July 2011
51 posts
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Why I'm raising my son to be a nerd - CNN.com →
Semantic Versioning →
In the world of software management there exists a dread place called “dependency hell.” The bigger your system grows and the more packages you integrate into your software, the more likely you are to find yourself, one day, in this pit of despair.
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“Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.”
Hackers, Makers and Teachers: A Hackerspace Primer... →
When I grow up, I want to live in a hackerspace. Like a loft where people are welcome to come/hang out/hack whenever.
DEF CON 19
List of talks I’m interested from the DEF CON 19 schedule.
Thursday
DEFCON 101
The DEFCON DB challenge
Friday
WTF Happened to the Constitution?
Physical Memory Forensics for Cache
Staying Connected during a Revolution or Disaster: “At the end of this talk, a new open source project will be announced, with the goal of developing the capabilities to generate spontaneous...
Meet the LulzSec Leader Arrested by British Police... →
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“Basically, misogyny wasn’t invented by Twitter. It may be perpetuated in that...”
– The Misogynistic Hashtag « the solipsistic socialite
Yes, I Play Video Games, and No, You Cannot See My... →
The F Word has the greatest weekly round-up threads.
Nafissatou Diallo speaks out - The F-Word →
Diallo on Strauss-Khan. In the words of the author, I really fucking hope “she takes him down.”
Because of him they call me a prostitute,” she said. “I want him to go to jail. I want him to know there are some places you cannot use your power, you cannot use your money.” She said she hoped God punishes him.
Patent Troll Sues Amazon Over Electronic Checkout... →
Now, an app that can make your data... →
The method employs a “covert channel” to encode sensitive information. Instead of the operating system writing small pieces of the file in random areas on the hard drive, the software chooses the positions according to a secret code. The person who wants to access the file just needs to know the key to figure out where the fragments were written and re-assemble the clusters accordingly.
Ruby Style Guide — Gist →
Apple Laptops Vulnerable To Hack That Kills Or... →
Genderqueer Chicago: How To Make Love to a Trans... →
Also reposted, but still amazing.
If Parallel Universes are real, and all possible... →
I like how this thread rapidly devolved into an implementation of the universe.
Me, but you, but me [dive into mark] →
Repost, but absolutely worth it.
Wow.
“WINE comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. I lift the glass to my mouth, I look at you, and sigh.” — W.B. Yeats
Antarctica →
An interview with someone who lived in Antarctica for a few months. Amazing!
The Winklevosses Do Not Like Being Called... →
33 GB of Scientific Papers - and a Manifesto -... →
Nobody Has Time for Interns - Jodi Glickman -... →
Common programming mistakes for Scala developers... →
Why indexing should start at 0 →
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert A. Heinlein
Asking Twitter To Commit Suicide With A Google ... →
Well said.
A Surreal End To A Five-Year Marriage In A Fast... →
Heartbreaking.
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“There was also a follow up study in Poland, with the same results — they...”
– Mitch Altman, on the Stanford Prison Experiment over the Noisebridge email list.
Two years ago, today. →
Tristan Walker’s first email to Dennis and Naveen about foursquare. Good stuff.
Performance Engineering at Twitter by Evan Weaver... →
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“Right now I need to undertake a long-delayed journey of personal discovery....”
– Why I quit my job: « Kai Nagata
E-Prime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Girlfriend says cat has to go!! Free tonight!! →
Got bless the internet.
Cult News from Rick Ross » Amma the Hugging Saint:... →
Eric Schmidt: You Don’t Know It’s A Bubble Until... →
GetJar Developer Blog →
“It’s nice to forget, but once in awhile it’s probably good to be...”
– @Nora
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“The bottom line is that there are a lot of reasons Google+ would want to ask...”
– Post by Randall Munroe
Girl ends life to donate eyes to dad - Times Of... →
Holy shit.
Twitter's Forgotten Cofounder, Noah Glass →
Blogs - Fayobserver.com - American Greed: U.S.... →
