Base 44. Base 44, over and over and over again on my account with the history turned off.

If Meta actually stopped collecting data on users who instead pay them in a straightforward money => experience transaction this would be a great improvement. Except, of course, you know they won’t.

It added that Microsoft “is not in the business of facilitating the mass surveillance of civilians.”

Damn, first I’ve heard of it. The NSA must be running Linux.

RAS Syndrome

It’s a shame, because their launch site in Bowen is much closer to the Equator than the continental US. When/if they get it right, they’ll be able to need far less fuel than US launch sites.

Remember how everyone was horrified when an authoritarian government like China forced everyone to disclose their identities to get online? You’re thinking of Korea, its government required every citizen to have a ten digit online ID until 2008.