18 August 2020

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Introduction & Table of Contents

The goal of Explanations is to try to allow people to play with fun parts of computers. Graphics, compression, audio. The tagline is my biggest inspiration: "Play, don't show", riffing off the typical "Show, don't tell" rule of writers …

Scrum is not for humans

Scrum is not the agility beacon it claims to be. It is time for self-organising teams to release themselves from the shackles of Agile.

Graphical Linear Algebra

Applications are open for the ACT Applied Category Theory Research School 2018! And because arithmetic science and geometric science are connected, and support one another, the full knowledge of numbers cannot be presented without encountering some geometry, o…

Big money, not big data

When people complain about big data they're just complaining about the cost, not the technical challenges.

Vulnerabilities in ATM Milano's mobile app

Some design flaws left ATM Milano’s mobile app vulnerable to attacks: anyone could access any users’ data and tickets by just knowing their e-mail address. Meanwhile, some apparent security features made the vulnerabilities harder to spot and to exploit.

Early Startup Employees and Company Growth

Early employees often join startups to learn new skills and fast track career growth. The common thinking is that if you join an early-stage company then you’ll be a company leader in the future. But keeping up with the company growth curve can be a difficult …

How many pieces can a puzzle have?

Patrick Honner tweeted a few days ago: My 7 yo pointed out that our 300 piece puzzle actually contains 18 x 18 = 324 pieces and I just don’t know what to believe anymore. — Patrick Honner (@M…

dotnet/runtime

.NET is a cross-platform runtime for cloud, mobile, desktop, and IoT apps. - dotnet/runtime

Wealth Tax

Paul Graham wrote an article about wealth tax. In the article he ‘models’ the effect of a wealth tax on the fortune of a person. His assumption for the modeling is a person who earned a lot of money with a startup in her 20s. Paul Graham shows how much of the …

Is the Phone Gap closed in 2020?-firt.dev

Adobe announced the end of the PhoneGap product line and the end of Adobe's investment in Apache Cordova because the PWA platform is now ready. Is the native-web gap closed in 2020 thanks to PWAs?

Dear Apple: Your Services Are No Longer Required.

Anyone who knows me knows that I was among the biggest Apple Evangelists to ever live. Apple was in my DNA.  I believed in Apple’s products, Apple’s services, and Apple’s mission (or at least what …

Uzay-G/archivy

Contribute to Uzay-G/archivy development by creating an account on GitHub.

Popular seafood species in sharp decline around the world

Fish market favourites such as orange roughy, common octopus and pink conch are among the species of fish and invertebrates in rapid decline around the world, according to new research.

umami

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Modeling a Wealth Tax

Some politicians are proposing to introduce wealth taxes in addition to income taxes. Let's try modeling the effects of various levels of wealth tax to see what they would mean in practice for a startup founder.

SuperIlu/DOjS

A DOS JavaScript Canvas with sound. Contribute to SuperIlu/DOjS development by creating an account on GitHub.

2.5 Million Medical Records Leaked By AI Company

Secure Thoughts collaborated with Cyber Security Expert Jeremiah Fowler to expose an AI company which leaked millions of patient medical records online

Dungeon Map Doodler

Free to use drawing tool for creating RPG maps

karpathy/minGPT

A minimal PyTorch re-implementation of the OpenAI GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) training - karpathy/minGPT

Apple expands its independent repair program to Mac, after US antitrust investigation examined company’s repair policies – TechCrunch

Apple is expanding its program that provides parts, resources and training to independent repair shops to now include support for Mac computers. The repair program was first announced last fall, with the goal of making it easier for consumers to repair their o…