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How to hack a turned-off computer, or running unsigned code in Intel ME [pdf]

blackhat.com/docs/eu-17/materials/eu-17-Goryachy-How-To-Hack-A-Turned-Off-Computer-Or-Running-Unsigned-Code-In-Intel-Management-Engine-wp.pdf

543
107
I Got Paid $0 from the Uber Security Bug Bounty

medium.com/bread-and-circuses/how-i-got-paid-0-from-the-uber-security-bug-bounty-aa9646aa103f

624
152
How I went from programming to consulting (2012)

training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/consulting_1

780
472
Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

exstreamist.com/report-kids-in-netflix-only-homes-are-being-saved-from-230-hours-of-commercials-a-year

758
440
Chrome is Not the Standard

chriskrycho.com/2017/chrome-is-not-the-standard.html

807
451
Google Maps' Moat

justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat

1960
609
Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse

reddit.com/r/cars/comments/7k12fs/neighbors_house_alarm_triggers_when_i_put_my_car?sh=163d3254&st=JBB8L3HN

701
292
Firefox is on a slippery slope

drewdevault.com/2017/12/16/Firefox-is-on-a-slippery-slope.html

2023
874
F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules

nytimes.com/2017/12/14/technology/net-neutrality-repeal-vote.html

3384
1431
Statement on Cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings

sec.gov/news/public-statement/statement-clayton-2017-12-11

811
161
Oregon punished an engineer for criticizing red-light cameras. He fought and won

washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/08/criticizing-red-light-cameras-is-not-a-punishable-offense-oregon-concedes

518
311
The Big Vitamin D Mistake

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28768407

756
441
Steam is no longer supporting Bitcoin

steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1464096684955433613

675
395
Apple is sharing your facial wireframe with apps

washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/30/apple-is-sharing-your-face-with-apps-thats-a-new-privacy-worry

556
141
How Stripe Designs Websites

leejamesrobinson.com/blog/how-stripe-designs-beautiful-websites

484
104
Django 2.0 released

docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/releases/2.0

635
170
Hello, world: this is WikiTribune

wikitribune.com/story/2017/10/30/media/hello-world/13988

830
235
Facebook Is the Junk Food of Socializing (2015)

nautil.us/blog/why-facebook-is-the-junk-food-of-socializing

571
200
My unusual hobby

stephanboyer.com/post/134/my-unusual-hobby

856
147
I'm on the FCC. Please stop us from killing net neutrality

latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-rosenworcel-fcc-net-neutrality-repeal-20171122-story.html

966
407
Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-21/uber-concealed-cyberattack-that-exposed-57-million-people-s-data

1720
572
Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will

m.nautil.us/issue/52/the-hive/modern-media-is-a-dos-attack-on-your-free-will

1466
496
Security alerts on GitHub

github.com/blog/2470-introducing-security-alerts-on-github

697
100
Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

blog.atom.io/2017/11/15/code-together-in-real-time-with-teletype-for-atom.html

873
223
Firefox 57.0 Released

mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0/releasenotes

1692
813
How Firefox Got Fast Again

hacks.mozilla.org/2017/11/entering-the-quantum-era-how-firefox-got-fast-again-and-where-its-going-to-get-faster

2180
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Confession as an AI researcher; seeking advice

reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/73n9pm/d_confession_as_an_ai_researcher_seeking_advice

346
98
RSS: there's nothing better

davidyat.es/2017/05/18/rss-nothing-better

640
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Paradise Papers: Dear Tim Cook

projekte.sueddeutsche.de/paradisepapers/politik/dear-tim-cook-e322998

1200
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Waymo now testing its self-driving cars on public roads with no one at the wheel

techcrunch.com/2017/11/07/waymo-now-testing-its-self-driving-cars-on-public-roads-with-no-one-at-the-wheel

1120
609
Chrome breaks the Web

tonsky.me/blog/chrome-intervention

1187
458
Freelancer.com has ruined my life

trustpilot.com/reviews/59fdae7d31302a07249dc4fe

845
344
Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web

neustadt.fr/essays/against-a-user-hostile-web

1307
503
Do you need a VPN?

blog.mozilla.org/internetcitizen/2017/08/29/do-you-need-a-vpn

969
479
Replacing exploit-ridden firmware with a Linux kernel [pdf]

schd.ws/hosted_files/osseu17/84/Replace%20UEFI%20with%20Linux.pdf

368
78
The New York Times Is Now Available as a Tor Onion Service

open.nytimes.com/https-open-nytimes-com-the-new-york-times-as-a-tor-onion-service-e0d0b67b7482

