Stories by walterbell

Coronavirus: Why Everyone Was Wrong

Q&A: The Data Delusion

Faith in PCR Quick Test Leads to Epidemic That Wasn’t (2007)

Walgreens Tests Digital Cooler Doors with Cameras to Target You with Ads

The disappearance of local news is a slow-moving disaster

A dataset for Wi-Fi-based human-to-human interaction recognition

Slashdot vs. Advogato – Reputation vs. Trust in Social Software

Palantir Goes to the Frankfurt School

China's Great Firewall descends on Hong Kong internet users

Microsoft’s solution to Zoom fatigue is to trick your brain

New Earn IT Act Creates an Insane New Dilemma: Either Encrypt All or Spy on All

You and Your Mind Garden

Fixers Know What ‘Repairable’ Means – Now There’s an EU Standard for It

Digital-gardeners: Resources and ideas for gardeners tending their digital notes

Why Coronavirus Contact-Tracing Apps Aren’t Ending the Pandemic

DNA Linked to Covid-19 Was Inherited from Neanderthals, Study Finds

The Best of R. A. Lafferty (Book Review)

Americans Need a Digital Bill of Rights

Doctors Call for Reopening Schools Despite Coronavirus Crisis

Vast neolithic circle of deep shafts found near Stonehenge