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Spf13 is leaving Google
I’m leaving my role as the Product Lead for the Go Language at Google. I’m super proud of everything the Go team has accomplished in the last six years, and …
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What I learned trying to classify abortion access across the rich world
Rich countries are not monolithic. However, outside the US and a few microstates, they vary in a limited range.
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WordPerfect for UNIX (1992)
I found this interesting print-ad for WordPerfect for UNIX, apparently the best UNIX product of 1992! (Very) Belated congratulations Corel!
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My Poor Experience With Azure (or why I'm sticking with AWS)
AWS has a lot of haters. Lots of horror cases where people thought they were on the free account but ended up with a $20,000 bill. We are told Azure has a much better model. You have to manually move to a paid service. No surprise bills. Like AWS,
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RSS is back as an underpinning to SlackOps
RSS is the API they couldn't kill. It's back stronger than ever as an underpinning of SlackOps in many organizations.
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Crimes against transhumanity
(Disclaimer: I am a transhumanist skeptic these days, not to mention a singularity curmudgeon and a critic of Mars colonization, but I still find these ideas nice to chew on sometimes.)
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Typical implementations of payment processing and related security issues
Thanks to @yarbabin for the logo Electronic payment systems have existed on the Internet for a long time, and some bugs in them are twenty years old. We’ve found critical vulnerabilities allowing us…
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Building friend catchers
As a 13 year old, my dad’s advice on internet presence was: “Everything you post will be used against you in the future. So you should never associate your name with anything on the internet”. As a rebellious teenager my view was the opposite: “Everything you post on the internet will get lost. You should associate…
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Why long-term plans don't work and how to fix them
Hot takes and cold truths on software, startups, and the lies we tell ourselves.
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JavaScript Obfuscation Techniques by Example
Code level discussion of web scraping, gray hat automation, growth hacking and bounty hunting
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$9.99/month
With subscriptions now the norm of the app world, I wanted to take a closer look & see how those little monthly microtransactions added up.
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Picking up free lithium cells off the street and making them safe for use
This blog post reveals how you can salvage lithium cells from the many discarded, disposable vape devices that get littered in our towns and cities. With a pair of pliers and some bravery, I manage...
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Why am I excited about WebAssembly?
As it continues to evolve, WebAssembly has the potential to be the platform executing an enormous amount of IoT computation.
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New numbers on music consumption
And it's not just the dominance of old songs—the whole creative culture is losing its ability to innovate. But why?
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Building a radio-controlled submarine with automatic depth control
In this post series I will explain the making of a radio-controlled submarine. I will go through the design, the building process, Python code, tests in water, and all the mistakes I made. Lots of …
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The high price we pay for social media
Sitting exams is unpleasant at the best of times, but my daughter believes she has extra cause to complain. Two of her A-level papers are scheduled for the same time, so she must take a break betwe…
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Bill Watterson, Picasso, and self promotion
One of the most interesting pieces I’ve come across lately was Hugh Eakin’s piece on the backstory of one of Picasso’s most prominent works, Guernica. During the creative process for Guernica, Picasso created 45 different sketches before settling on the final direction of the painting: Guernica debuted in 1937 at the…
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I just finished reading a book and took lots of notes. Now what?
"I just finished reading Dirt by David R. Montgomery and created a note for each of the hundred twenty one ideas I found interesting. But, I'm confused as t...
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We could have universal Covid vaccines soon
Bureaucratic and logistical roadblocks, not the science, stand in our way
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Training my sense of CO2 ppm
Posted on Thursday 14 Jul 2022. 1,157 words, 9 links. By Matt Webb.
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Git log is not a changelog
When you maintain a project, publishing new releases can quickly become a chore, so naturally one tries to automate it as much as possible.
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Scratch is a big deal
While none of us were paying attention, Scratch has transformed from a programming language for kids to a massive online community of self-guided, student-pr...
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The Rise and Fall of the Manufactured Home – Part I
A recurring theme of this newsletter is the failure of prefabrication (building homes in factories instead of on-site) to revolutionize the housing industry.
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'Zero trust’ security is a poor choice of words
Consider the user's perspective when naming a security initiative
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Bill Watterson’s refusal to license Calvin and Hobbes (2016)
When Calvin and Hobbes went out of print twenty years ago, I think most people assumed it would return at some point. I know I certainly did. Calvin and Hobbes was a formative part of my youth - the sly brilliant writing and stark black and white illustrations providing color to my sense of