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The Mozilla Foundation today released its inaugural Internet Health Report, which calls for the regulation of tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Facebook. I see they kept the Netscape lawyers
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Yet another company demanding big government until it comes for them.
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Microsoft is reportedly winding down development on its built-in Windows 10 apps like MSN Weather, News, Calculator. Bad news for those waiting for that hot new Calculator feature
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YouTube was today hit by hackers, with the attackers managing to deface or delist a number of big name videos. World grateful
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Mechanical engineers at the University of California, Riverside, have reported success in using inexpensive materials to produce thermoelectric devices that transform low-level waste heat into electricity. So, my laptop's excess heat can be used to power my laptop? Perpetual laptop motion!
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Factoring very large numbers into their prime "building blocks" is extremely difficult for classical computers, and this difficulty underlies the security of many cryptographic algorithms. Now they just need a (working) quantum computer to confirm it
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The problem with participating in these informal surveys is that in doing so you may be inadvertently giving away the answers to “secret questions” that can be used to unlock access to a host of your online identities and accounts. OK, I *did not* fight in the Battle of Little Big Horn
Also, I'm pretty sure I failed the course on Canadian History due to falling asleep all the time.
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A vulnerability in the "beep" package that comes pre-installed with Debian and Ubuntu distros allows an attacker to probe for the presence of files on a computer, even those owned by root users, which are supposed to be secret and inaccesible. When you bleeping can't even trust beep anymore
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One out of two mobile apps released is a clone of an existing app. However, new research shows the success of the original app is not always adversely affected by these clone apps. The study found that whether the copycat app increases or decreases the number of downloads of the original is dependent upon the quality of the copy. That explains the success of my 'Annoyed Birds' app
And the 50 sziszillion To-Do apps
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There goes my lineup.
Words with Enemies, Candy Decapitate, and Fruit Geisha.
All the words on the first game are 4 letters.
I'm a fan of the last one.
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I remember when "Flappy Bird" blew up someone sent me a link to the mobile dev section of a freelancer website and 80% of the project requests were all "A game like Flappy Bird". Funniest was that they were generally offering about $50, $100, paltry sums like that thinking they would then make millions from the game  Yeah cos if I can write a game that'll make me millions I'll do it for you for $50.
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Google and Netflix today announced the launch of Kayenta, a new open source project that aims bring the canary analysis tools Netflix developed internally to a wider audience. "You live your life like a canary in a coalmine"
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Use your fingerprint reader or camera in a wide variety of browsers. Good, I was getting tired of typing '123456' everywhere
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Firefox maker Mozilla expresses its worries about the future of the internet in its first Internet Health Report. Take two AdBlockers and call me in the morning
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DisassemblyDiagnoser shows you a disassembly listing of your code for all required runtimes. "Break it down now"
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Enterprise security specialist Positive Technologies imitated the actions of hackers by sending emails to employees with links to websites, password entry forms, and attachments. In related news: What's your password again?
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Am I the only one who hates that "social engineering" term (it's just a scam!)? It's like media's favorite "lone wolf" for a c**t who runs over people with a truck...
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so 83% weren't tested? 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Are you sure that's not 71%?
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Bi-annual Developer Economics survey by SlashData says that JavaScript is the most popular programming language. The report also details how developers are increasingly involved in development projects with AI and VR features. They're the ones gibbering in the corner about NPM, prototype-based inheritance, and ThisWeeksHotness.js
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They only use JavaScript because they have to. This ain’t no thang for javascriptto brag about.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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As there really isn't any choice in the browser space, I'm not sure this agrees with any of the definitions of popular. Popular doesn't mean "most-used", it means "most liked".
I for one use JavaScript grudgingly.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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While technology is getting better at cramming more and more data on discs and drives, there's another whole dimension that's essentially going unused. It's our only hope!
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Still being stored on a 2D surface? 
So all info stored is limited to two dimensions, not three?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize how business transactions take place. In a world where we still use 36 year-old protocols on OSes almost that old, I'm going with, "no"
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