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Rethinking PID 1
Early writing about the motivation for systemd
2016-04-30 systemd • linux • init
systemd myths
A technical defense written in the middle of controversy
2016-04-30 systemd • linux • init • unix • redhat
Hi, Billy Mays here!
Exterminate all rational infomercial thought
2016-04-30 infomercials • tv • mashup • billymays
TED CRUZ BATHROOM PANIC
Going back to the hateful Republican playbook
2016-04-30 tedcruz • politics • lgbt • republicans • gop
CDNs aren't just for caching
Introduction to reasons CDNs improve web serving
2016-04-30 cdn • networking • performance • web • http
Google sheep view
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2016-04-30 🐑 • sheep • google • maps
MENACE 2
A nifty machine learning art piece
2016-04-29 ai • machinelearning • via:metafilter • art • previeux
Pentagon on Hospital attack
Some acceptance of mistakes, but no criminal charges
2016-04-29 pentagon • army • iraq • war • humanrights
Zero Hedge explodes
Anonymous writers for a crank financial site have a fight, go public
2016-04-29 zerohedge • journalism • finance
Spacecraft software error
Heartbreaking cascading failures in control systems of Hitomi
2016-04-29 hitomi • astronomy • space • badtech • software
Auth0
Service that coordinates authentication from multiple identity providers
2016-04-29 authentication • oauth • openid • login • identity
Burundi concerns
Reminders of the leadup to the Rwanda genocide
2016-04-28 rwanda • burundi • africa • genocide • humanrights
100M parcels
Mapping organization trying to get GIS data for every land parcel in the US
2016-04-28 maps • openaddresses • parcels • openstreetmap • osm • gis • geodata
Machine Learning Curriculum
Old friend of mine from Google is working on learning machine learning; curriculum and notes
2016-04-28 machinelearning • ml • python • programming
Elon Musk financing
Eyebrow raising strategy of borrowing against one of his companies to fund the others
2016-04-27 spacex • tesla • solarcity • musk • elonmusk • financing
US tornado probabilities
Nice animation of tornado risk during the year
2016-04-27 weather • via:reddit • tornado • maps • visualization
Irish slaves myth
Dangerous fake history
2016-04-26 racism • america • slavery • irish • memes
Apple abusing MacOS
When Microsoft did this self promotion crap there was anti-trust actions
2016-04-26 microsoft • apple • antitrust • safari • macos
Microsculpture
Ultra-macro insect photography. /cc @celesteramsay
2016-04-26 insects • photography • macro • via:metafilter
More Vinod Khosla ugliness
Famous venture capital investor acts like a jerk for coastal access
2016-04-26 vinod • beach • coast • california • vc
River map prints
Australian guy makes river maps like my US one, good enough to print and sell
2016-04-26 maps • rivers • prints • art
Elizabeth 2016
Make America Great Britain Again
2016-04-26 politics • funny • trump • america
Beyhive v Rachel Ray
Funny misidentification
2016-04-25 beyonce • music • lemonade • rachelray • rachelroy
Lemonade Transcript
Text of the poetry in Beyonce's new release
2016-04-25 lemonade • beyonce
SF property crime
My city is broken
2016-04-25 sanfrancisco • sf • crime
CA handgun permits
Correlation of Republican party membership and gun permits
2016-04-24 guns • california • politics • republicans • visualization • via:reddit
morph.io
Web scraping as a service
2016-04-24 scraping • http • web • programming
Garlic science
Details of how processing garlic changes the flavor
2016-04-24 cooking • garlic • food
BBC on the royals
Amazing parody mashup
2016-04-24 bbc • mashup • northkorea • dprk • journalism
IamA YIFY
Reddit interview with one of the most prolific movie pirates
2016-04-24 yify • torrent • movie • scene • video
American Slavery
Modern visualization by decade
2016-04-24 maps • slavery • visualization
webaudio synthesis
Javascript programmed sound toys
2016-04-22 javascript • webaudio • music • synthesis
Facebook Tor: 1M users
Facebook explicitly supports Tor and it gets a lot of use
2016-04-22 tor • facebook • china • via:hackernews
Turgot map of Paris
1739 atlas, beautifully drawn and incredibly detailed
2016-04-22 maps • paris • cartography
Pyongyang metro
Photos from stations previously off limits to tourists
2016-04-22 northkorea • pyongyang • metro • photos • tourist • via:metafilter • subway
Trump and gays
Probably a big fan of Roy Cohn
2016-04-22 trump • gays • politics • lgbt
The Sip-In
1964 gay rights protest
2016-04-21 gayrights • civilrights • lgbt • newyork
Raph Koster on virtual world history
6 minute video going over the history from MUDs to MMOs
2016-04-21 games • mmos • history • koster
Rumsey maps at Stanford
Big collection of maps housed at a university
2016-04-21 rumsey • maps • cartography • davidrumsey • stanford
Ad tech is broken
Some technical commentary on the shitshow of online advertising
2016-04-21 ads • adtech • badtech
Amilia St. John on women in tech
Estranged daughter of a toxic asshole tears her father's childish argument sto shreds
2016-04-21 sexism • feminism • tech • funny
Ubuntu 16.04
Release day for a great Linux distribution
2016-04-21 ubuntu • linux • xenial • xerus
On the Road to Recap
Phenomenal essay by Bill Gurley on the distorted market for late-stage private companies
2016-04-21 finance • unicorns • startup • financing • investment • vc
US heating fuel
Map of how people heat their homes
2016-04-21 via:reddit • maps • visualization • energy • heating
Amazon delivery racism
Improved service not available in black neighborhoods. Direct racism? Economic decision? Why not both?
