Software Transparency: Part 1
https://blog.azuki.vip/software-transparency/ Say that you want to “securely” acquire an app called EncryptedYo for “securely” communicating with your friends. You go to the developer’s web site, which is HTTPS-only, and download…
Flash
@larsiusprime https://twitter.com/larsiusprime/status/1344404336252768257 To this day, I am super mad at all the people who put for the codswallop that HTML5 was this perfect replacement for Flash. It’s been 10 years…
Why your first customer is worth $10,000,000
https://www.ejorgenson.com/blog/why-your-first-customer-is-worth-10000000?utm_source=wanqu.co&utm_campaign=Wanqu+Daily&utm_medium=website Founders and early employees can earn orders of magnitude more than employees 50+. And there is a good reason for that. Early employees aren’t travelers, they are cartographers. “Do…
The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty
A growing group of lawyers are uncovering, navigating, and fighting the automated systems that deny the poor housing, jobs, and basic services. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013068/algorithms-create-a-poverty-trap-lawyers-fight-back/ Miriam was only 21 when she met…
Understanding Inverted Indexes (4 Part Series)
Reverse/Inverted Index – The Story begins Introduction to Inverted Indexes Forward and Inverted Indexes – Requirement based differences Components of Inverted Index – The Dictionary
Why Older People Struggle In Programming Jobs
I’m old. I’m OK with it. I don’t lay awake at night worrying about it. But I do understand quite well that I’m definitely old – at least, in a…