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2018/09/30 #

Today’s links:

  • Elon musk settles SEC fraud charges, agrees to pay penalty fees and step down as chairman of the boardwww.sec.gov #

  • Remi on maintaining the popular open source nodemon library, receiving donations, tools and motivationremysharp.com #

  • My Oxford interview consisted of 3 lecturers laughing at me for not being able to answer questions on topics not covered by the curriculum then saying "We'll put you out of your misery" when they eventually gave me the answersen.wikipedia.org #

  • Tim Berners-Lee unveils Solid, an open source project to decentralize the web and give users control of their datamedium.com #

  • Indonesia tsunami toll soars amid push to save survivors (800 people dead)www.nytimes.com #

  • Internet, social media use and device ownership in U.S. have plateaued - "there just aren’t many non-users left"www.pewresearch.org #

2018/09/29 #

Today’s links:

  • Hacker changes his mind and cancels livestream deletion of Zuckerberg's Facebook pagewww.engadget.com #

  • Indonesia earthquake and tsunami - At least 30 dead in Paluwww.bbc.com #

  • BBC talks to Linus Torvalds about his "be more polite" personal directionwww.bbc.com #

  • Facebook security update about having to force logout 90 million usersnewsroom.fb.com #

  • Facebook is another titan tech company that has removed support contacts from their "Help Center" pageswww.facebook.com #

  • Static Marks - Convert your plain bookmark files into a static web app (and version control with git)staticmarks.com #

2018/09/28 #

Today’s links:

  • I really like the idea of Google Trips, but why isn't there a web UI to go with the iOS and Android apps?get.google.com #

  • node.cool - Delightful Node.js packages and resourcesgithub.com #

  • LinkedIn appear to have removed ways to contact customer support from their websitewww.linkedin.com #

  • SEC announces it is suing Elon Musk over “false and misleading public statements” (tweets), Tesla's stock price dropswww.buzzfeednews.com #

2018/09/27 #

Today’s links:

  • You Need Feeds - Clear information about how to start using web feeds to read your favourite websiteswww.youneedfeeds.com #

  • PM2 used to run Node.js processes in production deployments, now support running Python processesblog.pm2.io #

  • Native extensions for Nodejs - Useful in understanding the Nodejs stack in more depthwww.nan-labs.com #

2018/09/26 #

Today’s links:

  • Tethered Together or Poles Apart? Japan and India - A Cultural Comparisonwww.bootsnall.com #

  • New Copyright Powers, New "Terrorist Content" Regulations - A Grim Day For Digital Rights in Europewww.eff.org #

  • Google addressing account sign-in, cookie clearing controversies in Chrome 709to5google.com #

  • uBlock Origin gets option to block all JavaScript execution by defaultwww.zdnet.com #

  • HN Thread about the Google Chrome Forced Login Situation - Product Updates Based on Your Feedbacknews.ycombinator.com #

2018/09/24 #

Today’s links:

  • Chrome now auto logs you in (forced-login) to the browser when you log in to a Google service (confusing)ha.x0r.be #

  • News Site to Investigate Big Tech, Helped by Craigslist Founder Graig Newmarknewsprimeglobal.com #

  • The history of the ice trade - Why Iceland doesn't actually have that much icedigg.com #

  • White House proposes executive order to Trump that would examine tech companies’ practicesthehill.com #

  • US-China trade - US imposes biggest round of tariffs yetwww.bbc.com #

  • A pretty good explanation of the tricky part of linux shell output redirectionsuperuser.com #

2018/09/23 #

Today’s links:

  • Anonymous stock-market manipulators behind $20B+ of "mispricing" can be tracked by their writing stylesboingboing.net #

  • Discover the Incredible Story of One Man’s Mission to Paint a Massive Mural in Cairomymodernmet.com #

  • express-promise-router - Wrapper for Express 4's Router that allows middleware to return promiseswww.npmjs.com #

2018/09/22 #

Today’s links:

  • Google suppresses memo revealing plans to closely track search users in Chinatheintercept.com #

  • Google defends Gmail data sharing, gives few details on violationswww.reuters.com #

  • China's “pay-for-knowledge” podcast industry estimated $7.3B, US ad-driven podcast industry $314Mwww.marketplace.org #

2018/09/20 #

Today’s links:

  • Revue - newsletter building tool with Stripe integration so you can charge a feewww.getrevue.co #

  • Surveillance news - Insurance companies are starting to require customers wear Fitbit tracking devicesmobile.twitter.com #

  • Professional photographer Zach Arias interviews Unsplash founder Mikael Chodedpxl.com #

