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Compiling to Lua
We use nginx throughout our network for front-line web serving, proxying and traffic filtering. In some cases, we've augmented the core C code of nginx with our own modules, but recently we've made a major move to using Lua in conjunction with nginx. One project that's now almost entirely written in Lua is the new…
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No More Notification Ads and Icon Ads in Android Apps
This was 2 1/2 years ago, what happened? Hunting down an app that fits the icon ad in my notification bar.
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Docker 0.6: Events API, registry improvements, expert mode, security updates.
Docker is a founding member of the Blueprint Alliance, a 12-company reference architecture for securing AI agents, built around four governance questions.
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OpenStreetMap gets new, easier to use in-browser editor
If you click the edit button today on OpenStreetMap, you will find a new, easier to use in-browser editor.
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Uber for Everything
San Francisco has 800,000 inhabitants. How many cordless drills are there in this city? Probably orders of magnitude more than we actually need. I bought one six months ago, used it just once. It’s now another object in a box filled with stuff. At the time I must have thought that the most convenient way to hang a…
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months
The latest news and stories about how technology is helping people around the world solve problems, innovate and do more each day.
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Yeoman 1.0 Released
Get started and then find a generator for your webapp. Generators are available for Angular , Backbone , React , Polymer and over 5600+ other projects .
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How far the once-mighty SourceForge has fallen
[Editor's note: This post is the opinion of the author and not necessarily that of the Gluster Community] TLDR: SourceForge, once a mighty force f
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Hi I’m Hank, and I bought a bus
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Light Table 0.5.0
This release was about simplifying the experience of Light Table, making it far more robust, and making sure it’s fast enough to handle whatever you throw at it. We’ve made big strides in each of these areas, from removing some of the UI elements that didn’t add anything (the left vertical menu), to reaching the point…
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TextSecure: Forward secrecy for asynchronous messages
Traditionally, asynchronous messaging systems such as email have relied on protocols like PGP or S/MIME for cryptographic security. These protocols work the way most people are familiar with: one who wishes to receive encrypted email advertises a public key, and those wishing to send encrypted e...
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Don't Fly During Ramadan
A couple of weeks ago, I tried to fly from New York (JFK) to Los Angeles on JetBlue. I was racially profiled, detained, and interrogated for hours.
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What Manning Revealed
A blog about media, politics, music, film, culture, by Greg Mitchell.
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Valencia region government completes switch to LibreOffice
The administration of the Spanish autonomous region of Valencia has completed its switch to LibreOffice, a free and open source suite of office productivity applications. Last week Friday the region's...
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Firebug 1.12 – New Features
Firebug team released fresh new Firebug 1.12 and here is a list of some new features we have implemented in this version. Firebug 1.12 is compatible with Firefox ...
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Four fears for authoritarians
“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it” Aung San Suu Kyi: Freedom from Fear Recent events in the UK have been disturbing for believers and s…
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Bradley Manning's Post-Sentencing Statement
This statement from Bradley Manning was read after hos 35-year sentence was passed by his lawyer, David Coombs. The decisions that I mad...
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Court Opinion Finding NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional to be released
Update: In response to EFF's FOIA lawsuit, the government has released the 2011 FISA court opinion ruling some NSA surveillance unconstitutional. For over a year, EFF has been fighting the government in federal court to force the public release of an 86-page opinion of the secret Foreign...
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Containers and Docker: how secure are they?
Docker is a founding member of the Blueprint Alliance, a 12-company reference architecture for securing AI agents, built around four governance questions.
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Does Gravity Travel at the Speed of Light? (1998)
Updated 2011 by Steve Carlip, and 1998 by Steve Carlip, Matthew Wiener and Geoffrey Landis. Original by Steve Carlip.
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EFF Pioneer Awards: Aaron Swartz, James Love, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is pleased to announce the distinguished winners of the 2013 Pioneer Awards: late digital rights activist Aaron Swartz, international access to knowledge advocate James Love, and Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras – the journalists behind the...
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I will not do a tech interview
I am terrible at taking tech interviews. Out of dozens that I’ve done, I may never have passed one. My typical pattern goes like this: A serendipitous contact leads to outstanding phone call with a …