878
192
“Startup” asks internship applicant to build their app before phone screen

reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/78rhz7/this_startup_asked_me_to_do_a_project_for_an

625
274
Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics

spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/conservation/why-we-must-fight-for-the-right-to-repair-our-electronics

866
258
Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator

reddit.com/r/apple/comments/782250/try_quickly_typing_1_2_3_into_the_ios_11

886
480
After the end of the startup era

techcrunch.com/2017/10/22/ask-not-for-whom-the-deadpool-tolls

418
297
Iceland's attempts to replant its forests

nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/20/climate/iceland-trees-reforestation.html

697
273
Documenting the Web together

blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/18/documenting-web-together-mdn-web-docs

1210
203
US telcos appear to be selling non-anonymized access to consumer telephone data

medium.com/@philipn/want-to-see-something-crazy-open-this-link-on-your-phone-with-wifi-turned-off-9e0adb00d024

1273
301
The impossible dream of USB-C

marco.org/2017/10/14/impossible-dream-of-usb-c

635
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Steve Wozniak announces tech education platform Woz U

techcrunch.com/2017/10/13/steve-wozniak-announces-tech-education-platform-woz-u

578
114
Rejecting a candidate for over-qualification results in age bias

facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/over-qualification-wut/1671791376187053

644
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iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just by asking

krausefx.com/blog/ios-privacy-stealpassword-easily-get-the-users-apple-id-password-just-by-asking

867
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Tracking friends and strangers using WhatsApp

robertheaton.com/2017/10/09/tracking-friends-and-strangers-using-whatsapp

828
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'Our minds can be hijacked': tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia

theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia

878
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Keybase launches encrypted Git

keybase.io/blog/encrypted-git-for-everyone

1427
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Hacker News Clone Using GraphQL and React

github.com/clintonwoo/hackernews-react-graphql

418
181
HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)

blog.neocities.org/blog/2015/09/08/its-time-for-the-distributed-web.html

467
216
It’s time to give Firefox another chance

techcrunch.com/2017/09/29/its-time-to-give-firefox-another-chance

1674
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A “right to repair” movement tools up

economist.com/news/business/21729744-tractors-smartphones-mending-things-getting-ever-harder-right-repair-movement

928
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Dumb Things Camera Companies are Still Doing

dslrbodies.com/newsviews/dumb-things-the-camera.html

583
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React 16

facebook.github.io/react/blog/2017/09/26/react-v16.0.html

914
338
China Blocks WhatsApp

nytimes.com/2017/09/25/business/china-whatsapp-blocked.html?mcubz=3

1174
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Scenic Tram Simulator

alexanderperrin.com.au/paper/shorttrip

918
127
It’s time to kill the web app

blog.plan99.net/its-time-to-kill-the-web-974a9fe80c89

1003
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New in PostgreSQL 10

wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/New_in_postgres_10

962
249
DuckDuckGo vs Google

fourweekmba.com/duckduckgo-vs-google

1140
536
Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs (2016)

washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/24/top-medical-experts-say-we-should-decriminalize-all-drugs-and-maybe-go-even-further

687
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Buffett wins $1M decade-old bet that the S&P500 would outperform hedgefunds

aei.org/publication/warren-buffett-wins-1m-bet-made-a-decade-ago-that-the-sp-500-stock-index-would-outperform-hedge-funds

786
312
Firefox Multi-Account Containers

blog.mozilla.org/firefox/introducing-firefox-multi-account-containers

850
238
Spain Fines Facebook Over Tracking Users Without Consent

tomshardware.com/news/spain-fines-facebook-deleted-accounts,35425.html

645
193
Sublime Text 3.0

sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-3-point-0

1653
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Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

bradfrost.com/blog/post/facebook-you-needy-sonofabitch

1111
387
Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You

kalzumeus.com/2017/09/09/identity-theft-credit-reports

1088
276
Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-08/equifax-sued-over-massive-hack-in-multibillion-dollar-lawsuit

