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Matrix' answer to Moxie: On privacy versus freedom
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 31,706 posts.
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A single character code change
Or four one liners every Java programmer should know
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Serving Dynamic Vector Tiles from PostGIS
Guide to building up a tile server and map client from scratch with PostGIS and PostgreSQL.
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Exploiting Wi-Fi Stack on Tesla Model S
In the past two years, Keen Security Lab did in-depth research on the security of Tesla Cars and presented our research results on Black Hat 2017 and Black Hat 2018. Our research involves many in-veh
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Elasticsearch from the Bottom Up (2013)
In this article series, we look at Elasticsearch from a new perspective. We'll start at the 'bottom' (or close enough!) of the many abstraction levels, and gradually move upwards towards the user-visi...
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Godot Engine – A decade in retrospective and future
The dawn of a new decade looms and there is a lot of excitement about the future of Godot! But it was not always like this, as the previous decade did not go as expected..
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How to stay private when using Android
Android is one of Google’s most important tools for collecting data on users. This guide will help you improve your privacy on Android devices.
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The Economics of Building Knowledge Bases
During the summers of my high school years in suburban Georgia, my friend and I would fill the time by randomly walking into local establishments asking for odd jobs. It was a great way as a studen…
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Using an /e/ phone as a desktop or laptop
Not so much work remains to be done to turn /e/ into a desktop operating system. Using an /e/ smartphone as a desktop PC with an external screen, keyboard and mouse is already possible with good usability. Using an /e/ smartphone as a laptop is also possible with scrcpy although some minor improvements are still…
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ProtonCalendar beta
The Proton Calendar uses an innovative encryption model to deliver the high level of security Proton users expect.
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The StingRay Is Why the 4th Amendment Was Written (2017)
The drafters of the Constitution recognized that restricting the government from violating privacy is essential for a free society. That's why the Fourth Amendment exists. The StingRay clearly violates these standards.
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Why are my Go executable files so large?
Golang executable files get too large for reasons that are not relevant to server software with long-running processes, like CockroachDB, and its incurred space cost is particularly inconvenient for large, feature-rich programs.
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Arduino programmable air, pneumatics kit
Arduino boards have been employed in all sorts of robotics and IoT applications, although working with air as a power source is less than straightforward.
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Steel Bank Common Lisp 2.0
New SBCL versions are usually released at the end of each month: check the Sourceforge File List to see the current version. The new features of all SBCL releases are listed below.
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Blue light may not be as disruptive to sleep patterns as thought: mouse study
Contrary to common belief, blue light may not be as disruptive to our sleep patterns as originally thought - according to University of Manchester scientists. According to the team, using dim, cooler, lights in the evening and bright warmer lights in the day may be more beneficial to our health. Twilight is both…
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Alcohol Consumption
Who consumes the most alcohol? How has consumption changed over time? And what are the health impacts?
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Blind software development at 450 words per minute (2017)
Insights | Vincit
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A Desperate Plea for a Free Software Alternative to Aspera (2018)
I work at the Childhood Cancer Data Lab, where we use very big data to find cures for childhood cancers. To move data around the internet at very high speeds, we are forced to use a proprietary software suite called Aspera. If somebody could make a Free Software alternative, the future of the internet would be way…
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Ruby Lazy Enumerators
Ruby provides support for lazy loading enumerators, allowing efficient processing of large or infinite sequences.
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Model beats Wall Street analysts in forecasting business financials
MIT researchers have developed an automated machine-learning model that uses probability techniques to significantly outperform human Wall Street analysts in predicting quarterly business sales.
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To everything there is a season – Why we're shutting down
8tracks has had a long run and its day in the sun. We’re sad to announce, however, that the company and its streaming service will wind down with the end of the decade, on December 31st, 2019…
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Behind the One-Way Mirror: A Dive into the Technology of Corporate Surveillance
It's time to shed light on the technical methods and business practices behind third-party tracking. For journalists, policy makers, and concerned consumers, this paper will demystify the fundamentals of third-party tracking, explain the scope of the problem, and suggest ways for users and legislation to fight back…
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Netflix's UX design is keeping people up at night
How UX design is impacting the way we binge watch television.