RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117412688369027372

‘The ref must be more powerful than the players on the field, so the smallest government you can have is determined by the size of the largest corporation and the wealth of the richest billionaire you're willing to tolerate.’ A very interesting point. Should be quite the challenge for a libertarian to answer.

HP caught me at a bad moment when it asked if I was enjoying the HP Smart App. First of all it had made me sign into my cloud account before I could use the scanner. Printing I might understand as I buy the ink on subscription but no, the documents I'd just signed had printed just fine without requiring my ID. And then to ask if I was enjoying its use? "Enjoying?" Seriously who's got that on their dating profile. Looking for someone who appreciates fine dining, evening walks on the beach and scanning in the signature pages for their tax returns.

For the youngsters out there, a phone book was kind of like a DNS for telephone numbers.

We complain about surveillance capitalism. Considering the lengths we need to go to today to shield ourselves from predatory corporations it's surprising that we used to be happy to share our home address and telephone number with everyone in town. Choosing to opt out of being listed was rare.

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