Gérard de Villiers, the Spy Novelist Who Knows Too Much
The espionage thrillers of Gérard de Villiers have more than the ring of truth to them.
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Posted on 2015-07-19T02:02:01+0000
An Identity Thief Explains the Art of Emptying Your Bank Account
Meet Dmitry Naskovets, the con man from Minsk
Hasnain says:
A good read. Also, an interesting way to get to the US: commit crimes, get extradited to a US prison, then claim amnesty when your sentence is over... (not saying it's easy)
Posted on 2015-07-19T02:01:14+0000
The end of capitalism has begun
Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian
Hasnain says:
This is a really interesting read and quite thought provoking. I feel like getting the book...
Posted on 2015-07-19T01:58:33+0000
How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq » SkullSecurity
How I nearly almost saved the Internet, starring afl-fuzz and dnsmasq Leave a reply If you know me, you know that I love DNS. I'm not exactly sure how that happened, but I suspect that Ed Skoudis is at least partly to blame. Anyway, a project came up to evaluate dnsmasq, and being a DNS server - and…
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Posted on 2015-07-16T16:48:42+0000
Potato paradox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Potato Paradox is a mathematical calculation that has a counter-intuitive result. The "paradox" involves dehydrating potatoes by a seemingly minuscule amount, and then calculating a change in mass which is larger than expected. This is not to be confused for the Potato-Effect, which is sometimes…
Angry Amazon customers vent over sale fail
Disappointed Amazon customers turned to Twitter to vent their frustration over what they called "unhappy Prime Day."
The Netflix Tech Blog: Tracking down the Villains: Outlier Detection at Netflix
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How Google Sparsehash achieves two bits of overhead per entry using sparsetable
Google Sparsehash is one of the most space efficient hash tables, but how does it achieve two bits of overhead per entry?
We don’t trust drinking fountains anymore, and that’s bad for our health
One sultry day in 2012, a handful of New Yorkers laid out a rich red carpet in Union Square Park. As a jazz band grooved in the background, vested and begloved hosts led guests to the star attraction:...
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"The transition away from fountains has also made it harder to access water in public. For example, in 2007, the University of Central Florida built a 45,000-seat stadium with no fountains. The university claimed they were too expensive to install and maintain. Selling bottled water at $3 a bottle, meanwhile, would generate profits. But at the opening game, with temperatures reaching near 100 degrees, vendors ran out of water. Some 60 attendees were treated for heat-related issues; 18 were hospitalized for heat exhaustion. The university eventually installed 50 fountains."
Posted on 2015-07-14T02:43:37+0000
The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle
When the giant fault line along the Pacific Northwest ruptures, it could be our worst natural disaster ever.
Hasnain says:
A really engrossing article.
"That problem is not specific to earthquakes, of course. The Cascadia situation, a calamity in its own right, is also a parable for this age of ecological reckoning, and the questions it raises are ones that we all now face. How should a society respond to a looming crisis of uncertain timing but of catastrophic proportions? How can it begin to right itself when its entire infrastructure and culture developed in a way that leaves it profoundly vulnerable to natural disaster?"
Posted on 2015-07-14T02:33:43+0000