1345
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Delta Goes Big, Then Goes Home

flightradar24.com/blog/delta-goes-big-then-goes-home

1107
188
Demon-Haunted World

locusmag.com/Perspectives/2017/09/cory-doctorow-demon-haunted-world

768
282
HSBC is killing my business, piece by piece 

medium.com/@photonstorm/hsbc-is-killing-my-business-piece-by-piece-d7f5547f3929

739
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Insane state of today's advertising part 3

plus.google.com/+ArtemRussakovskii/posts/53n5LdCYTbF

961
420
Criticizing Google got me fired

washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/31/i-criticized-google-it-got-me-fired-thats-how-corporate-power-works?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-f:homepage/story

1010
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Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode

blog.ptsecurity.com/2017/08/disabling-intel-me.html

734
218
If the Waffle House is closed, it's Time to Panic (2016)

fivethirtyeight.com/features/if-waffle-house-is-closed-its-time-to-panic

380
97
Epistle 3

marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3

470
177
“Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera

nytimes.com/2017/08/04/education/edlife/learning-how-to-learn-barbara-oakley.html?WT.nav=bottom-well&action=click&hpw=&module=well-region&pgtype=Homepage&region=bottom-well&rref=education

848
183
Inside a fast CSS engine

hacks.mozilla.org/2017/08/inside-a-super-fast-css-engine-quantum-css-aka-stylo

660
141
Android Oreo

android.com/versions/oreo-8-0

778
641
Explaining React's license

code.facebook.com/posts/112130496157735/explaining-react-s-license

978
595
Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and Android

blog.mozilla.org/firefox/lightweight-browser-focus-does-less-which-is-much-more

684
335
Essential Phone, available now

essential.com/blog/essential-phone-available-now

818
672
Why We Terminated Daily Stormer

blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer

857
1526
Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo

blog.ycombinator.com/ask-a-female-engineer-thoughts-on-the-google-memo

1080
1501
I’m an Ex-Google Woman Tech Leader and I’m Sick of Our Approach to Diversity

medium.com/the-mission/im-an-ex-google-woman-tech-leader-and-i-m-sick-of-our-approach-to-diversity-17008c5fe999

791
420
An Intro to Compilers

nicoleorchard.com/blog/compilers

687
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YouTube AI deletes war crimes evidence as 'extremist material'

middleeasteye.net/news/youtube-criticised-after-middle-east-video-taken-down-over-extremist-content-1244893230

674
320
Ad blocking is under attack

blog.adguard.com/en/ad-blocking-is-under-attack

1111
559
Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo

1697
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There Have Always Existed People Who’ve Simply Wanted to Be Alone

hazlitt.net/feature/there-have-always-existed-people-whove-simply-wanted-be-alone-interview-michael-finkel

429
169
Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud

washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/08/04/martin-shkreli-jury-enters-fifth-day-of-deliberations

752
587
App sizes are out of control

trevore.com/blog/posts/app-sizes-are-out-of-control

729
442
Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed

sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/sci-hub-s-cache-pirated-papers-so-big-subscription-journals-are-doomed-data-analyst

632
241
Petition to open source Flash

github.com/pakastin/open-source-flash

560
244
How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source community

theoutline.com/post/1953/how-a-vc-funded-company-is-undermining-the-open-source-community

1014
415
Pev: Postgres ‘Explain’ Visualizer (2016)

tatiyants.com/postgres-query-plan-visualization

612
48
Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies

thinkgrowth.org/why-good-people-leave-large-tech-companies-af2b6fea4ee

410
245
Scientists Reverse Brain Damage in Drowned Toddler?

newsweek.com/eden-carlson-brain-damage-reversed-drowning-638628

563
290
153k Ether Stolen in Parity Multi-Sig Attack

etherscan.io/address/0xb3764761e297d6f121e79c32a65829cd1ddb4d32

943
725
The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates

propublica.org/article/the-myth-of-drug-expiration-dates

609
263
The Limitations of Deep Learning

blog.keras.io/the-limitations-of-deep-learning.html

794
260
Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Patent” license

issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-303?focusedCommentId=16088663&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel

1277
362
Seeing AI for iOS

microsoft.com/en-us/seeing-ai

835
126
Toward Go 2

blog.golang.org/toward-go2

746
640
Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Internet

blog.google/topics/public-policy/net-neutrality-day-action-help-preserve-open-internet

1664
433
Taking control of all .io domains with a targeted registration

thehackerblog.com/the-io-error-taking-control-of-all-io-domains-with-a-targeted-registration

1404
246
How to make a friend fast

happyturtlethings.net/how-to-make-a-friend-fast

765
242
I make $10k per month with the Amazon Affiliate Program

reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/6lmotf/i_make_10000_per_month_with_the_amazon_affiliate

