Collaborate Disseminate
The First Amendment, the “freedom of speech” one, does not mention journalists. When it says “freedom of the press” it means the physical printing press. Yes, that does include newspapers, but it also includes anybody else publishing things, such as th… Continue reading FBI’s Comey dangerous definition of "valid" journalism
So “Fast and Furious 8” opened this weekend to world-wide box office totals of $500,000,000. I thought I’d write up some notes on the “hacking” in it. The tl;dr version is this: yes, while the hacking is a bit far fetched, it’s actually more realistic … Continue reading "Fast and Furious 8: Fate of the Furious"
So “Fast and Furious 8” opened this weekend to world-wide box office totals of $500,000,000. I thought I’d write up some notes on the “hacking” in it. The tl;dr version is this: yes, while the hacking is a bit far fetched, it’s actually more realistic … Continue reading “Fast and Furious 8: Fate of the Furious”
Newsweek (the magazine famous for outing the real Satoshi Nakamoto) has a story about how a variant of the Mirai botnet is mining bitcoin. They fail to run the numbers.The story repeats a claim by Mcafee that 2.5 million devices were infected with Mira… Continue reading Mirai, Bitcoin, and numeracy
Newsweek (the magazine famous for outing the real Satoshi Nakamoto) has a story about how a variant of the Mirai botnet is mining bitcoin. They fail to run the numbers.The story repeats a claim by Mcafee that 2.5 million devices were infected with Mira… Continue reading Mirai, Bitcoin, and numeracy
Newsweek (the magazine famous for outing the real Satoshi Nakamoto) has a story about how a variant of the Mirai botnet is mining bitcoin. They fail to run the numbers.The story repeats a claim by Mcafee that 2.5 million devices were infected with Mira… Continue reading Mirai, Bitcoin, and numeracy
So Alfa Bank (the bank whose DNS traffic link it to trump-email.com) is back in the news with this press release about how in the last month, hackers have spoofed traffic trying to make it look like there’s a tie with Trump. In other words, Alfa claims… Continue reading Pranksters gonna prank
So Alfa Bank (the bank whose DNS traffic link it to trump-email.com) is back in the news with this press release about how in the last month, hackers have spoofed traffic trying to make it look like there’s a tie with Trump. In other words, Alfa claims… Continue reading Pranksters gonna prank
Using assert() creates better code, as programmers double-check assumptions. But only if used correctly. Unfortunately, bad programmers tend to use them badly, making code worse than if no asserts were used at all. They are a nuanced concept … Continue reading Assert() in the hands of bad coders
Using assert() creates better code, as programmers double-check assumptions. But only if used correctly. Unfortunately, bad programmers tend to use them badly, making code worse than if no asserts were used at all. They are a nuanced concept … Continue reading Assert() in the hands of bad coders