cyber news
Americans are YOLO spending more but savings hits lows of Great Recession
Arriel Vinson hadn’t traveled much before the pandemic. Now she can’t stop. The 28-year-old writer leaves her Dallas apartment every chance she gets: to see Beyoncé in Atlanta, Usher in Chicago and for girls’ trips in Jamaica and Mexico. When a favorite artist announces new tour dates, Vinson starts rallying friends and snapping up tickets, …
MOnSter 6502
A dis-integrated circuit project to make a complete, working transistor-scale replica of the classic MOS 6502 microprocessor. FAQ Sixty-Five-Oh-What? The 6502 is the famous processor found at the core of such influential computer systems as the Apple ][, the Commodore PET, the Atari 400 and 800 home video game consoles, the BBC Micro, and the …
A lazy and flippant classification of programming languages
Sometimes I post in an online community of computer touchers, as one does. When talking flippantly about programming languages, it’s sometimes useful to glob a bunch of them together based on characteristics, whether superficial or not. This started with jokes about common features of “P languages” like Perl, PHP, Python, JavaScript and Ruby, but you …
Visual Subnet Calculator – Split/Join
Visual Subnet Calculator strives to be a tool for quickly designing networks and collaborating on that design with others. It focuses on expediting the work of network administrators, not academic subnetting math. Design Tenets Simplicity is king. Network admins are busy and Visual Subnet Calculator should always be easy for FIRST TIME USERS to quickly …
Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade
Popular gaming social media platform Discord Is no longer going to be one of the rare ad-free havens of the tech market. The Wall Street Journal reported that the startup with over 200 million monthly active users plans to start showing advertisements “in the coming week”. “The paid promotions are from videogame makers and will …
The DFINITY Foundation
Security Alert: Recently, we’ve seen a marked increase in phishing scams on third-party job boards — where an individual impersonating a DFINITY team member persuades job-seekers to send confidential information and/or payment. As good practice, please continue to be vigilant regarding fraudulent messages or fake accounts impersonating DFINITY employees. If you need to confirm the …
How npm install scripts can be weaponized: A real-world example of a harmful npm package
At the beginning of 2020, my boss at GitHub pulled me in to a surprise meeting. “I think that we’re going to buy npm,” he told me. “The npm registry keeps growing, and the team managing it can’t keep up. We want to make sure that the npm registry stays online. Anyway, I want you …
The Important Link Between Self-Efficacy and Procrastination – Solving Procrastination
Many people struggle with procrastination, when they unnecessarily delay doing things such as completing assignments, dealing with household tasks, or working on passion projects. This can lead to various issues, such as worse performance, missed opportunities, and increased stress. Because of this, it’s important to understand what causes procrastination, and to find ways to overcome …
Index – Fedi-Games
Index – Fedi-Games Welcome to Fedi Games. This is a small collection of games which can be played in the fediverse. Use your favorite fediverse app, such as Mastodon, to play the games listed below. Simple mention the bot in a message and the game will begin. Games tic-tac-toe Classic game of tic-tac-toe. Mention me …
How to graduate your PhD when you have no hope
a.k.a. Richard Hamming vs. Richard Feynman