550
269
Wildcard Certificates Coming January 2018

letsencrypt.org/2017/07/06/wildcard-certificates-coming-jan-2018.html

857
191
Making a virtual machine in Google Sheets

briansteffens.github.io/2017/07/03/google-sheets-virtual-machine.html

1074
113
Gitter is open source

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitter/webapp

522
172
Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm to bees

nature.com/news/largest-ever-study-of-controversial-pesticides-finds-harm-to-bees-1.22229

729
214
NYPD is canceling its Palantir contract

buzzfeed.com/williamalden/theres-a-fight-brewing-between-the-nypd-and-silicon-valley

501
275
Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment

nytimes.com/2017/06/30/technology/women-entrepreneurs-speak-out-sexual-harassment.html?_r=0

1188
730
TDD did not live up to expectations

blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ericgu/2017/06/22/notdd

586
433
An easter egg for one user: Luke Skywalker

einaregilsson.com/an-easter-egg-for-one-user-luke-skywalker

798
134
Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-23/google-will-stop-reading-your-emails-for-gmail-ads

903
437
Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.

nytimes.com/2017/06/21/technology/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick.html?_r=0

2119
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NSA OSS Technologies

nationalsecurityagency.github.io

427
105
Georgia Tech's free math textbook collective

people.math.gatech.edu/~cain/textbooks/onlinebooks.html

834
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European leaders call for open access to all scientific papers by 2020 (2016)

sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/dramatic-statement-european-leaders-call-immediate-open-access-all-scientific-papers

756
102
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-16/amazon-to-buy-whole-foods?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business

1687
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Developers who use spaces make more money than those who use tabs

stackoverflow.blog/2017/06/15/developers-use-spaces-make-money-use-tabs

881
663
How is GNU `yes` so fast?

reddit.com/r/unix/comments/6gxduc/how_is_gnu_yes_so_fast?sh=5651ea3c&st=j3v3iw3c

872
334
Reverse engineering guide for beginners: Methodology and tools

0x00sec.org/t/re-guide-for-beginners-methodology-and-tools/2242

801
63
Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers and Breaking into Email, Bank Accounts

forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/12/21/hackers-are-hijacking-phone-numbers-and-breaking-into-email-and-bank-accounts-how-to-protect-yourself

650
362
Please Make Google AMP Optional

alexkras.com/please-make-google-amp-optional

1146
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Be Careful with UUID or GUID as Primary Keys

tomharrisonjr.com/uuid-or-guid-as-primary-keys-be-careful-7b2aa3dcb439

593
292
“Let her speak please”

facebook.com/marilee.talkington/posts/10155051385188961

995
646
Accidentally destroyed production database on first day of a job

np.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/6ez8ag/accidentally_destroyed_production_database_on

740
265
Network Protocols

destroyallsoftware.com/compendium/network-protocols/97d3ba4c24d21147

842
75
How to Sleep

theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/how-to-sleep/508781

649
265
View Counting at Reddit

redditblog.com/2017/05/24/view-counting-at-reddit

489
112
Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922)

mikecanex.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/1922-why-i-quit-being-so-accommodating

866
316
The largest Git repo

blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bharry/2017/05/24/the-largest-git-repo-on-the-planet

1053
402
1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders

blog.agilebits.com/2017/05/18/introducing-travel-mode-protect-your-data-when-crossing-borders

1004
521
Kill Google AMP before it kills the web

theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/open_source_insider_google_amp_bad_bad_bad

969
462
Let them paste passwords

ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/let-them-paste-passwords

694
365
A startup’s Firebase bill suddenly increased from $25 to $1750 per month

medium.com/@contact_16315/firebase-costs-increased-by-7-000-81dc0a27271d

952
497
My Family’s Slave

theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490?single_page=true

1419
606
Accidentally Stopping a Global Cyber Attack

malwaretech.com/2017/05/how-to-accidentally-stop-a-global-cyber-attacks.html

1981
338
Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hacking Tool

mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/world/europe/uk-national-health-service-cyberattack.html?_r=1&referer=https://www.rt.com/news/388153-thousands-ransomeware-attacks-worldwide/&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone

1248
478
Net neutrality is in jeopardy again

blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/05/08/next-10-days-critical-internets-future

