A look at the claim that Bitcoin and blockchain represent a technological revolution, fairly in depth but trying to avoid any techno-babble.

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Despite the fact that it is not a 'real' vulnerability, escaping privileged Docker containers is nevertheless pretty funny. And because there will always be people who will come up with reasons or excuses to run a privileged container (even though you really…

A new study finds vitamin D supplements with or without omega-3s decreased the risk of autoimmune diseases by 22 percent compared to placebo.

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I receive offers for sponsored content on a daily basis. I decided to reply to one of them to see what happened.

A former coworker pointed me to the news today that freshmeat has suddenly ceased operations. I spent the rest of the day flooded with memories and the urge to jot a few of them down before they’re…

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Play micropolisJS and build a virtual city in your browser! micropolisJS is a handwritten HTML5/Javascript port of Micropolis, the open-source release of SimCity (the 1989 version).

The anti-Putin pirates.

Zelle, the payments platform used by millions of customers, is a popular target of scammers. But banks have been reluctant to make fraud victims whole — despite owning the system.

The original source code of Microsoft GW-BASIC from 1983 - microsoft/GW-BASIC

The Internet is an amazing tool. But I’ve been using it in the wrong way - it became my new default, my master and I think I’m not the only one.

Most great thinkers have speculated about the kind of leadership that might give rise to a better society, analyzing it through what’s sometimes called a “normative” lens: What should we be doing? In Leviathan, for example, Thomas Hobbes argued for a single…

Russia continues to bombard Mariupol, Kharkiv and other key cities despite offering escape routes, Ukraine officials say.

Russian state-controlled news network RT said on Thursday it will begin broadcasting on Rumble, a YouTube-like video site, after tech companies including Meta Platforms and Twitter have restricted access to RT following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A simple, opinionated decision system to help decide whether to build a software feature or not.