Paper sizes | royvanrijn
Yes, this blogpost is about paper. This has absolutely nothing to do with programming, but there is a beautiful piece of math involved.
EFF Files Amicus Brief in Case That Seeks to Hold IBM Responsible for Facilitating Apartheid in...
EFF defends rights in the digital world. But what about when the digital world enables violations of human rights? We think that’s important, too.
Hasnain says:
" For those who might want a fuller description of IBM's active facilitation of these kinds of crimes, you should read Edwin Black's book, "IBM and the Holocaust".
Those tattoo's on Holocaust victim's arms? They were serial numbers directly tied to IBM punchcards designed by IBM for the Third Reich.
It gives context to former NSA chief Michael Hayden's comment, "We kill people with metadata"."
Posted on 2015-02-11T02:58:50+0000
Impossible Escape?
Using binary mathematics to solve, what seems like, an impossible puzzle
Why animals eat psychoactive plants
Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, learns about drunk elephants, the stoned water buffalo, and the grieving mongoose.
Hasnain says:
" For example, in 1995, the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a massive scientific study of cocaine and its effects. They discovered that “experimental and occasional use are by far the most common types of use, and compulsive/dysfunctional [use] is far less common.” The U.S. government threatened to cut off funding to the WHO unless they suppressed the report. "
WTF?
Posted on 2015-02-11T02:43:21+0000
FarmLogs
I recently got to be a guest at a FarmLogs board meeting. I was struck by how much of an impact the company was having on the world, and how just a couple of years ago it seemed like they were...
Automating Tinder with Eigenfaces
The website of Justin Long. Crockpotveggies is a collection of notes about Justin's own projects.
Another 34,000 People Are About To Put Their Future In the Hands Of An Algorithm
If you’re a medical student or recently became a doctor, no need to read further. I’ll be describing one of the most stressful and pivotal moments of your professional life, and you probably alread...
Hasnain says:
" The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) has been sounding alarm bells for years that there won’t be enough residency positions for all the doctors graduating from U.S. schools. As the demand for doctors grows with the Medicare rolls and the influx of new patients under the Affordable Care Act, they’ve increased the number of matriculants by nearly 30 percent since 2006."
Posted on 2015-02-10T02:28:44+0000
Today I Am Releasing Ten Million Passwords
Frequently I get requests from students and security researchers to get a copy of my password research data, so I built a data set of ten million usernames and passwords that I am releasing to the public domain. But is it legal for me to release this data?
Hasnain says:
“This is completely absurd that I have to write an entire article justifying the release of this data out of fear of prosecution”
Posted on 2015-02-10T02:13:30+0000
America’s Last Ban on Sunday Shopping - The New Yorker
Should Bergen County’s blue laws fall, it could mark an end to Americans’ fragile agreement to take one day a week as an antidote to the forces of commerce.
Millions of Facebook users have no idea they’re using the internet
To many internet newcomers, they're one and the same.