The Trouble with Politicians Sharing Passwords
Yesterday I had a bunch of people point me at a tweet from a politician in the UK named Nadine Dorries. As it turns out, some folks were rather alarmed about her position on sharing what we would normally consider to be a secret. In this case, that secret is
Hasnain says:
I'm still baffled that an MP thought it was totally ok to be sharing passwords
Posted on 2017-12-04T16:29:26+0000
Stanford University data glitch exposes truth about scholarships
Stanford Business School officials are admitting that for years they have given steep price breaks to preferred applicants while claiming the scholarships were only for needy students - and say they will close a glitch that allowed public access to thousands of confidential student financial aid rec...
CoderPad on Indie Hackers
Vincent Woo's online interviewing platform CoderPad brings in $170,000/mo. Read how he built it and made ordinary sales calls to find his first customers.
Hasnain says:
The story of coderpad's rise to success. It's a great product.
Posted on 2017-12-01T05:56:37+0000
We go live to the Uber-Waymo court battle... You are not going to believe this. The judge certainly doesn't
Down a deep rabbit hole of alleged theft of secrets
Hasnain says:
This is nuts.
"Uber caught one of its employees trying to steal documents and save them to his personal computer. He resigned.
And then Uber paid him $2m. And hired him back for a year as a consultant for $1m, offering a $1.5m end-of-contract payoff. And paid his lawyer $3m.
If that sounds highly improbable to you, you are not alone. Judge William Alsup was equally surprised at a hearing Wednesday morning in San Francisco.
But that's not all."
Posted on 2017-11-30T20:39:45+0000
Coinbase Ordered to Turn Over Identities of 14,355 Cryptocurrency Traders to the IRS
The exchange lost a legal battle and now Bitcoin’s tax problem is coming to a head.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2017-11-30T16:50:25+0000
Epidemic Of Health Care Waste: From $1,877 Ear Piercing To ICU Overuse
Unnecessary or needlessly expensive care costs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Patients, employers and taxpayers are footing the bill.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2017-11-30T07:00:18+0000
Android O is Breaking Apps that Overlay on top of the Status Bar
Android O deprecates TYPE_SYSTEM_OVERLAY in favor of TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, resulting in apps that overlay on top of the status bar breaking.
Hasnain says:
This is the bane of my existence after upgrading to Oreo
Posted on 2017-11-30T06:28:10+0000
Synthesizing Obama: Learning Lip Sync from Audio
Synthesizing Obama: Learning Lip Sync from Audio Supasorn Suwajanakorn, Steven M. Seitz, Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman SIGGRAPH 2017 Given audio of President Ba...
Hasnain says:
This honestly scares me as it will become impossible to distinguish reality vs fiction
Posted on 2017-11-29T18:42:44+0000
Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle Says ‘Avoid Bitcoin Like the Plague’
Bitcoin has been on a spree, but legendary investor Jack Bogle doesn’t think you should pull your money from the S&P 500 just yet.
Hasnain says:
"It’s “crazy” to invest in the digital asset, he added. “Bitcoin may well go to $20,000 but that won’t prove I’m wrong. When it gets back to $100, we’ll talk.”"
Posted on 2017-11-29T15:51:40+0000
Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now ... | Apple Developer Forums
Hi there, I am hoping someone might know how to fix this - after updating to High Sierra, the two admin accounts on this machine are all of a sudden
Hasnain says:
Looks like the Apple root password thing was already a "solution" on their forum 2 weeks ago.
Sigh..
Posted on 2017-11-29T06:06:00+0000