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Space Panic
Arguably the first platformer game
2015-09-30
games • platform
Privacy icons
Ideas on something like Creative Commons, but for privacy attestations
2015-09-28
icons • internet • privacy
Uber backup system
They use drivers' phones as backup storage to cover datacenter failure
2015-09-25
ops • replication • scaling • uber
traceroute bad.horse
fun little Internet nerdery
2015-09-25
funny • internet
38 Studios dirt
Details on the failed financing for the game studio
2015-09-25
38studios • curtschilling • games
Ad blocking extortion
iOS ad blockers already taking payments from advertisers
2015-09-25
adblocking • ads • extortion • ios
Bot ad traffic
Data showing a whole lot of ads are being shown to robots
2015-09-25
ads • fraud • google
Liquidation preferences
Details on problematic VC financing
2015-09-25
funding • investment • startups • vcs
Scratchtasia
Simpsons parody of the Sorcerer's Apprentice
2015-09-23
disney • fantasia • forking • itchyandscratchy • simpsons • sorcerersapprentice
More Lenovo spyware
Third time in a year they put hostile software on consumer computers
2015-09-23
badtech • lenovo • malware • spyware
XcodeGhost spread
Malware has been on the Apple app store for months, still not removed
2015-09-23
apple • badtech • ios • malware • xcode
SF public schools and race
White kids go to public schools less often in SF
2015-09-23
demographics • education • sanfrancisco • schools
Maciej on ads and privacy
Phenomenal talk slides about the modern state of privacy on the Internet
2015-09-23
ads • internet • privacy • via:metafilter
7000 year old oral history
Australian Aboriginal cultural memory of lower sea levels
2015-09-21
aborigine • australia • culture • history • oralhistory
XcodeGhost
Widespread iOS malware, on the Apple app store
2015-09-21
apple • badtech • ios • malware • xcode
Python goto
Function decorator rewrites bytecode
2015-09-21
goto • programming • python • via:hackernews
4chan sold
Owner of 2channel buys 4chan
2015-09-21
4chan • anonymous • community • moot • online
Guevedoces
Unusual childhood development where apparent physical gender changes at puberty
2015-09-20
development • domincanrepublic • gender • puberty
Cyberattack negotiation
US/China in talks for first ever cyberwarfare agreement. Very limited, more of a symbol.
2015-09-20
china • cyberwarfare • diplomacy • security • us
MapZen elevation service
Get an elevation profile for a path on earth's surface
2015-09-18
dem • elevation • maps
ec2instances.info
Simple table of all EC2 computer types.
2015-09-18
amazon • aws • cloudcomputing • ec2
Slack at XOXO
I was less excited with how a 1000 person Slack turned out, but it was useful at xoxo
2015-09-18
xoxo • conference • slack • socialmedia • xoxofest
Feral Concurrency Control
Interesting paper about the mismatch between programming language ORMs and the underlying relational databases
2015-09-17
databases • orm • programming • via:migurski
Google's source code system
Piper, their code management tool for 2 billion lines of cod
2015-09-16
code • git • google • piper • vcs
Afrikanisches Wurfeisen
Crazy ceremonial thrown weapons
2015-09-16
africa • boomerangs • swords • via:reddit • weapons
Soviet Bus Stops
Crazy architecture
2015-09-16
architecture • brutalism • soviet • via:metafilter
River of Iron
Documentary of a sculpture project that used my river map
2015-09-16
art • maps • mississippi • rivers • sculpture • tamsie
Meme: "same"
When someone wants to agree with you without being complicated, they just say "same"
2015-09-15
leagueoflegends • lol • meme • same
Zoe Quinn at XOXO
Nice overview of what was a great talk
2015-09-15
xoxo • community • gamergate • harassment • xoxofest • zoequinn
NAD27 (map)
Actual surveyor's work measuring the country
2015-09-14
america • gis • maps • nad27 • surveying
Dan Deacon
Fun electronica performer
2015-09-12
xoxo • dancing • electronica • music
RadiumOne / Willie Brown
Politician asked for $1M to help protect a domestic abuser at a tech company
2015-09-11
abuse • corruption • radiumone • sanfrancisco • sexism • williebrown
AWS in Plain English
Amazon's notoriously opaque products given simple names
2015-09-11
amazon • aws • cloud • ec2
90% of Bitcoin users are male
Only 10% of the supposed new currency's users are women
2015-09-09
bitcoin • gender • money
Mike Bostock IAmA
Insightful answers from the D3.js creator
2015-09-08
bostock • d3 • d3js • javascript • visualization
Erlang: The Movie
Funny programming language promo video, but not clear if on purpose or not.
2015-09-08
coding • computerscience • erlang • programming
Gurus of Multimedia Gulch
NYTimes 1994 about what is now the SF SOMA tech scene
2015-09-08
history • nytimes • sanfrancisco • soma • tech
SSL for every IP
Wildcard cert works for any server
2015-09-08
security • servers • ssl • via:hackernews
Hell's Club
Extended mashup of club scenes from movies
2015-09-07
editing • mashup • movies • supercut • travolta
ntimed
A new NTP implementation, development seems to have stalled
2015-09-06
ntp • ntpd • security • time
OSM QA Tiles
All OSM data in simple vector tile form
2015-09-04
data • mapreduce • openstreetmap • osm
Mapping Immigrant America
Dot map featuring immigrants to the US
2015-09-04
america • dots • immigration • maps
What 3 Emojis?
Revolutionary new mapping / addressing system
2015-09-04
cartography • maps • parody • what3words
History of Cartography
Free, online version of a classic omnibus of map making
2015-09-04
books • cartography • design • maps
Bar Charts start at zero
Excellent demonstration of how to avoid a misleading chart
2015-09-02
barcharts • charts • dataisugly • visualization
Kellan: five years
Wisdom accrued from being CTO at Etsy
2015-09-02
engineering • etsy • kellan • software
50 gigapixel PNG
In only 6 megabytes (420 bytes compressed)
2015-09-02
compression • png • security
The G Mark
Nice visual demo of why the new Google logo has unequal colors
2015-09-02
color • google • logo
Aphyr on sexual openness
Brilliant software guy / BDSM enthusiast talks about his blend of personae online
2015-09-01
aphyr • bdsm • gay • identity • persona • software • twitter
Indian stepwells
Architecture for water
2015-09-01
architecture • india • stepwell • via:metafilter