19 April 2020

22 links · Sunday

Exposing the Dorr Brother Scams

Please do not donate to any Dorr-run "non-profit" operation. Their lies and schemes hurt many. Learn about them, their multi-state scams, and their associates here.

Hands-on Scala Programming

Hands-on Scala teaches you how to use the Scala programming language in a practical, project-based fashion. This book is designed to quickly teach an experienced software engineer everything they need to build all sorts of production applications using Scala.

UnclePaul

Collection of Paul Graham's thoughts on parenthood

Jevons Paradox & The Rebound Effect

When efficiency increases, consumption drops, right? Errr... No.. So far, increased efficiency has mostly lead to increased consumption. This is called Jevons Paradox, discovered by William Stanley Jevons in 1865. He was concerned that improved steam engine…

The Accidental Streamer (with 3blue1brown) - Numberphile Podcast

Grant Sanderson from 3blue1brown returns to the podcast to talk about live-streaming lessons, tracing coronavirus, and a technical mishap. Grant's channel - 3blue1brown - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw Grant's first live lesson - ht…

Running postmarketOS on iPhone 7 – project-insanity.org

Thanks to the developers of checkra1n and Corellium I was able to port PostmarketOS to the iPhone 7. Since I was only able to transfer small kernel images to the Phone, I only tested a very minimal PostmarketOS installation, but it is booting :)

Convention of States Action

Article V offers the only constitutional solution as big as the problem. Together, we can end federal overreach.

I Took a COBOL Course and It Wasn't The Worst | Hacker Noon

COBOL is in the news again. Millions of people are filing unemployment claims nearly all at once, and the systems to process them are failing. Why? They need to scale to unprecedented levels, they’re written in COBOL, and… we don’t have enough COBOL programmer…

Aptoide Credentials Information

Dear Aptoide users, It has come to our knowledge that the Aptoide database may have been a victim of a hacking attack and a possible database breach. Our team is evaluating the threat and, if confirmed, taking measures to correct it. Meanwhile, we would like t…

Aptoide: Corporate Website

The game-changing alternative Android app store. Aptoide is revolutionizing app distribution and discovery.

hCaptcha - Data Labeling

hCaptcha provides a robust data labeling solution for machine learning companies. hCaptcha can provide fast, cost-effective, and high quality annotations on large data sets. Bounding boxes, polygons, categorization, and many other services are available.

Scuttlebot peer-to-peer log store

Scuttlebot is an open source peer-to-peer log store used as a database, identity provider, and messaging system. It features global replication, file-syncronization, and end-to-end encryption.

IT'S TIME TO BUILD - Andreessen Horowitz

Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it's not too early to ask why, and what we need to do ab…

Enjoy Local Development with Tye, Docker, and .NET

As developers, we have an arsenal of technologies at our disposal. While using new technologies can make us more productive, setting them up can drain us of enthusiasm and stunt our creative momentum. Container technologies, especially Docker, have blunted a l…