Monopoly wasn't invented by the Parker Brothers, nor the man they gave it credit for. In 1904, Monopoly was originally called The Landlord's Game, and was invented by a radical woman. Elizabeth Magie's original game had not one, but two sets of rules to choose from.
One was called "Prosperity", where every player won money anytime another gained a property. And the game was won by everyone playing only when the person with the least doubled their resources. A game of collaboration and social good.
The second set of rules was called "Monopoly", where players succeeded by taking properties and rent from those with less luck rolling the dice. The winner was the person who used their power to eliminate everyone else.
Magie's mission was to teach us how different we feel when playing Prosperity vs Monopoly, hoping that it would one day change national policies.
When the Parker Bros adopted the game, they erased the "Prosperity" rules and celebrated "Monopoly".

@9to5Mac one reason to buy an M5 MacBook Pro would be if the M5 has more GPU cores or more VRAM than 512GB. This would make them killer AI machines.

OpenAI has added enhanced integration of ChatGPT with macOS for search, writing, coding, and more. This is what you need to know.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/04/21/getting-started-with-chatgpts-work-with-apps-on-macos-feature?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

Apple Adds Maps on the Web Support to iPhone https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/09/maps-on-web-iphone/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

SCOOP: YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy. "YouTube quietly removing ‘gender identity and expression’ from its list of protected groups is a major radical shift away from best practices in the field of trust and safety." https://www.usermag.co/p/youtube-removes-gender-identity-from

The signs are up. If people weren’t avoiding supporting the US before it just got easier. #elbowsup

It doesn't matter how smart technology gets in an all-digital world -- you're still going to need to fax something at some point. Here's how to fax from iPhone with the Municorn Fax app.

#sponsored
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/04/03/how-to-fax-from-iphone-with-municorn-fax-app?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

"But think about the artists!" is a favorite refrain of so-called "intellectual property" enthusiasts (aka corporations.) Hear from one #DefectiveByDesign (DBD) guest writer and musician about how #DRM totally cramped his style: https://u.fsf.org/1rx #EndDRM #Music

Hexagons and Beyond: Flexible, Responsive Grid Patterns, Sans Media Queries (2021) via @pushcx https://lobste.rs/s/qvnjtz #css
https://css-tricks.com/hexagons-and-beyond-flexible-responsive-grid-patterns-sans-media-queries/

The future of serialization & deserialization APIs https://lobste.rs/s/lpine6 #swift
https://forums.swift.org/t/the-future-of-serialization-deserialization-apis/78585

Starting from iOS 18.1, you can set ChatGPT as the default search engine in Safari. Here's how to use the LLM service for your browser queries.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/03/17/how-to-set-chatgpt-as-your-default-search-engine-in-safari?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

Apple @ Work Podcast: Homebrew enterprise management on macOS https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/18/apple-work-podcast-homebrew-enterprise-management-on-macos/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@9to5Mac seems like it’s legitimately how Apple is doing this. They want to pay people to do assigned tasks locally.

Needlessly cuts out people who want to voluntarily add local content to Apple Maps though. E.g. retired me here with my 8k 360° camera going for walks…

Tern AI’s low-cost GPS alternative actually works https://tcrn.ch/3DJBrV6

White House memo: David Sacks sold $200M+ worth of digital asset-related investments personally and through Craft Ventures before starting his government job (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/14/david-sacks-sold-200-million-in-crypto-holdings-before-taking-wh-job.html
http://www.techmeme.com/250314/p19#a250314p19

#DRM isn't just an annoyance -- it's a violation of your right to use the items you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at http://defectivebydesign.org, and follow our campaign account at @endDRM

@9to5Mac this seems to be a scam app. It requires you to install “Premise - Earn Money”

Please investigate?

Last week, Aix Marseille University in France offered funding to American scientists who feel like their work is being censored. It’s already seeing great interest from researchers at NASA, Yale and Stanford, and the program may extend through more universities across Europe. “We are witnessing a new brain drain,” Éric Berton, Aix Marseille University’s president, said in a press release. Here’s more from @emanuelmaiberg for @404mediaco

https://www.404media.co/nasa-yale-and-stanford-scientists-consider-scientific-exile-french-university-says/

#Science #Research #TrumpAdministration #France #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

The PC I was using to give a computational physics lecture this morning did a Windows update right in the middle of the lecture. Teaching seems just an inconvenience to this University.

It’s good to see someone thinking ahead to the post-quantum-computer era.

https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/03/nist-selects-hqc-fifth-algorithm-post-quantum-encryption
#quantumcomputing #nist