Interesting article about the Taliban’s use of the decentralized communication platform WhatsApp to coordinate both their propaganda and their operations as they toppled the Afghan government. Followed with speculation for what this may mean domestically.

A shorter follow-up to Preston Byrnes’ previous article which argues tech centralization and monopolization is to blame, not Section 230. Or rather, that Section 230 is being ignored by vertical monopolies in the tech sector which should be broken up.

Remember: trajectory is more important than position. Reaching your ideals means you should dream bigger. Ideals aren’t intended to be reached, rather they reveal where you can still improve. Tell yourself the truth and the truth will set you free.

The Good: There are problems with the Comma Separated Values format, such as ambiguity, prevalent alt-formats and lack of metadata- The Bad: this ignores the necessity of a universal data-export format and almost reads like ‘Critical Data Theory’

Tools native to both Windows and Unix environments with low technical barriers to entry can easily solve CSV’s ambiguity issues by packing sets of CSV files by format into zip archives and including a header file.

IW grants its 2021 Best Plants award to IPG Temonton, a manufacturer of plastics. The IPG VP gives a testimonial for the benefits of a digital transformation, sharing the benefits they’re seeing, strategies that made it happen and struggles along the way.

IW grants its 2021 Best Plants award to IPG Temonton, a manufacturer of plastics. The IPG VP gives a testimonial for the benefits of a digital transformation, sharing the benefits they’re seeing, strategies that made it happen and struggles along the way.

Your computer’s shelf-life is now roughly 2-3 years. Samsung announced their new faster, smaller, quieter, and more power efficient DDR5-7200 512GB server modules. Consumer modules are expected to top out near 64GB, but won’t hit the market until 2023.