928
374
Wikimedia Foundation spending

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2017-02-27/Op-ed

1054
409
The Horror in the Standard Library

zerotier.com/blog/2017-05-05-theleak.shtml

830
216
Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities

reuters.com/article/us-uber-tech-crime-exclusive-idUSKBN1802U1

883
559
CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals

sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525001617301107

1455
239
Getting Started with Headless Chrome

developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/04/headless-chrome

657
121
Why Use Postgres?

craigkerstiens.com/2017/04/30/why-postgres-five-years-later

568
225
Show HN: Sorting Two Metric Tons of Lego

jacquesmattheij.com/sorting-two-metric-tons-of-lego

1264
211
Rust 1.17

blog.rust-lang.org/2017/04/27/Rust-1.17.html

551
319
For First Time Since 1800s, Britain Goes a Day Without Burning Coal for Power

nytimes.com/2017/04/21/world/europe/britain-burning-coal-electricity.html

558
205
What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?

privacylog.blogspot.com/2017/04/what-happens-when-you-send-zero-day-to.html

1494
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Calculus Made Easy (1914) [pdf]

djm.cc/library/Calculus_Made_Easy_Thompson.pdf

1080
189
Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spending in the US

nytimes.com/2017/04/17/business/dealbook/steve-ballmer-serves-up-a-fascinating-data-trove.html?_r=0

1124
258
How to Raise a Creative Child – Step One: Back Off (2016)

nytimes.com/2016/01/31/opinion/sunday/how-to-raise-a-creative-child-step-one-back-off.html

517
253
Golang SSH Security

bridge.grumpy-troll.org/2017/04/golang-ssh-security

426
103
How We Built r/Place

redditblog.com/2017/04/13/how-we-built-rplace

1152
242
We’re dropping Google Ads

groundup.org.za/article/why-were-dropping-google-ads

1477
584
Electron is flash for the desktop (2016)

josephg.com/blog/electron-is-flash-for-the-desktop

1519
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The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews

nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/sunday/the-utter-uselessness-of-job-interviews.html

563
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New York City bans employers from asking potential workers about past salary

nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2017/04/07/new-york-city-bans-employers-from-asking-potential-workers-about-their-past-salary

718
524
An off-grid social network

staltz.com/an-off-grid-social-network.html

1031
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Tim Berners-Lee wins Turing Award

news.mit.edu/2017/tim-berners-lee-wins-turing-award-0404

1735
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Tesla Passes Ford by Market Value

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-03/tesla-passes-ford-by-market-value-before-musk-delivers-model-3

846
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Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things

atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains

959
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The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Internet privacy protections

washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/28/the-house-just-voted-to-wipe-out-the-fccs-landmark-internet-privacy-protections

901
499
Deep Photo Style Transfer

github.com/luanfujun/deep-photo-styletransfer

1088
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Google Talk Is Being Discontinued

gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2017/03/updates-in-g-suite-to-streamline-hangouts-and-gmail.html

618
483
US Senate votes to undo FCC internet privacy rules

washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/23/congress-is-poised-to-undo-landmark-rules-covering-your-internet-privacy

992
441
Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)

answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_onedrivefb-mso_o365brs/onedrive-for-business-open-is-very-slow-on-linux/3d33dc1b-3cc3-4c24-9998-9ab96bad31fc

1423
469
GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects using company resources

qz.com/937038/github-now-lets-its-workers-keep-the-ip-when-they-use-company-resources-for-personal-projects?s=1

1841
462
They Used To Last 50 Years

recraigslist.com/2015/10/they-used-to-last-50-years

1359
860
U.S. Web Design Standards 1.0

standards.usa.gov/whats-new/releases

426
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Enroute Airbus A380 wake flips Challenger business jet upside down

flightservicebureau.org/enroute-a380-wake-flips-challenger-604-upside-down

560
360
Acing the technical interview

aphyr.com/posts/340-acing-the-technical-interview

825
207
GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code

venturebeat.com/2017/03/15/gitlab-acquires-software-chat-startup-gitter-will-open-source-the-code

948
318
Keep the Internet Open

blog.samaltman.com/keep-the-internet-open

1032
391
Build a digital clock in Conway's Life

codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/88783/build-a-digital-clock-in-conways-game-of-life

712
87
Password Rules Are Bullshit

blog.codinghorror.com/password-rules-are-bullshit

711
272
Notepad++ V 7.3.3 – Fix CIA Hacking Notepad++ Issue

notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-7.3.3-fix-cia-hacking-issue.html

1101
283
Mathematics for Computer Science [pdf]

courses.csail.mit.edu/6.042/spring17/mcs.pdf

1059
153
A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks

arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/802-eleventy-what-a-deep-dive-into-why-wi-fi-kind-of-sucks

534
235
How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide

nytimes.com/2017/03/03/technology/uber-greyball-program-evade-authorities.html?_r=0

1144
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The Other Half

ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5139

805
320
Ask HN: Is S3 down?

