Susan Fowler Rigetti on Twitter
“Uber names/blames me for account deletes, and has a different law firm -not Holders - investigating me. I have hired https://t.co/IBL14Vj4o1”
Muslim teen found hanged in woods near Seattle; family seeks answers
A Lake Stevens family is asking the FBI to investigate the death of their teenage son. The young man, an African-American Muslim, was found hanged in the
Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose
The attorney general did not disclose the encounters during his confirmation hearing.
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Posted on 2017-03-02T05:52:34+0000
A software engineer is detained for several hours by U.S. Customs — and given a test to prove he’s an engineer
Celestine Omin was accustomed to tackling tough engineering problems. Just not the two that the Border Agent had put in front of his face — or at
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Posted on 2017-03-01T04:37:51+0000
Ask HN: Is S3 down? | Hacker News
But if you go to your personal health dashboard (https://phd.aws.amazon.com/phd/home#/dashboard/open-issues) they report an S3 operational issue event there.
Hasnain says:
Whoops.
Also: "Reminds me of an old joke: Why do we host on AWS? Because if it goes down then our customers are so busy worried about themselves being down that they don't even notice that we're down!"
Posted on 2017-02-28T18:40:28+0000
Mahershala Ali's Oscar win stirs controversy in Pakistan - The Express Tribune
Pakistan's envoy to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi apparently forced to delete a congratulatory tweet
Sugar may be as damaging to the brain as extreme stress or abuse
We all know that cola and lemonade aren't great for our waistline or our dental health, but our new study on rats has shed light on just how much damage sugary drinks can also do to our brain.
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Posted on 2017-02-28T04:59:55+0000
I Wrote The Fastest Hashtable
I had to get there eventually. I had a blog post called “I Wrote a Fast Hashtable” and another blog post called “I Wrote a Faster Hashtable.” Now I finally wrote the fastest…
I am an Uber survivor.
When I read Susan Fowler’s story, my blood boiled.
Hasnain says:
"When I voiced my concern, Mike#2 looked at me and said “There is no place for ethics in this business sweetheart. We are not a charity.” I was upset to hear such an insensitive comment. I repeated my point and this time, I raised my voice to show that I was unhappy with his attitude. Visibly angry, Mike #2 covered the microphone of the conference phone, he reached over to hold my hand tightly and told me to stop being a whiny little bitch. Two of the men in the room looked at each other and laughed while the rest of the men, like me, were shocked."
This just keeps getting worse
Posted on 2017-02-28T01:38:49+0000
Data from connected CloudPets teddy bears leaked and ransomed, exposing kids' voice messages
Only a couple of weeks ago, there were a lot of news headlines about how Germany had banned an internet-connected doll called "Cayla" over fears hackers could target children. One of their primary concerns was the potential risk to the privacy of children: conversations between the child and others…
Hasnain says:
Next in the internet of horribly insecure things.
The headline is actually fairly lenient, the reality is much worse
Posted on 2017-02-28T01:30:58+0000