearances
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Summary
Cory Doctorow's daily links post covering various topics including his book "The Big Con" (about how making fraud schemes bigger doesn't make them legitimate), interesting links about TVA v SETI@Home, telemarketers v DHS, Matt Stone's MPAA censorship memo, Stonehenge pocket watch, W3C v security research, congressional mass-shooting response simulator, dynastic wealth, gig economy astroturf, and Meta publishing user AI prompts. Also includes upcoming appearance schedule.
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bskyCory Doctorow's Daily Links: The Big Con, Tech News, and Upcoming Appearancespluralistic.netKey quotes
· 3 pulledMaking the pile of shit bigger won't increase the number of ponies underneath it.
The Big Con: Making the pile of shit bigger won't increase the number of ponies underneath it.
Delights to delectate.
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