From Reddit to Pornhub, Websites Slow Down for Net Neutrality on September 10
You know the net neutrality conversation is breaking new ground when even the porn sites are weighing in. And that's just what we're seeing: Major adult platforms Pornhub and Redtube are joining an online protest on September 10, calling for stronger protections for net neutrality. They’re teaming...
M/S Estonia accident radio transcript
Transcript of VHF channel 16 on the night of the Estonia disaster.
Polaris Privacy Initiative to Accelerate User-focused Privacy Online
At Mozilla, we believe that an individuals’ privacy on the Internet cannot be treated as optional. Our Privacy Principles guide us with the design of each of our products and ...
Intercom raises a Series B round of $23M
Articles and Podcasts on Customer Service, AI and Automation, Product, and more.
Mistakes we've made
The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City.
Why I Love Startup School
I realized on the way to Startup School that this was the tenth one I've emceed. We've done one every year since 2005 (plus two this year in NYC and London). It struck me throughout the day how...
Static checking of units in Servo
Web browsers do a lot of calculations on geometric coordinates, in many different coordinate systems and units of measurement. For example, a browser may need to translate a position expressed ...
Top Inventions at Browserling
Today is 4 years since I and my co-founder James Halliday have been working at Browserling Inc. I thought I'd share what I think are the top 10 inventions at our company. The first two choices are obvious. They're our products Browserling and Testling. The next eight choices are useful and popular open source…
Fatal Dose – Radiation Deaths linked to AECL Computer Errors (1994)
How a series of simple computer errors sabotaged a state-of-the-art medical wonder.
What "viable search engine competition" really looks like
Alex Clemmer is a computer programmer. Other programmers love Alex, excitedly describing him as "employed here" and "the boss's son".
The resource leak bug of our civilization
A couple of months ago, Trixter of Hornet released a demo called "8088 Domination", which shows off real-time video and audio playback on t...
How we validated our SaaS product without building it
Build, collaborate on, and localize on-brand email templates without code. Trusted by Canva, Culture Amp, and 300+ global teams. See how it works.
New Paypal gateway UI susceptible to spoofing
Hey. I decided to get a paid plan on Github and Paypal looked like a good payment option to me. Click the blue button here : This looks ...
After reviewing about 30 YC applications, here's some general advice
Demo day just wrapped up for Beacon. We feel pretty good about what we've done since starting YC in January. But it's been a long and winding road to get here. One of my cofounders (@dmitric) and...
Django 1.7b1 released
Posted by James Bennett on March 20, 2014
The Lava Lamp Just Won't Quit
In the 1960s, a British nudist invented a lamp that inadvertently became the poster child for psychedelia. Thirty years later, it came back with a vengeance.