Notices by Carl Malamud (carlmalamud@official.resource.org), page 2

As I was getting off the plane in Dubai, the ground crew remarked this was the same plane that would take me to San Francisco. Interesting bit of trivia I thought.

When I boarded the SFO flight, the pilot came on the intercom to say there was going to be no WiFi on this flight as it was broken. 15.5 hours with no WiFi. Ouch.

The fact that I "fixed" the wifi on our airplane was much appreciated by the flight attendants who were being bombarded by anxious business travelers. Knowing that it was "now working" (appears the pilot got an incorrect report from the ground staff, the reboot worked). This meant they could all spread the good news.

I was given 3 boxes of chocolates by the grateful crew on my way off, thanking me for my help. Which to be clear, consisted of me saying "have you tried turning it off and on."

Visiting Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore to meet the Director. One of the best business schools in India. Huge campus! https://www.iimb.ac.in/

Yup. My brother is in England and he gets the page just fine (and he doesn't pay $252.90 per year like I do!). Yes, I know about VPNs. That's not the point.

I'm guessing that if I was trying to log in from Europe or Australia it would be fine, but that all of Africa is also blocked. Because, you know, security.

Despite the fact that I pay hundreds of dollars per year to subscribe to the Press Democrat, their "security" service blocks any and all access coming from India. Because, of course, all India and Indians are a security threat to this newspaper in their minds.

Before you feel put upon by a mildly-annoying "reply guy," walk a mile in @Noupside's shoes. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/cia-renee-censorship-conspiracy-twitter/678688/ omg.

"Rasmus Munk, chef of the eighth-best restaurant in the world, Alchemist, in Copenhagen, pipes a mousse of lamb brains and foie gras into a bleached lamb skull, then garnishes it with ants and roasted mealworms." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/dining/what-makes-a-50-best-restaurant.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU0.DOj6.ybAKG-D5lqz0&smid=url-share

The Economist informs me that Google searches for “whole-body deodorant” shot up by 1000% in the first 3 months of 2024. “The conversation about body odour is no longer limited to underarms” says the executive in charge of deodorants for Unilever. I had no idea.

Trump, showing sense of purpose, goes to see the libertarians. https://www.rawstory.com/chaos-trump-should-have-taken-bullet/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon It is not going well.

The Public Library Movement in India: Bedrock of Freedom and Democracy. https://archive.org/details/public.library.movement.india By Lawrence Liang and Aditya Gupta. No rights reserved.

Day 2 of the hearings for the "PRO" Codes Act will be livestreamed here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R65rcH7dxMA Expected to start shortly.

sigh. The PRO Codes Act voted out of committee and now goes to the floor.

Current status. ht @mmasnick

At Kannada University to give a lecture. This is the library. Tons of ancient inscriptions and statues on the grounds. 300,000 books.

The Department of Manuscriptology is full of old palm leaves and other ancient manuscripts.

I’ve delivered my lecture, we signed and sealed the Memorandum of Cooperation, I have completed the hat sorting ceremony, and I have watered a plant. Having completed my duties, I am now returning to Bangalore. ht @omshivaprakash

As part of the “war of the minds,” in 1964 the State Department distributed 2,275 Sears Roebuck and Company catalogs throughout the developing world.

Standards professionals are digesting the implications of our unanimous, 15-judge, EU Court of Justice constitutional bench. Tony Rutkowski notes that this decision has roots in the 1991 ITU "experiment" we jointly initiated. https://circleid.com/posts/20240314-a-landmark-standards-human-rights-judgment

Dan Lynch on Geek of the Week. https://archive.org/details/RTFM-Geek-930414