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Peter Z. is 26% done with The Martian
Headed for 5*
Dec 02, 2025 11:11PM Add a comment
The Martian

Peter Z.
Peter Z. is 99% done with A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back
Boring, lecturey and not really many new thoughts other than the internet which was built to withstand any government, Bruce says, now needs the government to regulate it. "For the common good."
Honestly this read like the treatise of an aged hippie and I had hoped for something more thoughtful like an exploration of other hacks or a methodology/rubric for discovering them. Nope nothing to see here. Sad.
Dec 02, 2025 09:28PM Add a comment
A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back

Peter Z.
Peter Z. is 99% done with Churchill's Shadow Raiders: The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon
Really just about one raid on a German radar site so the Brits could do some study of German technology. Kind of heavy into military action and almost nothing about radar.
Dec 02, 2025 09:25PM Add a comment
Churchill's Shadow Raiders: The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon

Peter Z.
Peter Z. is on page 204 of 304 of A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back
Russia,, Russia, Russia. Why is Trump always the bad guy in Schneier's examples about politics? Schneier has to do something to prove he doesn't just have a malignant case of bitter TDS.
Nov 11, 2025 07:44PM Add a comment
A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back

Peter Z.
Peter Z. is on page 164 of 304 of A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back
Hippie from the 70's shows if all you know is computers then everything is like a computer but different. *sigh* this better get better.
Nov 11, 2025 05:58PM Add a comment
A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back

Peter Z.
Peter Z. is on page 30 of 304 of A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back
Good topic and good subject matter so far but Schneier's politics suck.
Nov 03, 2025 12:24PM Add a comment
A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back

Peter Z.
Peter Z. is on page 301 of 352 of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
And they should have used "DZ", "JA", "JZ" for the three primary speakers, to differentiate from all the other players going on the record. That wouldn't have been rocket science. It would have made it a lot clearer and easier to read.
Jun 24, 2025 10:03AM Add a comment
Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

Peter Z.
Peter Z. is on page 300 of 352 of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
They need to start putting "(job title)" before people's first names and "(last name)" after. It's too many people for anyone to remember all of them by their first names just because they were introduced once. Come on, help a brother out!
Jun 24, 2025 09:53AM Add a comment
Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

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