<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> </p><p>It’s a charming photo but I am dismayed that we are now considering 2007 “ancient”</p>

<p>Found this ancient photo (from Feb 2007) with William Cook, when I visited Austin and there happened to be a Brown alumni event going on at the same time. He persuaded me to attend, saying it would be a treat to have a &quot;boh-nah-fee-day Brown professor&quot; attend…</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> he made a neoliberal turn over, one of the worse presidents, just a few accomplishments:</p><p>1. Airline Deregulation Act (1978): Led to regional service cuts and job instability in aviation.</p><p>2. Motor Carrier Act (1980): Reduced truck driver wages and protections amid increased competition.<br /> <br />3. Staggers Rail Act (1980): Abandoned unprofitable rail routes, harming rural communities.</p><p>4. Depository Institutions Act (1980): Ended interest rate caps, raising banking fees for consumers.</p><p>5. Natural Gas Policy Act (1978): Deregulated prices, causing energy cost spikes.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.noyu.me/@hikari" class="u-url mention">@<span>hikari</span></a></span> sometimes its both</p>

<p>If anyone at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/38C3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>38C3</span></a> saw me walking around with an oscilloscope around my neck and wants to talk about open source test equipment, find me in Hall 4 at the table near the couches and under the projector art!</p><p>I know I should have done a self organized session - but I can barely organize myself here, let alone a session</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@count3rmeasure" class="u-url mention">@<span>count3rmeasure</span></a></span> We&#39;d never eaten there before so we were pretty taken aback when the owner stopped by the table to thank us and said this was the last night ever.</p>

<p>Apparently Arun was at UChicago pursuing a PhD when he decided to start this restaurant. Doing a bit of math in my head, if I were to &quot;retire&quot; at the same age of 78, then I also would have run my business for 39 years after leaving UChicago. Freaky. </p><p>Although given the current direction of &quot;tech&quot;, there&#39;s no way I&#39;m waiting until 78 to retire. Sorry. No.</p>

<p>A reminder that obnoxious, blocking cookie consent banners are not required by law but are there because tech companies had a massive tantrum at being prevented from tracking the bejesus out of you by default.. They don&#39;t need to be annoying or intrusive, companies can absolutely choose not to track, to track less, or make the consent experience easier, they choose not to 💩💩💩</p>

<p>Nothing to make you marvel at the wonders of technology like a massive cookie consent dialog ON THE TELLY 🤡💩</p>