A Business With No End
Where does this strange empire start or stop?
XS-Searching Google’s bug tracker to find out vulnerable source code
Or how side-channel timing attacks aren’t that impractical
Khausa: A tale of two cities - Yangon and Karachi
Memoni dish tells the story of the community’s historic trading ties with Myanmar
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Posted on 2018-11-24T17:41:32+0000
A Grave Climate Warning, Buried on Black Friday
In a massive new report, federal scientists contradict President Trump and assert that climate change is an intensifying danger to the United States. Too bad it came out on a holiday.
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Posted on 2018-11-24T03:20:12+0000
Rust And Game Development
Why?
Working at the mall on Black Friday doesn’t have to be a nightmare
There’s a way to make the day humane for employees — most businesses just don’t do it.
Hasnain says:
“On Black Friday, our shifts were short because the work was tiring. Except Chetan’s, which was 12 hours long. The week after, we got holiday bonuses in cash. It’s almost as if there’s really no need to treat workers like dirt on Black Friday or ever, and bosses who say they have no choice are lying.”
Posted on 2018-11-22T19:38:28+0000
Grit Post
A 2018 study suggests that black renters pay higher prices than white renters for identical housing across all areas, both …
Hasnain says:
“Simply put, financial planners (at least those quoted by CNBC) fail at having even the most basic understanding of the reality of working-class millennials like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the voters who put her in office.”
Posted on 2018-11-21T08:47:07+0000
I Love America. That’s Why I Have to Tell the Truth About It.
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen writes on what it means to love America
My Parents Give Me $28,000 a Year
Not long ago, my wife, a composer, asked me if I would ever advise a student from a low-income family to pursue a career in the arts. “What do you mean? Of course.” “Really?” “If that’s what they w…
Hasnain says:
"As artists, our concerts highlighting marginalized voices, our targeted awards, our identity-based approaches are only going to go so far if we keep working within the current system. We need to be advocating for more far-reaching solutions. Primarily, we need to fight for free tuition for all higher education and single-payer healthcare. These are solutions that free not only artists but all people from the major financial burdens that derail those living paycheck to paycheck and prevent them from moving forward toward their goals."
Posted on 2018-11-18T17:57:20+0000
Wave Function Collapse by marian42
Walk through an infinite, procedurally generated city
Hasnain says:
I always think about doing something in the procedural generation space but then I see stuff like this and feel so outclassed it’s not even funny.
Really cool work - the algorithm is something I’ve looked up in the past and - while it has a super fancy name - is super cool
Posted on 2018-11-14T05:12:40+0000