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(4)- | IP Addresses for the Average Person
If you’ve spent any time on the Internet, you might have heard of an “IP address” before. Maybe you even have a vague idea of what they are, like how every computer on the Internet has one to communicate. My goal is to provide you – an average person – with some clarity as to what IP addresses actually are, why they’re used, and how they affect you. Right off the bat, I want to set some expectations. This isn’t going to be a deep dive into IP addresses by any means, but it will get somewhat technical. If that scares
- | The Case for a Slower Internet
The Internet is the way of the future. We use it for everything: chatting with friends, completing assignments at school, and watching our favorite TV shows at the end of the day. But we don’t typically don’t think of how the Internet has negatively affected our lives because of how ingrained it is in society. How do we fix these issues? Slow down the internet. Making high-speed internet less accessible to the average American would positively affect society, as it would limit Internet addiction and intrusive tracking technologies while maintaining all the positive aspects of information sharing that have made the
- | The Nuances of Digital Speech
It’s safe to say that humans have done a lot of cool stuff in the times we’ve been around. From the wheel to electricity to the Internet, people have created inventions that have revolutionized our daily lives. But one invention – an invention we can’t contribute to a single person, or even a group of people – is often unnoticed. Human speech, the ability to transmit ideas from one person to another using words and other cues, is just about the most revolutionary invention (if you can even call it that) of them all. It's no wonder that a system such
- | Why I Love the Tiny Internet
After recently recreating my personal website from the ground up, I've been reflecting a bit more on blogs and the internet more broadly. As someone born after 2000, I never really got to experience the internet in the same way that many talk about what "used to be". I never experienced AOL chat rooms, IRC channels, or when forums used to dominate the internet. The internet that I came to know was one of centralized platforms: Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, you name it. As much as these companies have come to control the modern internet, it's refreshing to interact with
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