Show HN: Long Range E-Bike https://jacquesmattheij.com/long-range-ebike/
Jacquesmattheij
Long Range E-Bike · Jacques Mattheij
“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/11/the-end-of-click-to-subscribe-call-to-cancel-one-of-the-news-industrys-favorite-retention-tactics-is-illegal-ftc-says/
Nieman Lab
The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”? One of the news industry’s favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says
Most U.S. news organizations won't let readers cancel online. The Federal Trade Commission wants that to change.
Elfshaker: Version control system fine-tuned for binaries https://github.com/elfshaker/elfshaker
GitHub
GitHub - elfshaker/elfshaker: elfshaker stores binary objects efficiently
elfshaker stores binary objects efficiently. Contribute to elfshaker/elfshaker development by creating an account on GitHub.
Einstein award going to Paul Ginsparg for creating arXiv.org https://idw-online.de/en/news781515
Google 20% time volunteers have been rewriting the ITA Matrix flight search app https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/33719083-post2040.html
Flyertalk
FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search Consolidated Information and Help Thread
Post 33719083 - FlyerTalk is a living, growing community where frequent travelers around the world come to exchange knowledge and experiences about everything miles and points related.
This website has 81% battery power remaining https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/power.html
LOW←TECH MAGAZINE
Power
This website runs on a solar powered server located in Barcelona, and will go off-line during longer periods of bad weather. This page shows live data relating to power supply, power demand, and energy storage.
Don't start with microservices – monoliths are your friend https://arnoldgalovics.com/microservices-in-production/
From Node to Ruby on Rails https://nikodunk.com/a-node-js-developer-discovers-rails/
DUNK
From Node to Ruby on Rails | DUNK
I learned to code in the Javascript stack [1] and am building a Javascript based product [2]. I never questioned this stack: many companies default to it, JS everywhere seems good, and the community is big. But for my new side project I decided to try Rails…
CCPA Scam – Human subject research study conducted by Princeton University https://blog.freeradical.zone/post/ccpa-scam-2021-12/
blog.freeradical.zone
CCPA Scam November 2021 from Princeton University
Get ready for the CCPA compliance scams from Princeton.
Internet addiction and the habit of book reading https://benwajdi.com/2021/12/18/is-internet-addiction-eradicating-the-habit-of-reading/
A New Coefficient of Correlation https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.10140
Elizabeth Holmes found guilty https://www.axios.com/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-verdict-df20ad3f-95bd-400c-bf42-a379ade65c2c.html
Axios
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of conspiracy and fraud against investors
The poster child for Silicon Valley hubris will likely face jail time. She was found not guilty on several charges relating to patients.
Large Eruption Near Tonga, Heard in NZ. Tsunami at Tonga and Fiji https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pt22015050/executive
Making Your Game Go Fast by Asking Windows Nicely https://www.anthropicstudios.com/2022/01/13/asking-windows-nicely/
Games by Mason
Making Your Game Go Fast by Asking Windows Nicely
How to stop Windows throttling your game, set DPI awareness programatically, use Application Manifests in Rust and prefer discrete GPUs to integrated in OpenGL.
The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019) https://blog.haschek.at/2019/the-curious-case-of-the-RasPi-in-our-network.html
blog.haschek.at
Christian Haschek's blog
Personal blog of Christian Haschek