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