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  1. Beyond Nostalgia

    10 REM --- MY FIRST PROGRAM --- 20 PRINT "WHAT IS YOUR NAME?" 30 INPUT N$ 40 PRINT "HELLO "; N$ 50 GOTO 40 RUN When I was 10 years old, I got my first computer, an Atari 800XL. It was the early 80s, and the consensus among the kids in my class was that the Atari and the Commodore 64 were the best systems to have. The ZX Spectrum was not considered as good, but it had a larger games library. These machines were fairly common in homes in the 80s. They all used 8-bit architecture, which severely…

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  2. Regulatory Shaming and Climate Obstruction

    This is a guest note by the talented Dr. Sharon Yadin, a senior lecturer of law and regulation at the Yezreel Valley College School of Public Administration and Public Policy. It was originally published in Yale Journal on Regulation’s Notice and Comment, and draws from her Harvard Journal on Legislation article Regulatory Shaming and the Problem of Corporate Climate Obstruction. For several decades, the oil and gas industry has been extensively involved in a campaign of climate denial aimed at…

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