Let's remove quaternions from every 3D engine (2018) https://marctenbosch.com/quaternions/
My Second Year as a Solo Developer https://mtlynch.io/solo-developer-year-2/
mtlynch.io
My Second Year as a Solo Developer
Two years ago, I quit my developer job at Google to build my own software business. A year later, I posted an update about my finances, happiness, and lessons learned. Today marks the end of my second full year, so it's time for another update.
The EARN IT Act: how to ban end-to-end encryption without banning it https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/01/earn-it-act-how-ban-end-end-encryption-without-actually-banning-it
OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch
GitHub
GitHub - evilsocket/opensnitch: OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch.
OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch. - evilsocket/opensnitch
Old CSS, New CSS https://eev.ee/blog/2020/02/01/old-css-new-css/
eev.ee
Old CSS, new CSS
I first got into web design/development in the late 90s, and only as I type this sentence do I realize how long ago that was. And boy, it was horrendous. I mean, being able to make stuff and put it online where other people could see it was pretty slick,…
Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/467#issuecomment-581944600
GitHub
Partial freezing of the User-Agent string · Issue #467 · w3ctag/design-reviews
Goedenavond TAG! This is not your typical spec review, and is highly related to #320. But, because @torgo asked nicely, I'm opening up a review for a specific application of UA-CH as a replacem...
Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius https://campfire.rest
Wacom tablets track every app you open https://robertheaton.com/2020/02/05/wacom-drawing-tablets-track-name-of-every-application-you-open/
Robert Heaton
Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open | Robert Heaton
I have a Wacom drawing tablet. I use it to draw cover illustrations for my blog posts, such as this one.
Reverse engineering my router's firmware with binwalk https://embeddedbits.org/reverse-engineering-router-firmware-with-binwalk/
Tesla remotely removed autopilot features from used Tesla without notice https://jalopnik.com/tesla-remotely-removes-autopilot-features-from-customer-1841472617
Jalopnik
Tesla Remotely Removes Autopilot Features From Customer's Used Tesla Without Any Notice [Updated] - Jalopnik
One of the less-considered side effects of car features moving from hardware to software is that important features and abilities of a car can now be removed without any actual contact with a given car. Where once de-contenting involved at least a screwdriver…
Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android https://insinuator.net/2020/02/critical-bluetooth-vulnerability-in-android-cve-2020-0022/
Python dicts are now ordered https://softwaremaniacs.org/blog/2020/02/05/dicts-ordered/en/
Simple, solar-powered water desalination http://news.mit.edu/2020/passive-solar-powered-water-desalination-0207
MIT News
Simple, solar-powered water desalination
A completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at MIT and in China could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per hour for every square meter of solar collecting area. Such systems could potentially serve…
My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file https://jeffhuang.com/productivity_text_file/
Reasons not to become famous https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/
The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
11 Reasons Not to Become Famous (or "A Few Lessons Learned Since 2007") - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
I felt like I somehow needed fame. In retrospect, there was a lot of self-loathing from tough childhood experiences, and I desperately hoped that love from without (i.e., from masses of other people) would somehow make up for hate from within.
Why Google Did Android https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/02/09/Why-Android
How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/
Washington Post
The CIA secretly bought a company that sold encryption devices across the world. Then its spies sat back and listened.
U.S. and German intelligence agencies partnered on a scheme to dupe dozens of nations into buying rigged encryption systems — taking their money and stealing their secrets.
No person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/939qbz/people-born-blind-are-mysteriously-protected-from-schizophrenia
Vice
People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia
The possible explanations could help us better understand the condition.