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I recently re-subscribed to the ACM and I'm now being delivered "Communications of ACM" and XRDS issues (albeit with one month average shipping delay). I must s
by znpy 5y ago
I recently re-subscribed to the ACM and I'm now being delivered "Communications of ACM" and XRDS issues (albeit with one month average shipping delay). I must say:
About CACM:
I wasn't sure what I was expecting, however "Communcations of the ACM" is utterly disappointing as a magazines. A lot of opinions, outdated "news", litte to no technology at all.
It's also politically inconsistent: there still are statements about mr Ullman receiving some award despite having issued some discriminatory statements (about Iranin people IIRC) yet the ACM is very happy to publish a whopping FIFTY (!!!) pages marketing stunt about China (November 2021 issue) while staying absolutely silent about the uyghur genocide currently going on and the total lack of press freedom and LGBTQI+ rights.
About XRDS:
I only received one issue so far, and albeit very disconnected from technology at least had articles posing interesting questions ("has computing become a toxic endeavour?").