Lex Spoon

I'm Lex Spoon, a software enthusiast living in Atlanta, GA. I write on Substack and on my home page in addition to here.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Surveillance states are possible

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While clamping down on private encryption is bad policy, both for the economy and for privacy, I don't think it's technically imposs...
Friday, December 5, 2014

Goodbye, Spark Plug

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Don't take me wrong. I know a dog is just a dog, and a pet is just a pet. There are people reading this who have cancer, and there are...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Is this the right server?

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It's nice to see someone else reach the following conclusion : "For those familiar with SSH, you should realize that public key p...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

FCC inches away from neutrality

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The FCC’s latest proposal for network neutrality rules creates space for broadband carriers to offer “paid prioritization” services.[11] Wh...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Three tiers of classrooms

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Via Arnold Kling , I see Jesse Rothstein trying to prove that you can't measure teaching ability, or perhaps even that teaching ability ...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Edoardo Vacchi on attribute grammars

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I previously wrote that predictable performance is a practical challenge for using attribute grammars on real work . It does little good to ...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

My analysis of the Swift language

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Apple has put out Swift , which sounds like a nice language overall. Here is my flagrantly non-humble opinion about how its features line up...
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