2016-04-21 amazon • race • racism • delivery
AppRecs
Filtered reviews of iOS apps; spam, etc removed
2016-04-20 apps • ios • appstore
Magic Leap skepticism
Reasonable counterpoint to Wired's fawning piece
2016-04-19 virtualreality • magicleap • journalism
Poi for Passover
Thoughts on Hawaiian and Jewish culture
2016-04-19 passover • poi • hawaii • hawai'i • judaism
All Prior Art
Algorithmically generated prior art
2016-04-19 patents • ip • intellectualproperty • funny • via:reddit
Georgetown U's slaves
A well documented sale of slaves to fund a university
2016-04-18 georgetown • history • america • slavery
Inuit Cartography
Sculptural maps
2016-04-17 maps • inuit • anthrpology • greenland
Haiti cholera
More evidence that the disease was tragically brought by UN relief efforts
2016-04-15 disease • cholera • haiti • nepal • un • cdc
Ziim - Esolang
Fun esoteric programming language with arrows and threads
2016-04-15 programming • languages
TensorFlow Examples
Simple Python notebooks showing off using the machine learning library
2016-04-15 tensorflow • ml • machinelearning • python • via:reddit
cookeicutter
Generate code projects from templates; sort of a poor man's wizard for open source
2016-04-14 programming • template • opensource • python • wizard
UC Davis pepper spray
Four videos from different angles, synced
2016-04-14 brutality • ucdavis • police • occupy
Gay children's book author
Sweet story of coming out and it not being such a big deal
2016-04-14 gay • lgbt • books • authors
BlackBerry back door
Canadian police have been able to decrypt messages
2016-04-14 crypto • badtech • civilrights • blackberry • canada • rcmp
JSON5
Another human-friendly JSON
2016-04-14 json • data • configuration • format
Human JSON
Proposal for a JSON that's easier to edit and maintain by hand
2016-04-14 json • via:hackernews • data • configuration • format
Making a TV show
Nice feature on the work that goes into making The Americans
2016-04-14 tv • americans • via:metafilter • television • film • production
The Minecraft Generation
Excellent long feature on the unprecedentedly successful game
2016-04-14 games • minecraft
Eve Online historian
The process of Andrew Groen writing his history book about events in Eve Online
2016-04-14 eveonline • eve • games • ccp • groen • journalism • history
Civil Comments
Portland startup providing a comment moderation product
2016-04-14 portland • comments • moderation • community
UC Davis SEO scandal
University wasted $175k+ trying to hide the truth about their cops assaulting students
2016-04-14 ucdavis • california • seo • scandal • katehi
Needlework Rivers
Lovely little cross-stitch maps
2016-04-13 maps • cross-stitch • crafts • rivers
CHASE ZEN BLIGHT Font
A deliberately illegible but kinda nifty font
2016-04-13 fonts • design • typography • graffiti
TensorFlow Playground
Nifty interactive demo of training a small neural network
2016-04-12 learning • visualization • ml • machinelearning • neuralnetwork
Riot Games API goals
Details on strategy for having an open API for developers
2016-04-12 games • api • business • riot • lol • leagueoflegends • riotgames
I am on the Kill List
Amazing editorial from a target of drone strikes in Pakistan
2016-04-12 drones • terrorism • politics • pakistan • afghanistan • waziristan • assassination
SF 1906 Quake photos
Excellent collection of photographs of the damage from the quake and fire
2016-04-12 sanfrancisco • 1906 • quake • earthquake • disaster • photos • journalism
Abusive comments
Major Guardian analysis of hateful comments left on articles. Specifically how women suffer more abuse.
2016-04-12 gender • women • comments • guardian • via:reddit • harassment • trolls
NYT on study abroad
Young people enjoy sex and alcohol and the New York Times IS ON IT. Terrible article.
