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JKolioson Guidance to make federally funded research freely available without delay

Great news. The current situation is basically a stealth transfer of tax money to certain publishers who abuse their position in an artificial oligopoly. Glad to see it slowly ending.

JKolioson Thoughts on RSS

RSS was, to make a slightly cliche paraphrase, a more elegant web for a more civilized age. It was user controlled content consumption. It declined because it conflicts with the "addict them and stuff their eyeballs with intrusive personalized ads" monetization model of the post 2010 internet.

JKolioson Albanian prosecutors probe huge suspected leak of personal data

That's what I'm telling the IRS next year.

JKolioson Mount Athos, the “Autonomous Monastic State” of Greece (2016)

I personally know a Catholic who had no trouble getting a permit to visit, so I don't think that's true.

JKolioson Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules [pdf]

Disgusting.

JKolioson Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%

> covers up significant adverse effects.

I can't find that in the article you linked, can you cite the relevant parts of the text?

JKolioson How to Deal with Complexity Like a Pilot (Part 1)

We'd probably have far more investment in public transport, for one.

JKolioson Greek Delivery Giant Efood Faces Major Backlash over Worker’s Rights

In summary, they pulled the classic gig economy move: Telling your employees that they now have the "opportunity" to "set their own hours" and "maximize their income". Meaning "Your benefits are gone" and "Your labor protections are history". Complete with the most thinly veiled threat possible: That "refusal would make it difficult to renew your contract".

After the Twitter backlash, they came back with a blog post (https://www.e-food.gr/blog/efood-riders-announcement/). It's six paragraphs of generic corporate speak, and the only meaningful part in it is that "They regret the miscommunication, the announcement was in no way threatening or meant to create an atmosphere of unease among our delivery drivers, it was only an option for a new way of collaborating with us". This only intensified the backlash, since the threatening tone of their initial announcement is crystal clear to any speakers of the Greek language without mental deficiencies.

JKolioson Berkshire: Bitcoin is ‘contrary to the interest of civilization.’

It's just one more investment vehicle/speculative asset among thousands. What is the specific factor about Bitcoin that makes it "contrary to the interest of civilization"? Are these financiers telling us that the financialisation of literally everything on the planet and in low orbit might actually have negative externalities?