2018 Archive
9691.
TMobile confirms they store passwords in plaintext, don't see why it's a problem (twitter.com)
9692.
Writing a recursive ascent parser by hand (abubalay.com)
9693.
Managed Redis on Google Cloud Platform (cloudplatform.googleblog.com)
9694.
Secret History of Silicon Valley (2009) (steveblank.com)
9695.
Children learn best when engaged in the living world, not on screens (aeon.co)
9696.
A game of tag that’s been going for 20+ years (kottke.org)
9697.
Service Meant to Monitor Inmates’ Calls Could Track You, Too (nytimes.com)
9698.
Researchers discover seven new Meltdown and Spectre attacks (zdnet.com)
9699.
Low-Latency Video Processing Using Thousands of Tiny Threads [pdf] (usenix.org)
9700.
Sen. Wyden proposes bill that could jail executives who mishandle consumer data (theverge.com)
9701.
Jim Tcl version 0.78 (jim.tcl.tk)
9702.
Rust and SPARK: Software Reliability for Everyone (2017) (electronicdesign.com)
9703.
GDPR complaints against Google’s deceptive practices to track user location (beuc.eu)
9704.
Real Progress in Parkinson’s (blogs.sciencemag.org)
9705.
Typesafe Neural Networks in Haskell with Dependent Types (blog.jle.im)
9706.
A polymer made from waste cooking oil and sulphur can clean up crude oil spills (news.flinders.edu.au)
9707.
Ruby’s Rack Push: Decoupling the real-time web application from the web (bowild.wordpress.com)
9708.
ROP Emporium: Learn return-oriented programming through a series of challenges (ropemporium.com)
9709.
Command Line Heroes Podcast (redhat.com)
9710.
Scikit-learn user guide (2017) [pdf] (scikit-learn.org)
9711.
Reptile: A Scalable Meta-Learning Algorithm (blog.openai.com)
9712.
FCC is still editing the net neutrality repeal order (arstechnica.com)
9713.
From VNC to reverse shell (blog.benjojo.co.uk)
9714.
Building a Distributed Log from Scratch: Sketching a New System (bravenewgeek.com)
9715.
Physics puzzles (lockhaven.edu)
9716.
A Hacker from South Africa Rescued the First NASA Computer in Space (2016) (atlasobscura.com)
9717.
Facebook 'ugly truth' growth memo haunts firm (bbc.com)
9718.
Leap: An Online Community for Women (blog.ycombinator.com)
9719.
German hate speech law tested as Twitter blocks satire account (reuters.com)
9720.
‘Lopping,’ ‘Tips’ and the ‘Z-List’: Bias Lawsuit Explores Harvard’s Admissions (nytimes.com)