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Errata: Steve Gibson
a summary of Steven Gibson events and quotes demonstrating charlatan status
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Posts that commenters keep linking to, ranked by how many different people have cited them in Hacker News comments. 15 posts.
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How to Force Facebook into Handing Over their Secret Tracking Data
According to European data protection law every individual has the right to get a copy of all personal data a company holds about him (right to access). This law is applicable to Facebook too. Every user with a residence outside of the US and Canada has a contract with “Facebook Ireland Limited”, based in Dublin…
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Cornell Ergonomics Web finds standing desks present their own issues
Sitting for more than 1 hour has been shown to induce biochemical changes in lipoprotein lipase activity (an enzyme involved in fat metabolism) and in glucose metabolism that leads to the deposit of fats in adipose tissue rather than these being metabolized by muscle, and extensive sitting also relates to heart…
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What Happened to the Future?
We invest in smart people solving difficult problems, often difficult scientific or engineering problems. Here’s why. A. INTRODUCTION The Problem We have two primary and related interests: Finding ways to support technological development (technology is the fundamental driver of growth in the industrialized world)…
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When patents attack Android
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Petzl comes out against SOPA, after appearing on the list of supporters
New products, innovative equipment, tech tips and resources, adventure stories and trip reports, field insights, and more.
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Angry Nerds
Atlassian unites every team with Jira, Confluence, Loom, and Rovo AI agents; one connected platform for planning, tracking, and delivering work.
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German Chaos Computer Club analyzes and releases government malware
The largest European hacker club, "Chaos Computer Club" (CCC), has reverse engineered and analyzed a "lawful interception" malware program used by German police forces. It has been found in the...
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The 'intellectual property' oxymoron
“ If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of everyone, and the…
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