What I saw on the web on 2024.6.18

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1. Is the flip phone back? Why some people are switching to dumbphones
   by Nisha Patel
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/is-the-flip-phone-back-why-some-people-are-switching-to-dumbphones-1.7236222
   as someone who despises attention-lampreys, i'd think the answer is obvious
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2. Student busted using complicated hidden AI system to cheat on university entrance exam
   by Allan Rose Hill
   https://boingboing.net/2024/06/17/student-busted-using-complicated-hidden-ai-system-to-cheat-on-university-entrance-exam.html
   it's impossible to make cheating impossible. the only option is to make it more difficult than just learning the material
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3. Packing eBay sales
   by David Morgan-Mar
   https://www.dangermouse.net/wordpresshome/2024/06/18/packing-ebay-sales/
   mostly just for the oxymoronic photo
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4. Math’s Mutable Rules
   by James Propp
   https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2024/06/17/maths-mutable-rules/
   a consideration of things like FOIL and PEMDAS (here we call it BEDMAS)
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5. Bankruptcy is very, very good
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/17/lovilee-jubilee/#debts-that-cant-be-paid-wont-be-paid
   some interesting research on the aftereffects of declaring personal bankruptcy
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6. How Does D&D Magic Compare to the Occult Tradition? Ep 14
   by Dan Harms speaking to Scott Bruner and Ben Riggs
   https://readingdndaloud.libsyn.com/how-does-dd-magic-compare-to-the-occult-tradition-ep-14
   if you want to answer a question like that, why not ask someone who studiest the topic academically, and plays d&d? so they did.
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