Zork!

Whether you played Zork as much as I did or not, this is an interesting read. Do videogames have to be fair (or winnable)? http://blog.zarfhome.com/2017/08/your-load-is-too-heavy-zork-deep-reading.html

More on Free Speech

What exactly does free speech mean in the age of the internet? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/magazine/how-hate-groups-forced-online-platforms-to-reveal-their-true-nature.html https://slate.com/technology/2017/08/the-alt-right-wants-to-build-its-own-internet.html

Gonna need a bigger tinfoil hat…

Two points to take away from this article: #1 Federal, state and local law enforcement are all using drone surveillance on citizens and #2 If “Buzzfeed” can find these planes, it can’t be that hard for people with bad intentions to do so as well… https://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/hidden-spy-planes

P != NP?

Well, this is interesting: someone posted a proof that P != NP. That is one of the largest questions in computer science, so if it’s not a joke or a hoax, it’s revolutionary. https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.03486 https://www.technologyreview.com/s/420290/what-does-p-vs-np-mean-for-the-rest-of-us/