2016-04-11 journalism • nytimes • students • studyabroad
Castro/Noe cable car
Nice history of a small public transit line in San Francisco /cc @burritojustice @enf
2016-04-11 sanfrancisco • transit • cablecar • noe • castro • history
GoLang book: troff
New programming book typeset in a 30+ year old system
2016-04-11 golang • go • programming • typesetting • typography • text • via:hackernews
Slack Platform Roadmap
Clear business strategy for third party relationships
2016-04-10 slack • strategy • business • api
Internet of Things problems
Implications of software services attached to your appliances
2016-04-10 internet • privacy • nest • google • iot • internetofthings • consumer
ev on Medium goals
Thoughtful criticism of "junk food" media
2016-04-10 ev • twitter • medium • evhead • journalism • media
Chinese restaurant names
New China Garden Panda Wok House. /cc @rchen
2016-04-10 china • restaurant • via:metafilter • chinese
Trinity College clock
Giant mechanical clock in Cambridge is accurate to 1 second in 4 months
2016-04-09 via:hackernews • clocks • escapement • cambridge
Fox News on eSports
Early days still, but real world slowly figuring out the appeal of esports
2016-04-09 games • esports • lol
More Trump threats
Trump power-behind-the-man sounds like he's intimidating delegates
2016-04-08 politics • trump • republicans • gop • brownshirts
Minnie Ingersoll on gender and tech
Thoughtful essay on aggression in the tech industry
2016-04-08 sexism • gender • startups • tech
chartd
Service to generate little charts as embedded images, with data entirely in the URL
2016-04-08 charts • service • graphs
Kinderhook plates
Interesting bit of Mormon history, perhaps a hoax perpetrated in 1843
2016-04-08 mormon • lds • religion • kinderhook
Trump + Roy Cohn
Yet more odious history of Donald Trump
2016-04-08 trump • cohn • politics
Apple products graphic
Nice timeline of things Apple has sold
2016-04-08 apple • hardware • products • infographic
Stereotyped males in games
Feminist critique of the portrayal of men in videogames
2016-04-07 games • feminism • masculinity • gender
Bezos letter to Amazon investors
Inspiring leadership words
2016-04-07 amazon • business • bezos
Programming Da Funk
Nice little tutorial on writing the melody for a electronica song with lisp
2016-04-07 programming • music • via:hackernews • clojure • leipzig • overtone
Paid for being famous
Bizarro world of Vegas nightclubs paying celebrities to show up
2016-04-07 celebrity • vegas • nightclub • gomorrah
Trade and US economy
Exhausting but thorough examination of how global free trade affects the US economy, particularly workers
2016-04-07 trade • economics • us • unitedstates • trump
US aerial surveillance
Details on FBI and DHS flying spy missions over US cities
2016-04-07 aviation • privacy • government • fbi • dhs • civilrights
Thington
A friend's startup: a concierge AI to coordinate the Internet of Things
2016-04-06 startup • devices • internet • coordination
Nature on RiotLyte work
Details of League of Legends' effort to curb antisocial behavior in the online games
2016-04-05 behavior • games • riot • lol • riotlyte
Overwatch netcode
Blizzard developer video talking about network lag
2016-04-05 lag • network • blizzard • overwatch • games • programming
Google Nest vs old devices
Stopping service for three year old devices
2016-04-04 nest • iot • internetofthings • google • badtech • via:metafilter
Turkish citizen database
Full nation's list of citizens leaks
2016-04-04 security • turkey • badtech • database • census
Gay Batman and Robin
Detailed examination of old comics, origins of the gay subtext
2016-04-04 gay • batman • comics • lgbt
Mossack Fonseca
2014 profile of the company at the center of the Panama Papers
2016-04-03 panama • fraud • taxes • offshore
Panama Papers stats
Details from a massive whistleblower leak to journalists about offshore companies
2016-04-03 offshore • legal • taxes • crime • via:metafilter • fraud
Dwarf Fortress interview
Great discussion with the developer of the most idiosyncratic successful game
2016-04-03 games • dwarffortress • roguelike • df
Colorful Image Colorization
Machine learning to add color to greyscale images
2016-04-03 color • machinelearning • ai • image • photos • photography • via:hackernews
Jupiter impact
Redditor / amateur astronomer captured an amazing Jupiter timelapse
2016-04-03 jupiter • impact • reddit
Wow, Perl 6!
Slides from a nice overview talk
2016-04-01 programming • perl • language
Eve Grid-Fu
Notes on manipulating the game's simulation of space. Now out of date
2016-04-01 games • mechanics • eve • eveonline • ccp