July 2011
51 posts
1 tag
Jul 31st
Why I'm raising my son to be a nerd - CNN.com →
Jul 31st
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.
Jul 29th
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“Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.”
Jul 29th
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.
Jul 28th
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...
Jul 28th
Jul 28th
Meet the LulzSec Leader Arrested by British Police... →
Jul 27th
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“Basically, misogyny wasn’t invented by Twitter. It may be perpetuated in that...”
– The Misogynistic Hashtag « the solipsistic socialite
Jul 27th
Yes, I Play Video Games, and No, You Cannot See My... →
The F Word has the greatest weekly round-up threads.
Jul 27th
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.
Jul 27th
Patent Troll Sues Amazon Over Electronic Checkout... →
Jul 26th
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.
Jul 25th
Ruby Style Guide — Gist →
Jul 25th
Apple Laptops Vulnerable To Hack That Kills Or... →
Jul 25th
Jul 24th
Genderqueer Chicago: How To Make Love to a Trans... →
Also reposted, but still amazing.
Jul 24th
If Parallel Universes are real, and all possible... →
I like how this thread rapidly devolved into an implementation of the universe.
Jul 24th
Me, but you, but me [dive into mark] →
Repost, but absolutely worth it.
Jul 24th
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
Jul 24th
Antarctica →
An interview with someone who lived in Antarctica for a few months. Amazing!
Jul 24th
The Winklevosses Do Not Like Being Called... →
Jul 22nd
33 GB of Scientific Papers - and a Manifesto -... →
Jul 21st
Jul 21st
Nobody Has Time for Interns - Jodi Glickman -... →
Jul 20th
Jul 19th
Common programming mistakes for Scala developers... →
Jul 19th
Why indexing should start at 0 →
Jul 19th
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert A. Heinlein
Jul 19th
Asking Twitter To Commit Suicide With A Google ... →
Well said.
Jul 19th
A Surreal End To A Five-Year Marriage In A Fast... →
Heartbreaking.
Jul 19th
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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.
Jul 17th
Two years ago, today. →
Tristan Walker’s first email to Dennis and Naveen about foursquare. Good stuff.
Jul 17th
Performance Engineering at Twitter by Evan Weaver... →
Jul 15th
Jul 12th
Jul 12th
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“Right now I need to undertake a long-delayed journey of personal discovery....”
– Why I quit my job: « Kai Nagata
Jul 11th
E-Prime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Jul 10th
Girlfriend says cat has to go!! Free tonight!! →
Got bless the internet.
Jul 10th
Jul 10th
Cult News from Rick Ross » Amma the Hugging Saint:... →
Jul 10th
Eric Schmidt: You Don’t Know It’s A Bubble Until... →
Jul 10th
GetJar Developer Blog →
Jul 10th
“It’s nice to forget, but once in awhile it’s probably good to be...”
– @Nora
Jul 8th
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“The bottom line is that there are a lot of reasons Google+ would want to ask...”
– Post by Randall Munroe
Jul 8th
Girl ends life to donate eyes to dad - Times Of... →
Holy shit.
Jul 7th
Jul 6th
Twitter's Forgotten Cofounder, Noah Glass →
Jul 4th
Blogs - Fayobserver.com - American Greed: U.S.... →
Jul 4th
Jul 3rd