Catherine Thimmesh in Delancey Place: “Their voices were rapid-fire. Crisp. Assured. There was no hesitation. But you could practically hear the adrenaline rushing in their vocal tones, practically hear the thumping…

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/05/podcast-episode-philosopher-king Computer scientists often build algorithms with a keen focus on “solving the problem,” without considering the larger implications and potential misuses of the technology they’re creating. That’s how we…

https://news.youexec.com/briefs/microsoft-apple-and-google-will-end-password-logins?pt=1 *For representational use only. Source: Envato Elements The password era is about to end. Microsoft, Google, and Apple will roll out passwordless sign-in across all their OS and browser…

My whole life I have written unit tests to check my functionality/any bugs. How is software like Jenkins able to build and test thousands of lines of code? Who even…

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https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/04/07/you-should-be-reading-academic-computer-science-papers/ You read documentation and tutorials to become a better programmer, but if you really want to be cutting-edge, academic research is where it’s at. As working programmers, you need…

https://news.youexec.com/briefs/distrust-in-big-tech-platforms-could-be-their-downfall?r=news.&pr=ne&pt=1 A new report revealed that one in five tweets about Tesla over the past ten years were bot-generated, and that the company may have used Twitter bots to manipulate…

https://github.com/git/git/commit/8959555cee7ec045958f9b6dd62e541affb7e7d9 setup_git_directory(): add an owner check for the top-level directory It poses a security risk to search for a git directory outside of the directories owned by the current user.…

https://www.protocol.com/entertainment/bereal-social-media-app-college “You’re not just showing off the best moments, you’re showing off whatever it is you’re doing at 12:42 on a Tuesday afternoon.” As full-grown adults, we’re allowed to post…

https://fowlie.github.io/2022/02/25/keyboards-rabbit-hole/ I’m writing this to share my experience adapting to weird keyboards and layouts. A few years ago a colleague of mine introduced me to 60% keyboards. Today, I’m typing…