Uber discovered they’d been defrauded out of 2/3 of their ad spend https://twitter.com/nandoodles/status/1345774768746852353
X (formerly Twitter)
Nandini Jammi (@nandoodles) on X
The biggest story in tech no one’s talking about is Uber discovering they’d been defrauded out of $100M - or 2/3 of their ad spend.
And all bc Sleeping Giants kept bugging them to block their ads on Breitbart.
And all bc Sleeping Giants kept bugging them to block their ads on Breitbart.
USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/USA-v-Assange-judgment-040121.pdf
Ditherpunk: The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering https://surma.dev/things/ditherpunk/
surma.dev
Ditherpunk — The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering — surma.dev
I always loved the visual aesthetic of dithering but never knew how it’s done. So I did some research. This article may contain traces of nostalgia and none of Lena.
GitHub is fully available in Iran https://github.blog/2021-01-05-advancing-developer-freedom-github-is-fully-available-in-iran/
The GitHub Blog
Advancing developer freedom: GitHub is fully available in Iran
All developers should be free to use GitHub, no matter where they live. At the same time, GitHub respects and abides by US law, which means government sanctions have limited our ability to provide developers in some countries the full range of GitHub services.
What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry https://www.bti360.com/what-ive-learned-in-45-years-in-the-software-industry/
Bti360
What I've Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry
BTI360 teammate Joel Goldberg recently retired after working in the software industry for over four decades. When he left he shared with our team some of the lessons he learned over his career. With his...
GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets are blocked https://jayfax.neocities.org/mediocrity/gnome-has-no-thumbnails-in-the-file-picker.html
jayfax.neocities.org
GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker (and my toilets are blocked)
GNOME filepicker and my toilets are broken because of culture of mediocrity.
Stealing Your Private YouTube Videos, One Frame at a Time https://bugs.xdavidhu.me/google/2021/01/11/stealing-your-private-videos-one-frame-at-a-time/
bugs.xdavidhu.me
Stealing Your Private YouTube Videos, One Frame at a Time
David Schütz's bug bounty writeups
Signal community: Reminder: Please be nice https://community.signalusers.org/t/reminder-please-be-nice/21217
Response to “WireGuard: great protocol, but skip the Mac app” https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2020-December/006226.html
BeagleV – An affordable RISC-V computer designed to run Linux https://beaglev.seeed.cc/
Google Safe Browsing can kill a startup https://gomox.medium.com/google-safe-browsing-can-kill-your-startup-7d73c474b98d
Medium
A new and innovative way for Google to kill your SaaS startup
In the old days, when Google wanted you dead it would remove you from search results. But now, they can just block your site in Chrome.
‘Seven Sisters’ Myths May Reach Back 100k Years https://singularityhub.com/2021/01/10/the-worlds-oldest-story-astronomers-say-global-myths-about-seven-sisters-stars-may-reach-back-100000-years/
Singularity Hub
The World’s Oldest Story? Astronomers Say Global Myths About ‘Seven Sisters’ Stars May Reach Back 100,000 Years
Many cultures refer to the Pleiades as “seven sisters” and tell similar stories about them. Why? Researchers suggest an answer in the motion of the stars.
BitLocker Lockscreen Bypass https://secret.club/2021/01/15/bitlocker-bypass.html
secret club
BitLocker Lockscreen bypass
BitLocker is a modern data protection feature that is deeply integrated in the Windows kernel. It is used by many corporations as a means of protecting company secrets in case of theft. Microsoft recommends that you have a Trusted Platform Module which can…
GPT-Neo – Building a GPT-3-sized model, open source and free https://www.eleuther.ai/gpt-neo
Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354
GitHub
Screensaver lock by-pass via the virtual keyboard · Issue #354 · linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver
* Cinnamon version: Cinnamon 4.6.7 * Distribution: Fedora 32 * Graphics hardware *and* driver used: 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 47...
Show HN: I built an online interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster https://www.vim.so
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