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A weekly list of goodies curated by Robert.
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Paper: "Neutron Production and Absorption in Uranium" by Szilard, Anderson and Fermi published in 1939.
This seemingly short and simple paper had a tremendous influence in the fate of the world. It lead to the now famous Einstein-Szilard Letter which was sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in October of 1939. This letter resulted in the creation of the Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb.
Strategies to Overcome Confirmation Bias in Your Personal Narratives [article]
I've been rewatching Jiro Dreams of Sushi and this is how I started thinking about the effect of Japanese sitting style (seiza) on the center of foot pressure after standing. The position in fact was giving quicker reaction and ability to move from resting position to fight. One should be better off using what the Japanese call a Zafu. [documentary]
Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals [article]
Summary: A hacker group says that they have accessed the feeds of around 150,000 security cameras operated by a Silicon Valley-based surveillance company called Verkada—giving the hackers access to live video from Tesla facilities, jails, and hospitals, among many other locations.
Apparently, someone found a hole in Microsoft Exchange, and any company running their own copy has probably been hacked. [article]
Speaking on condition of anonymity, two cybersecurity experts who’ve briefed U.S. national security advisors on the attack told KrebsOnSecurity the Chinese hacking group thought to be responsible has seized control over “hundreds of thousands” of Microsoft Exchange Servers worldwide — with each victim system representing approximately one organization that uses Exchange to process email.Tool I’ve been experimenting with: Raindrop.io [tool]
This allows you to group related bookmarks within the same context & having thousands of pre-defined icons. You can do batch processing, create nested collections, and also allows Import/Export. And knowing that one can move out of any platform is reassuring."Finding a Way Out" by Chris Granger (2013) [video]
For the longest time, we've gained power at the cost of complexity, but at some point, we have to find our way out of the maze. A new language isn’t enough. Even new tools like Light Table only suggest a path forward. To truly escape, we have to take a step back and re-imagine what it means to create software. We have to let go and ask ourselves – what would programming look like if we created it today?
Everything I've learned in 10 years of Blogging [article]
The styling of your blog, as in how it looks doesn't really count too much at the beginning. Your writing style on the other hand makes all the difference. Depending on who your audience is, you have to adjust the tone of your conversation.
For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain (article)
A beloved Robert Frost poem is among the many creations that are (finally) losing their protections in 2019
Become A Facebook-Free Business [article]
All social movements have their innovators, early adopters, late adopters, early majority, and late majority. It’s up to each business to decide where on the adoption curve they could possible fit in. Or, of course, whether they’re fine funding Facebook’s continued operations with their patronage forever.
The rules are pretty simple. Being Facebook Free means:
We do not buy advertisement on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, or WhatsApp.
We do not use Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, or WhatsApp to promote or represent our business or to communicate with our customers.
We do not assist Facebook in its data collection regime through use of Facebook social Like buttons or by offering Facebook logins.
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