How a bug in Visual Studio 2015 exposed my source code on GitHub and cost me $6,500 in a few hours
How a bug in Visual Studio 2015 exposed my source code on GitHub and cost me $6,500 in a few hours
The most obsolete infrastructure money could buy - my worst job ever
The year was 2005. My interest in writing a content management system in Java for the company that bought our startup had been steadily draining away, while my real passion was working on compilers and other programming language infrastructure (mostly SBCL). One day I spotted a job advert looking fo…
Google will start punishing mobile sites with annoying app install ads
There's nothing wrong with app install ads, but too often now, you click on a mobile search result, and when the site loads, a giant app install interstitial..
Sandstorm News: Sandstorm Oasis hosting is now in open beta
As you know, Sandstorm’s mission is to bring open source and indie web apps to a wider audience. To run open source web apps, you need your own server – the developers aren’t a big corporation with resources to run servers for you. And for everyone to run open source web apps, everyone needs control…
Identity crisis: Wives of immigrant tech workers struggle to find purpose
Work, which gives their spouses a sense of purpose and accomplishment, as well as colleagues and a social network, is not available to the women.
Hasnain says:
"Almost half a century after American women rejected narrow gender roles that prescribed lives of housekeeping and child care, these immigrant women are being consigned to the same limited roles."
Posted on 2015-08-31T15:38:43+0000
“Spookiness” Confirmed by the First Loophole-free Quantum Test
Henson et al, arXiv:1508.05949Spookiness, it seems, is here to stay. Quantum theory has been put to its most stringent “loophole free” test yet, and it has come out victorious, ruling out more common sense views of reality (well, mostly). Many thanks to Matt Leifer for bringing this experiment - via…
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Posted on 2015-08-28T06:39:52+0000
The Woman Who Spent Six Years Fighting a Traffic Stop
Getting caught in a speed trap in a small Louisiana town.
Hasnain says:
"Larvadain, who is now 74, worries that young lawyers are less concerned with right and wrong than with chasing dollars. Although Patricia Parker’s lawsuit against Woodworth offered small hope of a big payday, Larvadain agreed to represent her. “Because I saw wrong had taken place. And I knew someone had to take a stand.”"
Posted on 2015-08-28T06:33:28+0000
How fixed-gear bikes can confuse Google’s self-driving cars
An awkward encounter with a cyclist highlights the technology’s tough road ahead.
Hasnain says:
From HN comments:
"In the not so far future this will be a concept impossible to explain to kids. That we all used to drive around these multi-thousand pound machines and rely on the expertise of often distracted strangers to not be maimed or killed (and dying by the millions by the way)... It already is starting to sound ridiculous. The thought of no machine in control will be terrifying before long."
"One of my favorite jokes is a grandparent talking to their grandchild, saying, "Did you know, when I was a kid, we used to drive cars ourselves?"
"No way, grandpa! And nobody ever got hurt?"
"Oh no! Every year millions died!""
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Posted on 2015-08-27T22:12:53+0000
Why Do Colleges Give Out “Honorary” Degrees?
For more than 500 years, the honorary degree has provided an opportunity for colleges to build relationships with the rich, famous, and well-connected, in hopes of securing financial donations and cheap publicity.
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Posted on 2015-08-27T16:31:33+0000