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Distrust of Symantec TLS Certificates
A Certification Authority (CA) is an organization that browser vendors (like Mozilla) trust to issue certificates to websites. Last year, Mozilla published and discussed a set of issues with one ...
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Firefox 62.0 Released
Thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox!
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Is the Lean Startup Dead?
A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review Reading the NY Times article “Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture,” I realized it was time for …
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When optimising code, never guess, always measure
This page has been Tagged As Software This is a truism that lots of people quote, but it can be hard to remember, especially in the heat of battle (as it were). Rather fortunately it came to mind just when needed, as I found something completely unexpected.
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You can't contain me: elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Docker for Windows
I have been continuing my journey of searching for windows breakout vulnerabilities in popular applications and one that I discovered in March I found intere...
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How the Go runtime implements maps efficiently without generics
This post discusses how maps are implemented in Go. It is based on a presentation I gave at the GoCon Spring 2018 conference in Tokyo, Japan.
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“Prestudy”: Learning Chinese Through Reading
In May 2017, I sat and passed the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi Level 4. The HSK is a Mandarin Chinese proficency test similar to the TOEFL, and passing Level 4 mean...
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Progress update from the Librem 5 hardware department
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
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Google Optimize now free for everyone
Businesses often have one big question for us: How can they better understand their website visitors and deliver more relevant, engaging experiences?
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UPDuino: a $9.99 FPGA
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The Tools I Use to Write Books
This article has been translated into Russian: Полезные инструменты для написания книг Thank you Vlad!
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“Stateless” sync using version vectors
Isolating cloud sync and persistent storage in an app architecture.
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Maybe adding generics to Go is about syntax after all
This is a short response to the recently announced Go 2 generics draft proposals
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Measuring context switching and memory overheads for Linux threads
In this post I want to explore the costs of threads on modern Linux machines, both in terms of time and space. The background context is designing high-load concurrent servers, where using threads is one of the common schemes .
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Learning Python for Social Scientists (2015)
I’ve compiled a list of Python tutorials and annotated analyses. I've tried to list pages that are accessible to social scientists with little background in Python and/or machine learning.
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MikroTik routers are forwarding owners’ traffic to unknown attackers
[Update] 2018-09-05 11:00 GMT+8, with the generous help from the AS64073, 103.193.137.211 has been promptly suspended and is no longer a threat. Overview MikroTik is a Latvian company founded in 1996 to develop routers and wireless ISP systems. MikroTik now provides hardware and software for
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OpsGenie is joining Atlassian
We are delighted to announce that Atlassian has entered into an agreement to acquire Opsgenie.
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Notes on “A Philosophy of Software Design”
Jumping on the recent trend, I picked up a copy of A Philosophy of Software Design based on Cindy’s recommendation. It’s a fairly concise read at 160 pages, and I skimmed through it over the last few days, writing up some notes along the way.
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How LLVM Optimizes a Function
This is very nice summary of IR Passes. I found “InstCombine” pass to be easier to start with to understand the code flow in LLVM IR Pass. Maybe the beginners can start with that first.
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Reading with a pencil
The intellectual is, quite simply, a human being who has a pencil in his or her hand when reading a book. —George Steiner
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Why I never finish my Haskell programs
From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus
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I was told I would become quadriplegic
I was told, I would become quadriplegic & what I had to do for it among other things regarding my heath.
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Shifting Gears
Jenkins – an open source automation server which enables developers around the world to reliably build, test, and deploy their software
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A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Surviving on the Roads
Portsmouth CTC part of Cycling UK organises cycle rides and events including easy rides, short rides, flat rides, long rides, and hilly rides.
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Learning BASIC Like It's 1983
Imagining a childhood encounter with BASIC on the Commodore 64.
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Fear the reaper: characterization and fast detection of card skimmers
Fear the reaper: characterization and fast detection of card skimmers Scaife et al., USENIX Security 2018 Until I can get my hands on a Skim Reaper I’m not sure I’ll ever trust an ATM or other expo…