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A suggestion for on-demand public transit, from Fiumicino to Los Angeles

Five years ago I wrote that all of precarious workers of the Fiumicino airport should partner and tell, to the many private bus companies that move tourists in and out of the same airport:

How Danish students may become savvy Internet users

It looks like Denmark is discussing a proposal “to encourages students to grant schools access to their personal laptops” in order to avoid cheating at exams. I like it because it is so DUMB that it may achieve a very positive effect anyway, albeit one totally unforeseen by its authors.

Privacy is very recent? So what?

There’s a Medium post about “The Birth and Death of Privacy” that in my opinion is great… except for its very last paragraph.

The Internet should host ALL voices! No, wait...

The “Law of Unintended Consequences” states that “an intervention in a complex system tends to create unanticipated and often undesirable outcomes”. I wonder if some 100% legitimate aspirations and well-intentioned proposals to make the internet less “white and western” may have just such consequences.

There is NO free speech inside Facebook

A few weeks ago, one of my Facebook contacts, whom I’ll call “Jane”, complained on her wall that Facebook had blocked one of her posts. Facebook and free speech myths ensued.

The REAL name, and value, of self-driving cars

The first issue with self-driving cars may be in how you CALL them.