Links September 2014

Matt Palmer wrote a short but informative post about enabling DNS in a zone [1]. I really should setup DNSSEC on my own zones.

Paul Wayper has some insightful comments about the Liberal party’s nasty policies towards the unemployed [2]. We really need a Basic Income in Australia.

Joseph Heath wrote an interesting and insightful article about the decline of the democratic process [3]. While most of his points are really good I’m dubious of his claims about twitter. When used skillfully twitter can provide short insights into topics and teasers for linked articles.

Sarah O wrote an insightful article about NotAllMen/YesAllWomen [4]. I can’t summarise it well in a paragraph, I recommend reading it all.

Betsy Haibel wrote an informative article about harassment by proxy on the Internet [5]. Everyone should learn about this before getting involved in discussions about “controversial” issues.

George Monbiot wrote an insightful and interesting article about the referendum for Scottish independence and the failures of the media [6].

Mychal Denzel Smith wrote an insightful article “How to know that you hate women” [7].

Sam Byford wrote an informative article about Google’s plans to develop and promote cheap Android phones for developing countries [8]. That’s a good investment in future market share by Google and good for the spread of knowledge among people all around the world. I hope that this research also leads to cheap and reliable Android devices for poor people in first-world countries.

Deb Chachra wrote an insightful and disturbing article about the culture of non-consent in the IT industry [9]. This is something we need to fix.

David Hill wrote an interesting and informative article about the way that computer game journalism works and how it relates to GamerGate [10].

Anita Sarkeesian shares the most radical thing that you can do to support women online [11]. Wow, the world sucks more badly than I realised.

Michael Daly wrote an article about the latest evil from the NRA [12]. The NRA continues to demonstrate that claims about “good people with guns” are lies, the NRA are evil people with guns.

• [1] http://tinyurl.com/lmmus8n
• [2] http://mabula.net/tbfw/=stop-the-unemployed
• [3] http://tinyurl.com/m7gb3cj
• [4] http://tinyurl.com/n3utw9c
• [5] http://tinyurl.com/nonvxt8
• [6] http://tinyurl.com/q9es57y
• [7] http://feministing.com/2014/09/11/how-to-know-that-you-hate-women/
• [8] http://tinyurl.com/p2vfmo3
• [9] http://tinyletter.com/metafoundry/letters/metafoundry-6-accident-blackspot
• [10] https://plus.google.com/+DavidHillJr/posts/fT3tNRVWL3o
• [11] http://tinyurl.com/q9ulocw
• [12] http://tinyurl.com/og7a9y7