February 2012
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January 2012
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"Can you solve this problem for me on the... →
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Tor Operations Security →
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After consultation with industry groups across the country,” [Lamar] Smith...
– DNS provision pulled from SOPA
Translation: “We got spanked.”
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Computer scientists should be comfortable with and practiced in the Unix...
– What every computer science major should know
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What every computer science major should know →
Absolutely required reading. Unfortunately, I see too many of these being often ignored.
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December 2011
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Don’t waste other people’s time. The fact that you’re giving some code away...
– Matt Gemmell on releasing Open Source Code. Anything (i.e., not just software) that you put out in the world should be of great quality, no matter if you choose to charge for it or not.
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If these companies are so clueless about technology that they think SOPA is a...
– Paul Graham
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I would suggest beheading the bankers, but while it would be very satisfying and...
– Alan Moore
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The world has a way of making room for those who just won’t give up.
– Grit & Determination
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For most people, sharing and remixing with attribution and no commercial intent...
– No Copyright Intended - Waxy.org
Andy Baio with some cogent points about the future of copyright.
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November 2011
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Can Desktop Linux Stay Relevant in the Era of... →
Can Desktop Linux Stay Relevant in the Era of Cloud and Mobile?
As much as ever.
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We spend most of our time regardless of our religion or lack of it, disappointed...
– Stephen Fry’s answer to What precisely was the knowledge that God didn’t want Adam & Eve to have? - Quora
October 2011
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The no braces, no semicolons, no begin/end syntax. I think the people who hate...
– Why Python?
September 2011
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In Holland, we have two words for design. One is vormgeving; in German...
– Gert Dumbar (via banquethall)
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August 2011
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July 2011
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Cached filesystem structures, Firewire drives, and...
In preparation for installing Lion, I decided to be extra-cautious and use SuperDuper! in addition to Time Machine to backup my laptop. After all, one can never be too careful with backups, as you’ll see reading on.
I have a 1.5 TB drive connected to an iBook G4 running Leopard. This machine doesn’t move anywhere, just serves as a sort of media repository / archive / SSH bounce....
✚ Reading on the iPad →
(via Instapaper)
Fred Wilson On Startups →
(via Instapaper)