Bounty of bookmarks

Friction is good for you. What a surprise. (Not really.) Speaking of which: dude, IP blocking is a thing, too. Don't push it.

In plain English: more security always ends up being less security, as people with bad intentions inevitably abuse complicated, obscure systems.

Also a stark reminder that software dependencies are out of control.

A good reminder that version numbers are pure marketing, they were always pure marketing, and trying to make them "semantic" misses the point by cosmic distances.

An object lesson in why policing must be transparent, accountable and flexible. Wait, what were we talking about?

The satire would be hilarious if it wasn't painful.