What is Mathematics? – About Mathematics
Source: What is Mathematics? | Fordham
An article about the decline in American mathematics education, the causes, and the results.
Category: Contemplation
Security in 2020 – Schneier on Security
There’s really no such thing as security in the abstract. Security can only be defined in relation to something else. You’re secure from something or against something. In the next 10 years, the traditional definition of IT security—that it protects you from hackers, criminals, and other bad guys—will undergo a radical shift. Instead of protecting you from the bad guys, it will increasingly protect businesses and their business models from you.
Imagine a world where every app has its own data plan | Ars Technica
Wireless companies would love to charge each app a different fee to access the Internet.
Source: Imagine a world where every app has its own data plan | Ars Technica
Senator: New net neutrality plan worse than “doing nothing at all” | Ars Technica
Senator Al Franken says net neutrality rules that exempt wireless broadband and permit paid prioritization could cause “more harm than doing nothing at all.”
Source: Senator: New net neutrality plan worse than “doing nothing at all” | Ars Technica
If you haven’t written your congressmen about this yet, this is about your last chance to do so. Given the difficulty and rarity of serious changes to federal policies, you are going to have to live with the results for the rest of your lives.
Amazon’s latest Kindle deletion: erotic, incest-themed fiction | Ars Technica
Amazon has reportedly begun removing content that touches on various forms of incest—from both its online store and buyers’ Kindles.
Source: Amazon’s latest Kindle deletion: erotic, incest-themed fiction | Ars Technica
It’s the “big brother” aspect of this that bothers me the most.