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2026

13

Jun

When the AI Detector Becomes the Academic Random Number Generator

A new study suggests Turnitin can be oddly harsher on mostly human-written assignments than on fully AI-generated ones. So apparently the safest way to avoid looking like you used too much AI may be to use even more AI. Academia has finally reached peak absurdity: the detector is now grading the crime scene with a blindfold and a random number generator.

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2025

06

Nov

Framework backs the wrong crowd

The Framework Saga – When the laptop you love, backs the wrong crowd

Framework built its reputation on openness and repairability, but when “open” starts to include the far-right, things get messy. Their sponsorship of DHH’s Omarchy project raises uncomfortable questions about where ideals end and ideology begins. It’s a reminder that even modular laptops can carry moral baggage, and sometimes the hardest part to replace isn’t a component – it’s integrity.

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