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13755673

2589
1055
I am an Uber survivor

medium.com/@amyvertino/my-name-is-not-amy-i-am-an-uber-survivor-c6d6541e632f

2168
767
List of Sites Affected by Cloudflare's HTTPS Traffic Leak

github.com/pirate/sites-using-cloudflare/blob/master/README.md

914
215
Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 light years from Earth

nature.com/news/these-seven-alien-worlds-could-help-explain-how-planets-form-1.21512?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews

2256
704
Why I Don’t Talk to Google Recruiters

yegor256.com/2017/02/21/say-no-to-google-recruiters.html

892
652
Starting an Internet Service Provider

chrishacken.com/starting-an-internet-service-provider

912
242
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber

susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber

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Pixar offers free online lessons in storytelling via Khan Academy

techcrunch.com/2017/02/15/pixar-offers-free-online-lessons-in-storytelling-via-khan-academy?sr_share=facebook

503
93
Google Spreadsheets and Python

twilio.com/blog/2017/02/an-easy-way-to-read-and-write-to-a-google-spreadsheet-in-python.html

811
140
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news.distrokid.com/what-ive-been-up-to-for-the-past-4-years-ef06ab9c5cd6

1237
217
Introducing Cloud Spanner, a Global Database Service

cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/02/introducing-Cloud-Spanner-a-global-database-service-for-mission-critical-applications.html

1068
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Encrypted email is still a pain

incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/gpg.html

544
431
A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone

theverge.com/2017/2/12/14583124/nasa-sidd-bikkannavar-detained-cbp-phone-search-trump-travel-ban

956
437
H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms

economist.com/news/united-states/21716630-not-good-argument-against-them-h-1b-visas-do-mainly-go-indian-outsourcing

456
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Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave

lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-octave/2017-02/msg00062.html

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Hans Rosling has died

m.gapminder.org/news/sad-to-announce-hans-rosling-passed-away-this-morning

846
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What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen

ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen

888
333
How Children Lost the Right to Roam in Just 4 Generations

freerangekids.com/how-children-lost-the-right-to-roam-in-just-4-generations

556
520
GitLab Database Incident – Live Report

docs.google.com/document/d/1GCK53YDcBWQveod9kfzW-VCxIABGiryG7_z_6jHdVik/pub

1162
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Welcome, ACLU

medium.com/ycombinator/welcome-aclu-e45e27aedb6e

1558
1030
Time to Take a Stand

blog.samaltman.com/time-to-take-a-stand

1131
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niemanlab.org/2017/01/how-easy-is-it-to-securely-leak-information-to-some-of-americas-top-news-organizations-this-easy

680
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George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on Amazon

openculture.com/2017/01/george-orwells-1984-is-now-the-1-bestselling-book-on-amazon.html

830
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Learn TensorFlow and deep learning, without a Ph.D.

cloud.google.com/blog/big-data/2017/01/learn-tensorflow-and-deep-learning-without-a-phd

720
43
Container Tabs

wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers

843
215
What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining a Unicorn

gist.github.com/yossorion/4965df74fd6da6cdc280ec57e83a202d

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Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence

nytimes.com/2017/01/17/us/politics/obama-commutes-bulk-of-chelsea-mannings-sentence.html?_r=0

1503
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WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages

theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages

1332
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tesla.com/blog/welcome-chris-lattner

879
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Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M

techcrunch.com/2017/01/09/atlassian-acquires-trello

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GitHub Enterprise SQL Injection

blog.orange.tw/2017/01/bug-bounty-github-enterprise-sql-injection.html?m=1

346
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Browser auto-fill phishing

github.com/anttiviljami/browser-autofill-phishing

802
143
Grumpy: Go running Python

opensource.googleblog.com/2017/01/grumpy-go-running-python.html

1411
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The moving sofa problem

math.ucdavis.edu/~romik/movingsofa

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