How to format code blocks for narrow screens

You can’t fit 80 cpl. of preformatted code onto a narrow mobile screen. Here are three tips on how to make your code fit without horizontal scrolling. | Continue reading


@ctrl.blog | 4 years ago

Unautenticated Remote Code Execution in D-Link DIR-859 Routers (CVE-2019–17621)

Researchers | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Can an AI Fact-Checker Solve India’s Fake News Problem?

Puja Changoiwala in Undark: False words, phony videos, doctored photos, and violent content are regular features on the online ecosystem worldwide. India is no exception, where such content, which often attracts millions of views, has led to grave crimes and even communal and pol … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 4 years ago

The historical background of the *BSD 'base system' versus Linux

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@utcc.utoronto.ca | 4 years ago

Google's Hybrid Approach to Research

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@norvig.com | 4 years ago

Python for Lisp Programmers – Peter Norvig

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@norvig.com | 4 years ago

NetNewsWire 5 for iOS arrives as public beta

NetNewsWire, the venerable RSS reader that returned to original creator Brent Simmons in 2018 to be revived as an open-source project that was released for the Mac in August, is now in public beta testing on iOS.I’ve been using it this week on... | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 4 years ago

Frustrated Cartoon Rabbit Pursues His On-Screen Carrot Nemesis in Real Life After the Work Day Is Over

"Afterwork" is a brilliant short film by Luis Usón and Andrés Aguilar that combines illustrated animation by with CGI by Matte GG to tell the story of a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Researchers asked 2,500 Jewish and Muslim people what they find offensive – here’s what they said

Julian Hargreaves in The Conversation: Accusations of antisemitism have been swirling around the Labour Party since Jeremy Corbyn’s election as leader in 2015. He has been accused of harbouring antisemitic views and offering public support to party colleagues labelled as antisemi … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 4 years ago

The Netherlands to stop describing itself as Holland

Part of wider tourism strategy | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

In Conversation: Jonathan Franzen and Andrew Blauner

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@3quarksdaily.com | 4 years ago

Arctic ice melting

One way to gauge the amount of ice in the Arctic is to look at the average age of the ice. From the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio, the map above shows the estimated age of ice on a monthly b… | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 4 years ago

Friday Squid Blogging: New Species of Bobtail Squid

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@schneier.com | 4 years ago

What's left for private messaging? [video]

It is easier to chat online securely today than it ever has been. Widespread adoption of signal, wire, and the private mode of WhatsApp h... | Continue reading


@media.ccc.de | 4 years ago

Why an internet that never forgets is especially bad for young people

As past identities become stickier for those entering adulthood, it’s not just individuals who will suffer. Society will too. | Continue reading


@technologyreview.com | 4 years ago

No Austin Without Amazon

If it weren’t for Amazon, Austin wouldn’t be what it is today. A critical amount of urban density was necessary for the “creative class”… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Don’t go to art school (2013)

The traditional approach is failing us. It’s time for a change. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

My Story Starting a $400K/Year Handcrafted Furniture Business

My name is John Humphreys and I started Texas Rover Company which has recently been rebranded as Humphreys. Humphreys is a lifestyle industrial design brand, which creates classically inspired leather, wood, and metal products. Another arm of the brand is Humphreys Build, which f … | Continue reading


@starterstory.com | 4 years ago

Two Founders Built a $1M/Year Email Marketing Platform from Melbourne

Hey I’m George, co-founder and CEO of SmartrMail. We’re an app that makes email easier for ecommerce merchants through seamless platform integrations and automated personalization. Last year the ecommerce stores who use us sent over a billion emails, and generated more than $50m … | Continue reading


@starterstory.com | 4 years ago

Is Everyone Working 100 Hour Weeks?

Those 100-hour workweek/zero real-life might work for maybe 1% of the population who are hardwired that way, for the rest of us, it would simply make us miserable. | Continue reading


@gapingvoid.com | 4 years ago

The 10 Best Teen Movies of the Decade

The 10 best teen movies of the decade range from coming-of-age classics, to cheesy romantic comedies, to indie arthouse darlings. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

'Lucky' strike

EV Grieve is the leading news, entertainment and lifestyle blog about the East Village of New York City. | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 4 years ago

WaPo: Think How Much Worse It Would Have Been for Richard Jewell in 2019

Clint Eastwood's new movie Richard Jewell recounts the incredible tale of the security guard who, after being initially hailed by the media for saving many from injury or death by discovering a backpack containing three pipe bombs in Atlanta's Centennial Park during the 1996 Su … | Continue reading


@slashdot.org | 4 years ago

Phyphox: Your Smartphone is a Mobile Lab

Download for free: Follow us: FeaturesSensorsPhyphox allows you to use the sensors in your phone for your experiments. For example, detect the frequency of a pendulum using the accelerometer or measure the Doppler effect using its microphone.Data ExportExport your da | Continue reading


