Stories by dredmorbius

Going Somewhere? (Mozilla Firefox)

Taxes are a really awesome invention, probably the best ever

How the Post Office Sells Your Address Update to Anyone Who Pays (2013)

Ask HN: What Are the Big Problems?

What If There Are Just Too Many People on Earth?

Americans’ Attitudes About Privacy, Security and Surveillance

SVG animation demo

The economic logic of some amazingly awful websites

Jennifer Pawluck convicted in police graffiti case

How to Save the World by Taking Back Control of Our Data (2003)

Mikko Hypponen: Is our online future worth sacrificing our privacy and security?

Accused of Spying for China, Until She Wasn’t

LinkedIn joins Twitter in post-earnings tumble

New York Times Co. Reports a Loss

Transport, Rail, Unintended Consequences, and Cascade Failures

The Bot Bubble: Click Farms Have Inflated Social Media Currency

Hard Numbers for the Activity on Google Plus

Fixing the cybersecurity problem needs a new approach

In Norway, income and wealth are public record (2009)

Autoplay is still bad for all users