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Tue, 18 Sep 2018

Great background for writing code: "Morrowind Ambient Dungeon Exploration Music"

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Mon, 17 Sep 2018

Stop Killing Your Cattle: Server Infrastructure Advice

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Thu, 13 Sep 2018

RT @adamcurry A generation plans an exodus from California

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Short Link Link Source: Adam Curry's MicroBlog

IRS Call Scammers Sentenced in Texas

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Short Link Link Source: CyberCrime & Doing Time

Mon, 03 Sep 2018

Your code doesn't suck. ["Bad" code that helps people do important things is always better than "perfect" code that isn't useful.]

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Sun, 02 Sep 2018

The Hot College Gig: Social Media Brand Promoter. [Second story this week I've seen like this. Native ad?]

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Fri, 31 Aug 2018

Updated Version Of Proverbs 31 To Specifically Mention Selling Essential Oils

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Short Link Link Source: The Babylon Bee

Wed, 29 Aug 2018

Posting Instagram Sponsored Content Is the New Summer Job: ''Payment for services is always received via PayPal, where kids say it's easy to store money without scrutiny from their parents.''

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Mon, 27 Aug 2018

U.S. Senator's White Paper Floats Ideas for Social Media Regulation. [The biggest mistake people make interpreting political action is thinking that big companies don't like regulations. Not true. They love regulations.]

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10 Productivity Tips From the King of Cashmere, Brunello Cucinelli [Kind of a click-baity title, but good points made.]

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Sun, 26 Aug 2018

Democrats strip superdelegates of power in picking presidential nominee. [This certainly shakes things up.]

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WWII bomb defused in Germany after 18,500 evacuated [Article says this is a fairly routine occurrence.]

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Short Link Link Source: The Times of Israel

Sony to Head to Court Over Allegations It Released Fake Michael Jackson Songs Recorded by Impersonator

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Short Link Link Enclosure Source: Atlanta Black Star

Sat, 25 Aug 2018

Over $6 Billion in Daily Crypto Trading Volume Faked Across Top 100 Exchanges: ''Two-Thirds of 24 Hour Trade Volume May Be Fake''

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Short Link Link Source: Inside Bitcoins – News, Price, Events

Thu, 23 Aug 2018

Idle Android Phones Send Data to Google Ten Times More Often Than iOS Devices to Apple: ''46% of all Google comms are with advertising services.''

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Short Link Link Source: BleepingComputer

Exclusive: Saudi Aramco IPO halted, oil giant disbands advisers - Reuters.

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Wed, 22 Aug 2018

[VIDEO] Human cell dynamics are truly incredible. My mind just can't accept that these interactions are the by-product of random mutations over time. If yours can, that's fine. I just can't make the leap.


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China's Mass Internment Camps Have No Clear End in Sight [This is the government that Google is wanting to appease for _more_ money. Do no evil?]

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Short Link Link Source: Foreign Policy

Passwordless MongoDB Server Exposed Babysitting App's (Sitter) Database. [Welcome to the cloud, where developers pretend that they're sysadmins.]

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Short Link Link Source: BleepingComputer

Username existence check Vulnerability Affects All OpenSSH Versions Released in the Past Two Decades [Time to check your key strength and disable password auth fallback.]

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Short Link Link Source: BleepingComputer