@phyphox.org | 4 years ago

Sonos bricks devices to make 2nd hand reuse impossible

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@mobile.twitter.com | 4 years ago

Show HN: Albums of the Month – Create Your Own

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@alt-romes.github.io | 4 years ago

Embroidery of Homer Simpson Backing Into Bushes

Self-described introvert Rayna of Hermit Girl Creations created a wonderfully lush, circular embroidery of a sneaky Homer Simpson backing into the bushes | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Fraudulent Invoices via Paypal from Godaddy

This morning I received two Paypal invoices that were sent to me directly.  At first and even second glance they appear to be legitimate, but they're not. | Continue reading


@searchcommander.com | 4 years ago

Belomorskaya Apartment / Designers Pavel and Svetlana Alekseeva

Belomorskaya Apartment features - contrasting design in color, mixing styles, a combination of various design elements from different styles. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 4 years ago

∞ 6 year old Irish girl hilariously insists on going to the pub

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@loopinsight.com | 4 years ago

The ugly side of financial inclusion

Some "financial inclusion" apps quickly get customers into a cycle of debt slavery with their fees. | Continue reading


@iafrikan.com | 4 years ago

Model beats Wall Street analysts in forecasting business financials

Using limited data, this automated system predicts a company’s quarterly sales. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 4 years ago

Using Light to Encrypt Communications

Researchers of the UT found a new way to protect data from attacks with quantum computers. As they published today in New Journal of Physics. With quantum computers on the rise, we can no longer exclude the possibility that a quantum computer will become so powerful it can break … | Continue reading


@utwente.nl | 4 years ago

‘Here we go. The chaos is starting’: An oral history of Y2K

Once upon a time, we all thought the world was going to end on January 1, 2000. Now we hear from the people who made sure it didn’t. | Continue reading


@popularmechanics.com | 4 years ago

Disruptive Innovation in America and China

The concept of disruptive innovation arose from the study of innovation in companies, but it can also be applied to nations. In this essay I will use some of the concepts of disruptive innovation to analyze the dynamics of national innovation and growth in America and China.1 The … | Continue reading


@americanaffairsjournal.org | 4 years ago

Perplexed Man Hilariously Mispronounces the Word ‘Eyes’ After Repeatedly Saying the Word ‘Yes’

While in the car, Michelle B asked her boyfriend what "YES" spelled. He responded correctly. When she asked what "EYES" spelled, he struggled mightily, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

2019: Year in review

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@jvns.ca | 4 years ago

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Officially Set for Fall 2020

Executive producer Jon Favreau announced on Twitter that The Mandalorian season 2 has already readied its thrusters for a fall 2020 debut. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

MRI predict intelligence levels in children?

A group of researchers from the Skoltech Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering (CDISE) took 4th place in the international MRI-based adolescent intelligence prediction competition. For the first time ever, the Skoltech scientists used ensemble method … | Continue reading


@eurekalert.org | 4 years ago

My 6 Favorite Hostels in Vancouver

Need a place to stay in Vancouver? These six hostels are the best in my experience and you can't go wrong with any of them! | Continue reading


@nomadicmatt.com | 4 years ago

Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda are fighting cybercrime

Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda are at the forefront of the war against cyber criminals. | Continue reading


@iafrikan.com | 4 years ago

Man's Best Friend

We live in very scary times. Anger, hostility and major confusion are all around us. This man, hugging his dog on a bench at Boston’s Public Library, seems to have found a sheltered Island fr… | Continue reading


@frogpondjournal.com | 4 years ago

Journalism can emerge newly vibrant and powerful

"Once a dirty word, collaboration is now openly embraced by news outlets where it provides value." | Continue reading


@niemanlab.org | 4 years ago

Barebones Git

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@artemix.org | 4 years ago

The Case for Removing All Politicians from Twitter

Political omnipresence has gone too far | Continue reading


@onezero.medium.com | 4 years ago

GNU Hello

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@gnu.org | 4 years ago

The Changelog 375: Gerhard goes to KubeCon (part 2)

Gerhard is back for part two of our interviews at KubeCon 2019. Join him as he goes deep on Prometheus with Björn Rabenstein, Ben Kochie, and Frederic Branczyk… Grafana with Tom Wilkie and Ed Welch… and Crossplane with Jared Watts, Marques Johansson, and Dan Mangum. Don’t miss pa … | Continue reading


@changelog.com | 4 years ago

A Byte of Advice for Programmers – don't listen to people on the internet

I leave my direct-messages open so get a lot of questions on Twitter from budding developers; like can I ask you a question about… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago