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Pretty certain in 10-20 years time, civil wars will be fought over inequality due to this. us.cnn.com/2025/11/12/e...
Affordability is in crisis. The solution: You’ll never own anything again | CNN Business
Stubborn inflation continues to make the cost of living unbearable for many Americans. A number of inventive solutions have emerged — but with a common theme: putting consumers deeper into debt.
us.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Pretty certain in 10-20 years time, civil wars will be fought over inequality due to this. us.cnn.com/2025/11/12/e...
50 billion dollars spent, and nothing to show for. In other countries, someone's head will roll. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
50 billion dollars spent, and nothing to show for. In other countries, someone's head will roll. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
Firefox 145 has been released. Get it from the usual repository.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Firefox 145 has been released. Get it from the usual repository.
Aren't you glad that you left the Meta ecosystem? No you didn't? Then you deserves to be the product. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Aren't you glad that you left the Meta ecosystem? No you didn't? Then you deserves to be the product. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Cryptography 101 courses. cryptography101.ca
Cryptography 101 with Alfred Menezes
Video lectures, notes, and exercises in all areas of applied cryptography
cryptography101.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Cryptography 101 courses. cryptography101.ca
The challenges you have to consider when you ask teams to standardise on a programming language. spf13.com/p/the-hidden...
Why Engineers Can't Be Rational About Programming Languages | spf13
The neuroscience of why we make million dollar decisions based on identity, not data.
spf13.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The challenges you have to consider when you ask teams to standardise on a programming language. spf13.com/p/the-hidden...
Now you can run Linux on your browser using WebAssembly. joelseverin.github.io/linux-wasm/
The console takes over Ctrl + C etc. Depending on your platform and browser, adding Shift to the combo may work. Using Ctrl + Insert for copy and Shift + Insert for paste may also work. Right-clicking and using the context menu should also work.
joelseverin.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Now you can run Linux on your browser using WebAssembly. joelseverin.github.io/linux-wasm/
New methods of interview must be crafted to combat the use of AI during interviews. yusufaytas.com/ai-broke-int...
Artificial Intelligence Broke Interviews
AI erased trust in remote interviewing. Here’s how the system broke and how companies are rebuilding interviews around real human reasoning.
yusufaytas.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New methods of interview must be crafted to combat the use of AI during interviews. yusufaytas.com/ai-broke-int...
Friends do not recommend Fire TV Stick to friends. They recommend LibreElec. :P www.heise.de/en/news/Fire...
Fire TV: Amazon to block piracy apps in the future
Piracy apps installed on Fire TV devices via sideloading will be rendered unusable based on a blacklist from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment.
www.heise.de
November 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Friends do not recommend Fire TV Stick to friends. They recommend LibreElec. :P www.heise.de/en/news/Fire...
This cannot go into the professional social media network for it will ruffle a lot of feathers. pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/w...
Pluralistic: When AI prophecy fails (29 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
October 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This cannot go into the professional social media network for it will ruffle a lot of feathers. pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/w...
The world is getting more risk-averse, and along with it, stagnancy. www.experimental-history.com/p/the-declin...
The Decline of Deviance
Where has all the weirdness gone?
www.experimental-history.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The world is getting more risk-averse, and along with it, stagnancy. www.experimental-history.com/p/the-declin...
This is an interesting knowledge to learn. www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is an interesting knowledge to learn. www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
Wow ... Russians are about to experience winter without energy, what the Ukrainians experienced two years ago. What goes around really comes around. euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/24/f...
Frontline report: From victim to retaliator - Ukraine targets Russian energy grid across multiple regions - Euromaidan Press
After months of Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities, Ukraine has launched massive retaliatory strikes on Russia's power infrastructure, plunging regions like Belgorod and Kursk into darknes...
euromaidanpress.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Wow ... Russians are about to experience winter without energy, what the Ukrainians experienced two years ago. What goes around really comes around. euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/24/f...
Woah ... long read, but kind of make sense. www.campbellramble.ai/p/china-cant...
China Can't Win
Why Chaos Favors the Strong in the Coming Great Decoupling
www.campbellramble.ai
October 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Woah ... long read, but kind of make sense. www.campbellramble.ai/p/china-cant...
At the end of the day, COP XX does not matter anymore. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
At the end of the day, COP XX does not matter anymore. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Nature is evolving against anti-biotics, and now we are losing. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Study: We're losing the war against drug-resistant infections faster than we thought
Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate.
www.npr.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Nature is evolving against anti-biotics, and now we are losing. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The irony is not lost that this is a country that promotes open standards and global collaboration ... ONLY IF this is their standard. Such hypocrisy. www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
Sending a message: Beijing issues documents without Word format amid US tensions
For the first time, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued policy announcements in documents only accessible via domestic software last week.
www.scmp.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The irony is not lost that this is a country that promotes open standards and global collaboration ... ONLY IF this is their standard. Such hypocrisy. www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
Some examples of enshittification that most of us have experienced. Warning: Lots of expletives. romanzipp.com/blog/shut-th...
Shut The Fuck Up
Everything is getting more annoying by the hour
romanzipp.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Some examples of enshittification that most of us have experienced. Warning: Lots of expletives. romanzipp.com/blog/shut-th...
Yet another case of too big to fail. When it fails, it will be catastrophic. sibylline.dev/articles/202...
AI is Too Big to Fail — Sibylline Software
AI spending looks like a bubble, but political capture and energy realities make backing down impossible.
sibylline.dev
October 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yet another case of too big to fail. When it fails, it will be catastrophic. sibylline.dev/articles/202...
Updated SSVC Explorer and Calculator from CMU. www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/whats-n...
What’s New in SSVC: Build, Explore, and Evolve Your Decision Models
Recent updates to the Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) framework help different stakeholders to prioritize vulnerabilities according to their distinct risk appetites.
www.sei.cmu.edu
October 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Updated SSVC Explorer and Calculator from CMU. www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/whats-n...
Firefox 144 has been released. Get it from the usual repository.
October 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Firefox 144 has been released. Get it from the usual repository.
Very sadly, we have reached the climate tipping point. I guessed we all saw this coming, and yet nothing can be done about it. global-tipping-points.org
Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact
Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.
global-tipping-points.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Very sadly, we have reached the climate tipping point. I guessed we all saw this coming, and yet nothing can be done about it. global-tipping-points.org
Mapping the World's Prices 2025. www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RI-PROD...
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www.dbresearch.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Mapping the World's Prices 2025. www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RI-PROD...
They say history repeats itself. blog.cr.yp.to/20251004-wea...
cr.yp.to:
2025.10.04: NSA and IETF
blog.cr.yp.to
October 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
They say history repeats itself. blog.cr.yp.to/20251004-wea...
I never understood the lure of Spotify. Its imminent irrelevance is of no impact to me. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app
Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I never understood the lure of Spotify. Its imminent irrelevance is of no impact to me. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...