“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat a machine learning algorithm.” - traditional Native American saying.

some people still recommend using a VPN and IP address from a country where YouTube ads are prohibited, such as Myanmar, Albania, or Uzbekistan.

Wait, you can just prohibit YouTube ads at a national level? That’s somehow awesome and terrifying at the same time.

If you’re REALLY strict, then “retaining the memory of it happening” is a consequence. So maybe this already happened under the strict setting, but none of us remember it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow

Awards

    2000 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer[91]
    2004 Locus Award for Best First Novel for Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
    2004 Sunburst Award for A Place So Foreign and Eight More
    2006 Locus Award for Best Novelette for "I, Robot"
    2007 Locus Award for Best Novelette for "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth"
    2007 The Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award[92]

For Little Brother

    2009 John W. Campbell Memorial Award[93]
    2009 Prometheus Award[45]
    2009 Sunburst Award[46]
    2009 White Pine Award[94]
    2018 Inkpot Award[95]

For Pirate Cinema

    2013 Prometheus Award[45]

For Homeland

    2014 Prometheus Award[45]