Whistleblower uncovers London police hacking of journalists and protestors - World Socialist Web Site
The existence of a secretive unit acting illegally within the Metropolitan Police raises fundamental issues of democratic rights that have not been broached by the media.
Hasnain says:
"The media in Britain has recently followed the lead of the US media by subjecting people to a daily barrage of propaganda on alleged “Russian hacking”, based on no evidence other than assertions by the intelligence agencies.
Their response, however, to real hacking by the British police, backed up by concrete evidence, has been virtual radio silence, with only two newspapers and the BBC giving the story any coverage at all, which they then dropped from their coverage immediately."
That time a customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Simulator
But whose map is right?
Google accidentally pushed a Dogfood test build of the May 2017 security update to the Pixel XL
Google seems to have a problem with keeping testers and customers apart. Last month, the company pushed an unfinished Google Drive for Windows update, caus... by Corbin Davenport in Applications, Google, News
Opinion | When the Airlines Became Abusive Cartels
Airline deregulation brought about consolidation, and that led to mistreatment of customers. The industry needs to be regulated more closely.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2017-04-18T04:55:05+0000
Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife—and Is Offered a Deal for Less Than 30 Days in Jail
A deal was struck, and the judge had left for vacation, before the victim had her say in the same courthouse where Brock Turner was given a six-month sentence.
Hasnain says:
That is super messed up. How is this guy not deported and/or in jail?
Reading this I'm even more worried about the justice system here
Posted on 2017-04-18T04:52:03+0000
Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove
A stealthy pet project by the former Microsoft chief lets you search and learn about how the government spends tax dollars.
Hasnain says:
"“How many people work for government in the United States?” he asked, with the excitement of a child showing off a new toy, before displaying the answer. “Almost 24 million. Would you have guessed that?”"
Yay for data
Posted on 2017-04-18T04:19:40+0000
Bride, Groom Say They Were Kicked Off United Flight on the Way to Get Married
Just as the outrage over the way a United passenger was dragged from a flight lat week started dying down, United Airlines is now facing a new public r ...
Hasnain says:
Why not do anything about the guy sleeping in their seats?
Posted on 2017-04-16T23:40:15+0000
Typing the technical interview
In the formless days, long before the rise of the Church, all spells were woven of pure causality, all actions were permitted, and death was common. Many witches were disfigured by their magicks, found crumpled at the center of a circle of twisted, glass-eaten trees, and stones which burned unceasin...
Hasnain says:
This series is great.
Solving the n queens problem using type theory and meta programming in Haskell.
When C++ template meta programming wasn't enough...
Posted on 2017-04-16T20:50:42+0000
Competitive Programmer's Handbook
The purpose of this book is to give the reader a thorough introduction to competitive programming. The book is especially intended for students who want to learn algorithms and possibly participate in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) or in the International Collegiate Programming Cont...
Optimizing Rust Struct Size: A 6-month Compiler Development Project
Anyone who knows me knows that I've been spending a lot of time working on the Rust compiler, to the detriment of all my other projects. I'm glad to say I'm done. The 2000-foot version: Rust structs,