By @edent · blockchain crypto Satire (Probably) · 6 comments · 900 words · read ~215 times.
Dear the venture capitalists. I am a very charming white man and am prepared to drop out of university if you'll invest in these ideas. In the future, all your clothes are an NFT. "Wow! I love your blouse." "Thanks, here's a smart contract showing where I purchased it from. If you buy one, I […]
Continue reading →By @edent · google Satire (Probably) web · 11 comments · 400 words · read ~3,591 times.
Many gallons of digital ink spilled at Google's plans for "Web Environment Integrity" which - depending on who you believe - is either an entirely reasonable proposal to protect users or a devious plan to add DRM to the entire web. (It's the latter, obviously.) We'll never know exactly whether users want this because Google […]
Continue reading →By @edent · computer Satire (Probably) server · 1 comment · 500 words · read ~340 times.
I used to be a member of social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Flickr, etc. But I felt guilty because I didn't run my own servers. OK, I could host content with them. But I had a severely limited way of curating what I saw and how much I could customise what people saw […]
Continue reading →By @edent · economics Satire (Probably) · 9 comments · 650 words · read ~1,097 times.
Whenever you buy a second-hand book, you are stealing revenue from the author and publisher. It makes no difference whether you buy from a charity shop or a for-profit store. All the money goes to the seller of the book, and none of it flows back to the copyright holders. (The situation is slightly different […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Satire (Probably) xmas · 6 comments · 250 words · read ~1,000 times.
This pre-release whitepaper is a multidisciplinary approach to the challenges associated with using Quantum BlockChain technology to improve the performance of 6th Generation data networks for their performance with neural objects. By reconceptualising the way the nano-structures of 5th Generation (5G) networks interface with the OSI stack of traditional networks, we have found a way […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Modest Proposal Satire (Probably) vegan vegetarian · 5 comments · 550 words · read ~994 times.
Lab grown meat is nearly here. To be fair, it has been "nearly" here for a long long long long long time. But with the imminent arrival of lab-grown meat, it is time to investigate Synthetarianism. A diet of Synthetic food. I haven't eaten meat for... oh... 20 years now. I live with a carnivore […]
Continue reading →By @edent · NaBloPoMo Satire (Probably) · 4 comments · 350 words · read ~275 times.
When I become Emperor Of The World, I will implement my favourite method of electing officials. The Single Stochastic Vote. It's a cheap, simple, and quick way of electing people. It retains the best features of First Past The Post and Proportional Representation. Here's how it works: Everyone in the constituency votes for their most […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Satire (Probably) usability USB · 1 comment · 550 words · read ~712 times.
What does the design of cables tell us about the men who invented them? Computer designers often strictly gender the components they create. The most obvious example is the motherboard - the central hub of the computer from which all electronic life descends. As well as circuit boards (often called daughter-boards) - cables are also […]
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