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Google warns of unauthorized TLS certificates trusted by almost all OSesarstechnica.com
Misissued certs known to impersonate several Google domains, may affect others. -
White Dwarfs and Dyson Spherescentauri-dreams.org
There is a wonderful moment in Larry Niven’s 1970 novel Ringworld when protagonist Louis Wu is first shown an image of an artificial ring completely encircling a star. These days the concept of a D... -
New DNA construct can set off a “mutagenic chain reaction”arstechnica.com
Can sweep through an entire population, changing a gene. -
The Weird Way Facebook and Instagram Are Making Us Happier | WIREDwired.com
Facebook's emphasis on experiences instead of material goods is giving us a new way to worry that we may not be keeping up with the Joneses. Here's why that's still a good thing. -
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Hydrogen Bomb Physicist’s Book Runs Afoul of Energy Departmentnytimes.com
Kenneth W. Ford, who helped devise the weapon more than 50 years ago, has refused a federal agency’s request to delete parts of his memoir. -
How Computers Could Change Pure Mathematicsslate.com
Herbert Simon, the Nobel-prize winning economist, was a techno-enthusiast. In 1956 he predicted that, “within 10 years, computers would beat the world chess champion, compose ‘aesthetically satisfying’ original music, and prove new mathematical theorem... -
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The Waves of the Future May Bend Around Metamaterialsnytimes.com
Scientists have learned how to construct materials that bend waves of light, sound and seismic energy, and are working on applications that may transform industries. - sassy.sourceforge.net
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The Father of the Digital Synthesizerpriceonomics.com
After being ousted from Stanford University in the 1960s for fiddling around with computers too much, composition professor Dr. John Chowning changed the course of music history. -
Exclusive: Pinterest unpins employee tax billsfortune.com
Pinterest stops asking employees to make a difficult choice. Will other top tech startups do the same? -
Python to Scheme to Assembly, Part 1: Recursion and Named Let - Technical Journaldavidad.github.io
In 2001, my favorite programming language was Python. In 2008, my favorite programming language was Scheme. In 2014, my favorite programming language … -
OpenZFS: Reducing ARC Lock Contention - Prakash Suryablog.delphix.com
tl;dr; Cached random read performance of 8K blocks was improved by 225% by reducing internal lock contention within the OpenZFS ARC on illumos. Introduction Real World Problems with the ARC Performance: Before Remove the Lists? Solution: Use More Locks... - matthewlincoln.net
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The story of how Webflow got into Y Combinatorblog.webflow.com
How our company was accepted into YC, then rejected minutes later, then accepted again.