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Pluralistic: Neither the devil you know nor the devil you don't (21 Jun 2024)
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Neither the devil you know nor the devil you don't: Creative workers deserve better than a choice as to who rips them off.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 2014, 2019
Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.
Recent appearances: Where I've been.
Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em.
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on June 21, 2024July 1, 2024Categories UncategorizedTags ai, chokepoint capitalism, copyfight, creative labor markets, gai, generative ai, llms, models, music, openai, spotify, tiktok, umg, universal music group2 Comments on Pluralistic: Neither the devil you know nor the devil you don't (21 Jun 2024)
Pluralistic: The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets (29 Apr 2023)
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The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets: Maybe the map IS the territory?
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on April 29, 2023May 1, 2023Categories UncategorizedTags cdos, collateralized debt obligations, contrafactuals, el doctorow, false precision, fingerspitzengefühl, gedankenexperiments, great financial crisis, models, parables, prediction, qualitative factors, quantization, red team blues, science fiction, spreadsheets, the map is not the territory, warnings1 Comment on Pluralistic: The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets (29 Apr 2023)
Pluralistic: 13 Jun 2021
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A stroll through Magnolia Park: Mask deniers, studio surplus, vintage stores, and the re-emergence of Zap/Action Haunted Mansion kits.
This day in history: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on June 13, 2021Categories UncategorizedTags burbank, culture war bullshit, disney, haunted mansion, hobbies, horror, magnolia park, models, qanon, themepunks, vaccine apartheid2 Comments on Pluralistic: 13 Jun 2021
Pluralistic: 21 Apr 2021
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The Observatory of Anonymity: You are far less of a haystack-needle than you think.
Hawley and Taylor Greene faked their donor-surge: Juking stats for fun, fortune, and fame.
What's wrong with EU's trustbusters: And how to fix it.
Some thoughts on GWB's call for truth in politics: Mission accomplished.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on April 21, 2021April 21, 2021Categories UncategorizedTags anonymization, antitrust, big data, capitol riot, de-identification, eu, fundraising, george w bush, gulf war, gwb, imperial college, iraq war, jan 6, josh hawley, juked stats, mailing lists, marjorie taylor greene, merger to monopoly, models, monopolism, nicholas shaxon, observatory of anonymity, privacy, re-identification, scams, scholarship, seriously fuck that guy, treasure islands, uk, weapons of mass destruction, wmds, yellow-cake uranium3 Comments on Pluralistic: 21 Apr 2021
Pluralistic: 23 Jul 2020
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Canadian judge invalidates Safe Third Country Agreement: Asylum seekers are not safe in America.
Supreme Court poised to destroy machine learning security research: Why the CFAA should be narrowly interpreted.
Where Will Everyone Go: Modelling the climate emergency's migration emergency.
BLM footage censored by copyright bots: Background music makes it impossible to post human rights violations to social media.
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on July 23, 2020July 23, 2020Categories UncategorizedTags adversarial examples, adversarial preturbations, black lives matter, blm, canada, censorship, cfaa, climate, climate emergency, cndpol, copyfight, copyright, filternet, filters, human rights, infosec, kids in cages, law, machine learning, migration, models, pen testing, Safe Third Country Agreement, scholarship, scotus, van buren3 Comments on Pluralistic: 23 Jul 2020
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