Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang
Microsoft is in serious discussions to buy Mojang, the Swedish company behind the popular "Minecraft" videogame, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Steve Ballmer did not write the text for the blue screen of death - The Old New Thing - Site...
Somehow, it ended up widely reported that Steve Ballmer wrote the blue screen of death. And all of those articles cited my article titled "Who wrote the text for the Ctrl+Alt+Del dialog in Windows 3.1?" Somehow, everybody decided to ignore that I wrote "Ctrl+Alt+Del dialog" and replace it with what…
Hasnain says:
The amount of mis-reporting in news can be quite scary.
Posted on 2014-09-09T16:36:19+0000
Google's Perks Are So Amazing, Employees Have Found Ways To Secretly Live On Campus And Avoid...
Why bother paying rent when you can shower...
Hasnain says:
This takes the lazy/cheap software engineer thing to a whole next level.
Posted on 2014-09-09T16:05:40+0000
All About Circuits : Free Electric Circuits & Electronics Textbooks
Welcome to All About Circuits This site provides a series of online textbooks covering electricity and electronics. The information provided is great for both students and hobbyists who are looking to expand their knowledge in this field. These textbooks were written by Tony R. Kuphaldt and released…
Creddle
Creddle helps you make beautiful, modern, paper-friendly web résumés.
How Andreessen Horowitz is Disrupting Silicon Valley
Just over the crest of the highest point on Sand Hill Road, amid a cluster of relaxed buildings that could easily pass a…
How a 19th Century Math Genius Taught Us The Best Way To Hold a Pizza Slice | Science Blogs | WIRED
Why does bending a pizza slice help you eat it? How does a mantis shrimp's punch use a Pringles chip? A surprising geometrical link between curvature and strength.
So Bill Gates Has This Idea for a History Class ...
Should one of the world’s richest men get to dictate the future of how we learn about our past?
Hasnain says:
"‘Most kids experience school as one damn course after another; there’s nothing to build connections between the courses that they take.’"
Posted on 2014-09-07T03:29:30+0000
Recommended Reading | The Homepage of @attrc
This page lists books that I have found to be highly relevant and useful for learning topics within computer security, digital forensics, incident response, malware analysis, and reverse engineering. These books range from introductory texts to advanced research works. While some of these books may…
[messaging] Modern anti-spam and E2E crypto
moderncrypto.org
Hasnain says:
Brain dump on spam filtering, gmail, and how it all works. really interesting.
Posted on 2014-09-06T20:00:39+0000