Code to joy
Is learning to code in middle age a fool’s errand or a committed act of digital citizenship?
Hasnain says:
“During the six weeks I spend building a mini-website, I learn some valuable lessons. The most important is that computers are insanely literal and pedantic. An absent colon or extraneous bracket is easy to miss and is likely to cause the machine to stare at you uncomprehendingly, metaphorical fingers drumming on the table. One high-end programmer tells me how she spent six months hunting a bug within a big system, knowing others had tried and failed, finally tracking the problem to an underscore that should have been a dash. A shift-devil, she calls it. No wonder coders can appear nervy and terse to outsiders.”
Posted on 2018-05-26T22:59:32+0000
Amazon set to drop $1billion on TV adaptation of sci-fi novel Obama once called 'immense'
Amazon seems determined to have a Game of Thrones-sized success of its own, recently teaming up with J.R.R. Tolkien’s for a Lord of the Rings TV series that could reportedly cost up to $500 million.
NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction and into science
You probably thought it was infinitely cool when Ripley and the crew of the Nostromo first emerged from their cryosleep chambers in Alien, but now that slice of sci-fi could become a reality in our lifetime.
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Posted on 2018-05-26T22:40:53+0000
Opinion | Antibiotics in Meat Could Be Damaging Our Guts
The F.D.A. banned the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in animals last year. One organic cattle farmer is sure the ban is being flouted.
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Posted on 2018-05-26T19:47:57+0000
Why did I spend 1.5 months creating a Gameboy emulator? · tomek's blog
For me, the most favorite type of a computer program is an emulator. Being able to run code from a completely different hardware architecture always seemed like a magic. The old computers are great on their own, so this kind of connection between historic machines and the modern computing environmen...
GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloudflare Workers
Blocking 500 million users is a serious thing. Still, I have found sites that have decided to implement the most secure way to comply with the new GDPR: Block all EU users! Yes, it's hard to believe that somebody takes such a drastic decision, but it's happening. Trying to walk in the shoes of these...
US news sites unavailable in EU over GDPR
The LA Times is among many sites blocked to European users over new EU rules on using personal data.
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Posted on 2018-05-25T14:50:37+0000
Facebook's Fix-It Team
For 20 minutes on the morning of May 1, users saw a curious query at the end of every update on their feeds. “Does this...
Hasnain says:
“And while anyone convicted of two or more murders is banned from Facebook, a single homicide won’t get someone exiled from the land of the “Like” button—unless the individual posts an update about it. (The reason: While people may commit a single homicide accidentally or in self-defense, it is easier to establish intent with a multiple murderer; meanwhile, no users are allowed to promote or publicize crime of any kind.)”
Whoa, today I learnt...
Posted on 2018-05-25T03:11:21+0000
We Sat Down With the ‘Arrested Development’ Cast. It Got Raw.
In a wide-ranging conversation about the new season, cast members got emotional as they discussed accusations of sexual misconduct against Jeffrey Tambor.
Hasnain says:
"WALTER: But it’s hard because honestly — Jason says this happens all the time. In like almost 60 years of working, I’ve never had anybody yell at me like that on a set. And it’s hard to deal with, but I’m over it now. I just let it go right here, for The New York Times."
Posted on 2018-05-24T05:06:17+0000
I.R.S. Warns States Not to Circumvent State and Local Tax Cap
The I.R.S. warned states like New York that efforts to circumvent the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax deduction would not pass muster with the federal government.
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Posted on 2018-05-24T02:32:04+0000