Errata Security: Can I drop a pacemaker 0day?
blog.erratasec.com
Hasnain says:
I do not want to be killed by a 0day in my pacemaker...
Posted on 2014-06-05T06:20:19+0000
Out in the Open: The Little-Known Open Source OS That Rules the Internet of Things | Enterprise...
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Big Bang blunder bursts the multiverse bubble
Premature hype over gravitational waves highlights gaping holes in models for the origins and evolution of the Universe, argues Paul Steinhardt.
Hasnain says:
“The inflationary paradigm is fundamentally untestable, and hence scientifically meaningless.”
Posted on 2014-06-04T01:26:06+0000
Help us, Thomas Piketty: The 1%’s sick and twisted new scheme
David Graeber explains the long con the rich use to defeat labor, destroy the creative class, and demean your job
Hasnain says:
"Suddenly it became possible to see that if there’s a rule, it’s that the more obviously your work benefits others, the less you’re paid for it. CEOs and financial consultants that are actually making other people’s lives worse were paid millions, useless paper-pushers got handsomely compensated, people fulfilling obviously useful functions like taking care of the sick or teaching children or repairing broken heating systems or picking vegetables were the least rewarded."
Posted on 2014-06-04T01:21:05+0000
The miracle-buster afraid to go home
An Indian man who made his career exposing miracles and the feats of holy men as myths is in exile in Helsinki afraid of jail and attacks if he returns home.
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Posted on 2014-06-03T16:43:16+0000
Why Have Female Hurricanes Killed More People Than Male Ones?
Here’s a simple fact with an uncertain explanation: historically, hurricanes with female names have killed more people than those with male ones. Kiju Jung from the University of Illinois at Urbana...
Click to view the original at phenomena.nationalgeographic.com
Inside the Shadowy World of High-Speed Tennis Betting
In January, Daniel Dobson was two months into a new job that allowed him the opportunity to travel overseas and watch live sports. It had a downside, though: It got him arrested in an incident that...
Hasnain says:
"Dobson’s job was to sit courtside at the Australian Open in Melbourne and use his cellphone to transmit the outcome of each point of the match he was watching. The faster he worked, the greater the edge his employers at Sporting Data Ltd. would have in the betting market."
Posted on 2014-06-02T05:57:09+0000
How To Catch A Chess Cheater: Ken Regan Finds Moves Out Of Mind
The United States Chess Federation
Hasnain says:
"The following is our June 2014 Chess Life cover story. Normally this would be behind our pay wall, but we feel this article about combating cheating in chess carries international importance. "
This is really well written, and a great analysis.
Posted on 2014-06-02T05:42:32+0000
PUBLISH OR BE DAMNED - The Gate | London
In 1963 John Kennedy Toole wrote “A Confederacy of Dunces”. It was different to a conventional novel.
Hasnain says:
“When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in a confederacy against him.”
Posted on 2014-06-02T05:40:33+0000
Fifa faces call to vote again over 2022 World Cup after leaked Qatari emails
Communications purport to show series of payments to officials by Mohamed bin Hammam, who was Fifa's member for Qatar
Hasnain says:
"The Fifa inspection team ranked Qatar as the only "high-risk" option overall, yet it was still chosen by 14 of the 22 voting members of the executive committee in December 2010. The Fifa president said it was now "probable" that it would be played in the winter rather than the summer due to the heat. Blatter insisted, however, that Qatar, which spent huge sums on ambassadors and development programmes, had not "bought" the World Cup."
Posted on 2014-06-02T01:20:43+0000