Netflix is Apparently Too Cheap to Keep This Essential Part of the ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ Score

On its anticipated streaming debut on Netflix, the Neon Genesis Evangelion music was quietly changed to not include Fly Me to the Moon, to fan outrage. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

Universality of Consensus (2017)

Consensus is a fundamental problem in distributed computing and in this post we will see exactly why that is the case. In the spirit of… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Raising the fed min wage to $15 by 2024 would lift pay for nearly 40M workers

In 2018, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 was worth 14.8 percent less than when it was last raised in 2009, after adjusting for inflation, and 28.6 percent below its peak value in 1968, when the minimum wage was the equivalent of $10.15 in 2018 dollars. On January 16, 2019, Sen. … | Continue reading


@epi.org | 4 years ago

Manufacturing memory means scribing silicon in a sea of sensors

"Industry 4.0" is already here for some companies—especially silicon foundries. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 4 years ago

Make Fewer JavaScript Mistakes with TypeScript

TypeScript - information on how to get started with TypeScript to improve your programming. | Continue reading


@superjavascript.com | 4 years ago

Europe’s interconnected electricity system: an in-depth analysis

The European Union's electricity grid is the most interconnected continental power network in the world. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Tea Bags

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@schneier.com | 4 years ago

A 1:1 meeting template

A straightforward template to improve your one-on-one meetings. | Continue reading


@oneononemeeting.com | 4 years ago

Not-So-Obvious Perks to Expect from a Recruiting Agency

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@relocateme.eu | 4 years ago

The GitHub Enterprise Audit log API for GraphQL beginners

The newly shipped GitHut Audit log API allows you to make efficient queries for specific log data. Learn more about how to get started with the API. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 4 years ago

Facebook: ‘Understanding Social Media and Conflict’

At Facebook, a dedicated, multidisciplinary team is focused on understanding the historical, political and technological contexts of countries in conflict. | Continue reading


@newsroom.fb.com | 4 years ago

(4/4)  “I called the number immediately.  I didn’t speak any...

(4/4)  “I called the number immediately.  I didn’t speak any Italian.  But I kept repeating the names of the Italian couple, and I gave him my phone number.  The couple called me back the next day with an interpreter.  They told me they missed me.  They said they’d been worried a … | Continue reading


@humansofnewyork.com | 4 years ago

List of Rocks on Mars

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@en.wikipedia.org | 4 years ago

Points to Consider Before Searching Developers for Your Startup

How to hire a perfect team of software developers for your tech startup? Here is how to avoid mistakes unexperienced entrepreneurs make... | Continue reading


@cvcompiler.com | 4 years ago

Minblog: Host your own blog for free (updated)

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

Submarine War Reports

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@hnsa.org | 4 years ago

Digital nomad has traveled to all four corners of his apartment (satire)

It’s been six months since Garrett Wilson Slacked his boss an “I quit” GIF and set out to pursue his dream of traveling to every corner of his 816-square-foot Mission District apartment. “I woke up… | Continue reading


@techloaf.io | 4 years ago

‘Child’s Play’ Composer Bear McCreary Discusses Influence, Musical Voice, and Bringing Chucky Back to Life [Interview]

In our Bear McCreary interview, the prolific film and TV composer talks about his career, his influences, and the new Child's Play remake. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

Fugs and Pieces, June 21st, 2019

Emma Thompson! Hidden treasure! Judge Judy! | Continue reading


@gofugyourself.com | 4 years ago

Amusing Scenes and Figures Made Out of Fruit

San Francisco artist Ben Smith, who says he's just "just trying to be more original" than his name, creates absolutely wonderful figures and amusing | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Your Perfect Recipe

Why this policy? Because Ronnie believes that too many flavors ruin the pizza, turns the pizza to gastronomic mush. But one or two toppings are fine. | Continue reading


@gapingvoid.com | 4 years ago

Technical Writers are Vital for Technology Startups

When you want to get the best success for your tech business blog, remember professional technical writers are vital for technical startups. | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 4 years ago

Debt sounds

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

Swedish Couple Builds Greenhouse Around Home to Stay Warm and Grow Food All Year

Greenhouse keeps home in the 60’s, even when it’s freezing outside; allows family to grow Mediterranean fruit in Sweden Marie Granmar and Charles Sacilotto literally live in a bubble, insulated from the cold and the harshness of the elements, while taking in the best of what natu … | Continue reading


@returntonow.net | 4 years ago

To Build a Better Teapot, Researchers Create Liquid Helix

It is a truth universally acknowledged that nothing—nothing—is more pointlessly irritating than a poorly designed water jug. You know—the ki... | Continue reading


@physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com | 4 years ago

Examination of surprise medical bills and proposals to protect consumers

The term “surprise medical bill” describes charges arising when an insured person inadvertently receives care from an out-of-network provider. Surprise medical bills can arise in an emergency when the patient has no ability to select the emergency room, treating physicians, or am … | Continue reading


@healthsystemtracker.org | 4 years ago

South Korean companies shift production out of China

Trade war and sluggish sales fuel Samsung-led exodus | Continue reading


@asia.nikkei.com | 4 years ago

National Artificial Intelligence Research/Development Strategic Plan 2019 Update [pdf]

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@whitehouse.gov | 4 years ago

JWT Authentication in Golang with Echo

Authentication is the most fundamental building block of any application. In this article we will implement JWT authentication | Continue reading


@ednsquare.com | 4 years ago

Setting goals can help people with early stage dementia improve function

Clare L, Kudlicka A, Oyebode J R, et al. Goal-oriented cognitive rehabilitation for early-stage Alzheimer’s and related dementias: the GREAT RCT. Health Technol Assess 2019;23:1-242.The trial was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (project number11/15/04).T … | Continue reading


@bmj.com | 4 years ago

Hot desk hell: Staff spend two weeks a year looking for seats in open offices

Cough. I believe you have my stapler | Continue reading


@theregister.co.uk | 4 years ago

Wii games are still being made in 2019 because people are using it

Glad we cleared that up! | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 4 years ago

Carbon and the Cloud (2017)

Hard facts about data storage. | Continue reading


@stanfordmag.org | 4 years ago

‘The Stand’ TV Series Cast Wants James Marsden, Amber Heard, Whoopi Goldberg and More

James Marsden, Amber Heard, Whoopi Goldberg and more are the first names connected to The Stand TV series cast for CBS All Access. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

‘Stranger Things’ Recap Features Cast Taking You Through Seasons 1 and 2, Reminding You of Your Own Mortality

Get the rundown on the first two seasons of Stranger Things, and marvel at how old the stars are now. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

Gorgeous 8K Film Capturing the Symbiotic Relationship Between Busy Insects and Colorful Blooming Flowers

Thomas Blanchard, an incredibly imaginative color artist turned to the beauty of nature with "-N- Uprising", a gorgeous short film that captures the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

It's even worse than it appears. | Continue reading


@scripting.com | 4 years ago

How fast is getline in C++?

A standard way to read a text file in C++ is to call the getline function. To iterate over all lines in file and sum up their length, you might do as follows: while(getline(is, line)) { x += line.size(); } How fast is this? On a Skylake processor with a recent GNU GCC compiler wi … | Continue reading


@lemire.me | 4 years ago

It's even worse than it appears. | Continue reading


@scripting.com | 4 years ago

New Books and ARCS, 6/21/19

For the longest day of the year (here in the northern hemisphere, anyway), one of the highest stacks of new books and ARCs we've had for the year to date! What here in this super-sized stack would be what you'd want to read late into evening? Share in the comments! | Continue reading


@whatever.scalzi.com | 4 years ago

WordPress security: Researchers vs. Developers, why the drama?

The relationship between WordPress developers and security researchers has been strained for some time now. Recently it is so bad that vulnerability reporters are going rogue which is affecting site […] | Continue reading


@pagely.com | 4 years ago

IEEE Expands Open Access Journal Offerings

Announces 14 new journals covering various technologies including biomedical engineering, computing, telecommunications, and more | Continue reading


@spectrum.ieee.org | 4 years ago

Artist Josh Ellingson Connects His Roku Digital Media Player to an Ancient Black and White Television

The very talented Josh Ellingson, who is an artist and good friend of Laughing Squid, very cleverly connected his Roku digital media player to an ancient | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Bored Out of My Gourd (Mike Update)

Nothing much to report. My recovery is going well enough as far as I can tell, and I'm comfortable. Yesterday marked one full week to go till my next checkup. I'm already seeing interesting things out of my repaired eye,... | Continue reading


@theonlinephotographer.typepad.com | 4 years ago

Mac users are more productive?

This report dives into the key drivers of Mac adoption in the enterprise and the measurable impact of Mac usage across various enterprise lines of business. | Continue reading


@jamf.com | 4 years ago

Live Updates on the Google OAuth verification process and security audit

Earlier I wrote about my feelings on Google's new verification process for sensitive and restricted Gmail API scopes, and here I'll be posting live updates of GMass's journey through the process. We're doing this for the | Continue reading


@gmass.co | 4 years ago

S. Korea battles a “beehive account” boom

More than 200 exchanges serve a population of less than 52 million. S. Korea is the most crypto-obsessed nation in East Asia. | Continue reading


@decrypt.co | 4 years ago

Year 10k Problem

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@en.wikipedia.org | 4 years ago