Six Figures in 6 days https://tr.af/6
tr.af
Six Figures in 6 Days
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The High Privacy Cost of a “Free” Website https://themarkup.org/blacklight/2020/09/22/blacklight-tracking-advertisers-digital-privacy-sensitive-websites
The Markup
The High Privacy Cost of a “Free” Website
Trackers piggybacking on website tools leave some site operators in the dark about who is watching or what marketers do with the data
Escaping strings in Bash using !:q https://til.simonwillison.net/til/til/bash_escaping-a-string.md
til.simonwillison.net
Escaping strings in Bash using !:q
TIL this trick, [via Pascal Hirsch](https://twitter.com/phphys/status/1311727268398465029) on Twitter. Enter a line of Bash starting with a `#` comment, then run `!:q` on the next line to see what that would be with proper Bash escaping applied.
```
bash…
```
bash…
What is the best dumb TV? https://pointerclicker.com/best-dumb-tv/
Pointer Clicker
10 Best Dumb TVs (Non Smart Features) For Every Need In 2022
What if we tell you that you do not need a smart TV after all? That's right; dumb TVs work just as well if you're on a budget. A dumb TV can fill your movie and gaming needs as well as a smart one.
Running a Unix-like OS on a home-built CPU with a home-built C compiler https://fuel.edby.coffee/posts/how-we-ported-xv6-os-to-a-home-built-cpu-with-a-home-built-c-compiler/
Fueled by Coffee
How we ran a Unix-like OS (Xv6) on our home-built CPU with our home-built C compiler
[Thanks for many comments and votes on Hacker News! ]
It’s been two years since I started working as a software engineer. I sometimes tell my colleagues about a student project I did in my junior year of university, and it’s so well-received that I’m writing…
It’s been two years since I started working as a software engineer. I sometimes tell my colleagues about a student project I did in my junior year of university, and it’s so well-received that I’m writing…
Stop the Earn IT Bill Before It Breaks Encryption https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-bill-before-it-breaks-encryption-a7904e20-2083-4d5e-88ae-44ee5fef7a5d
Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels http://typelit.io
www.typelit.io
Practice typing by retyping ENTIRE books — TypeLit.io
Free Typing Practice | Boost your typing speed while reading great books like Alice in Wonderland, 1984, Dracula, and The Art of War — or import your own!
Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa program requiring higher pay https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-announces-overhaul-of-h-1b-visa-program-11602017434
WSJ
Trump Administration Announces Overhaul of H-1B Visa Program
The changes will require employers to pay high-skilled foreign workers significantly higher wages, narrow the types of degrees that could qualify an applicant, and shorten the length of visas for certain contract workers.
Show HN: I built a Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for durable products https://www.buyforlifeproducts.com/
We Hacked Apple for 3 Months https://samcurry.net/hacking-apple/
samcurry.net
We Hacked Apple for 3 Months: Here’s What We Found
Between the period of July 6th to October 6th myself, Brett Buerhaus, Ben Sadeghipour, Samuel Erb, and Tanner Barnes worked together and hacked on the Apple bug bounty program.
They're Made Out of Meat (1991) https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html
Feds may target Google's Chrome browser for breakup https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/10/feds-may-target-googles-chrome-browser-for-breakup-428468
POLITICO
Feds may target Google’s Chrome browser for breakup
Prosecutors for the Justice Department and state attorney general offices are discussing ways of curbing the search giant's market power as they prepare to sue the company.
2.1M of the oldest Usenet posts are now online for anyone to read https://www.vice.com/en/article/pky7km/usenet-archive-utzoo-online
Vice
2.1 Million of the Oldest Internet Posts Are Now Online for Anyone to Read
Jozef Jarosciak just put millions of early Usenet posts on a browsable archive for the first time.
Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-discover-first-room-temperature-superconductor-20201014/
Quanta Magazine
Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time
Physicists have reached a long-sought goal. The catch is that their room-temperature superconductor requires crushing pressures to keep from falling apart.
Animation of how bridges were built in Central Europe in the Middle Ages [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJgD6gyi0Wk
YouTube
Karlův most - Stavba pilíře a klenebního pole ve 14. století
3D grafika a postprodukce: Tomáš Musílek
Odborná spolupráce: Ing. Arch. Ondřej Šefců
Grafická spolupráce: Mgr. Zdeněk Mazač
Více informací o Karlově mostě naleznete na http://praha-archeologicka.cz/p/212
Digitální model "Karlův most - stavba pilíře a klenebního…
Odborná spolupráce: Ing. Arch. Ondřej Šefců
Grafická spolupráce: Mgr. Zdeněk Mazač
Více informací o Karlově mostě naleznete na http://praha-archeologicka.cz/p/212
Digitální model "Karlův most - stavba pilíře a klenebního…
This page is a truly naked, brutalist HTML quine https://secretgeek.github.io/html_wysiwyg/html.html
Tom Lehrer releases song lyrics to public domain https://tomlehrersongs.com/
Tom Lehrer Songs
Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer
Songs and Lyrics
by Tom Lehrer DISCLAIMER STATEMENTI, Tom Lehrer, individually and as trustee of the
by Tom Lehrer DISCLAIMER STATEMENTI, Tom Lehrer, individually and as trustee of the
U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/technology/google-antitrust.html
NY Times
U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly (Published 2020)
A victory for the government could remake one of America’s most recognizable companies and the internet economy that it has helped define.
PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network https://www.reuters.com/article/paypal-cryptocurrency/paypal-to-allow-cryptocurrency-buying-selling-and-shopping-on-its-network-idINL1N2HB14U