Ronald Coase, Economics Nobel Laureate and author of the 1937 classic Nature of the Firm, has died at 102. Coase's arguments about the problems of transaction costs and the opportunities that arise from lowering them are at the heart of the Internet's impact and have never been more relevant.
RIP, Ronald Coase
Frontier, a terrible company, is going bankrupt
Frontier is the bottom-rung of the top-tier of US ISPs, serving customers in 29 states. Despite enjoying monopoly control over its customers' online lives, and despite massive government handouts and… READ THE REST
Schneier: "It's really too late to secure 5G networks"
Bruce Schneier's Foreign Policy essay in 5G security argues that we're unduly focused on the possibility of Chinese manufacturers inserting backdoors or killswitches in 5G equipment, and not focused enough… READ THE REST
Something Awful's "Fuck You and Die" forum went from freewheeling jokesters to Nazi shitposters, so it's dead
Long before 4chan and other anything-goes forums existed, every major online community had a similar community: the Well had its "weird" forum, Usenet had alt.syntax.tactical (among others), and Something Awful… READ THE REST
Don't stay at an Airbnb without bringing this $40 device
TL;DR: Protect your privacy while you travel with this hidden camera, GPS, and bug detector, now on sale for $39.99. It seems like every few weeks I see a video on… READ THE REST
Get 62% off Curiosity Stream and use your screen time to get smarter
TL;DR: Learn anything about almost everything when you get lifetime access to thousands of documentaries from Curiosity Stream for just $149.97. After a long day of work, sometimes you just… READ THE REST
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