Ben Bradley
@404mediaco Looks like a soon-to-be-classic "Copyright Law says we can do this" vs. "Right To Repair" case. It seems this NEWAG threatening "hackers" while asking The Government to protect its "right" to screw with train service (all "service" puns intended) is a bit risky, though it may be an opportunity for Government Officials to receive some Clarence Thomas-like off-the-record funding.
I hope that sentence isn't too long.
Ben Bradley
@roadriverrail @cmdrmoto @LambdaCalculus I agree, it would have made sense to do this when ASCII was made legal on ham bands, back in 1980 or so.
Ben Bradley
@thomasfuchs I heard consumer advocate Clark Howard on his radio show raging about Doubleclick's cross-site tracking cookies, and telling how to opt out on Doubleclick's site, in the year 1997. I presume there's no opting out now. The WWW has been this way just about from the start.
Ben Bradley
@rcarmo @thomasfuchs I thought that pic was an Alphasmart model! I didn't keep up at the time, never heard of eMate, but it appears no one else did either (CW a company in trouble!):
https://dylan.tweney.com/1998/03/17/emate-technology-that-never-had-a-chance/
As a long-time electronic design engineer and programmer (from the 6502 to C and C++), I've always been interested in and informally studied #science and #mathematics. I'm resisting the illusion that if I move over to the mathstodon.xyz server that I'll suddenly know more math(s). Also, amateur musician.
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