2018/09/19 #

Today’s links:

  • Mozilla releases Firefox Reality, it's web browser for VR, available in the Viveport, Oculus, and Daydream app storeswww.zdnet.com #

  • Shopify’s adds AR shopping support for 600,000 stores - preview items in your home using iOS ARwww.theverge.com #

  • Interview with Vimsy Founder, creator centric online service for creating video channelswww.indiehackers.com #

2018/09/18 #

Today’s links:

  • Nice to see Twitter listening to it's users and adding chronological/algorithmic feed switcher featurewww.theverge.com #

  • Stripe expands e-commerce offering into bricks and mortar in-person paymentswww.recode.net #

  • Stripe Terminal - The programmable point of sale (currently US invite only)stripe.com #

  • npm scoped packages - a way of grouping related packages together (they don't seem to be used much)docs.npmjs.com #

  • US-China tectonic plates moving again, $200bn worth of opportunities for entrepreneurswww.bbc.co.uk #

  • Musk unveils first tourist for SpaceX 'Moon loop' - Japanese online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawawww.bbc.com #

  • Run node scripts using nvm and crontab without hardcoding the node versiongist.github.com #

2018/09/17 #

Today’s links:

  • This Overview captures an incredible blanket of tones in the trees of Bow, New Hampshirewww.getrevue.co #

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Latest Coen Brothers Film Official Trailer)www.youtube.com #

  • Korean 'Uncle Service' - Great but what happens when the bullies team up with the bigger billies huh?boingboing.net #

  • Linus Torvalds is temporarily stepping away from Linux maintenancelore.kernel.org #

  • Salesforce billionaire Marc Benioff to buy Time magazinewww.bbc.co.uk #

2018/09/16 #

Today’s links:

  • It's very difficult to get Digital Ocean to answer important questions about the articles they (apparently) writewww.digitalocean.com #

2018/09/15 #

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2018/09/14 #

Today’s links:

  • The Serverless Framework is an open-source CLI for building and deploying serverless applicationsserverless.com #

  • Standard Library - Serverless platform to build, ship, host, document, scale and integrate with APIsstdlib.com #

  • Node.js v10.10.0 released - fs.readdir withFileTypes option looks like it could be usefulnodejs.org #

  • Disruptive Interfaces & The Emerging Battle To Be The Defaultmedium.com #

  • Flowering Jungle by Monster Rally (Gold Robot Records) - Album Inspired by the sounds, visuals, and animals of a half-century's worth of travel and nature documentariesmonsterrally.bandcamp.com #

2018/09/13 #

Today’s links:

  • iPhone XS and 6.5-inch XS Max announced - Big phones are officially coolwww.theverge.com #

  • Switch Between Desktop Spaces Faster in Mac OS X with Control Keysosxdaily.com #

  • EU approves controversial Copyright Directive, including internet ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’www.theverge.com #

  • freeCodeCamp - Learn to code with free online courses, programming projects, and interview preparation for developer jobswww.freecodecamp.org #

  • How can we find which process is using a particular port?askubuntu.com #

  • Latest OSX issue that is literally killing me - trackpad gone rogue (I've had to completely disable my trackpad)www.intowindows.com #

2018/09/12 #

Today’s links:

  • Jekyll::Compose - Streamline your writing in Jekyll with some commandsgithub.com #

  • John Deere wins "right to tractor repair" battle against farmers in Californiaboingboing.net #

  • Oh noes - EU Approves Amended Copyright Filtering Law That Could Ruin The Internetdigg.com #

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks Space Force and Space Debrisdigg.com #

2018/09/10 #

Today’s links:

  • Additional Mac App Store apps caught stealing and uploading browser history9to5mac.com #

  • Flipboard CEO Mike McCue - 'There's a real bright road ahead for publishers'www.thedrum.com #

  • Software developers are now more valuable to companies than moneywww.cnbc.com #

  • stream-handbook - how to write node programs with streamsgithub.com #

  • Algorithms are protected by the First Amendment (algorithm output is considered corporate speech)www.cjr.org #

2018/09/08 #

Today’s links:

  • Latest topics from the EFF - "Don't Break The Internet" - EU regulation, net neutrality, Google China, surveillance in Australia and morewww.eff.org #

2018/09/06 #

Today’s links:

  • Vimeo pivots business from media to tech - To selling subscriptions to tools for people to make contentwww.axios.com #

  • Google is investigating ways to replace the URL - Apparently "Everyone is unsatisfied by URLs"www.wired.com #

  • Gitcoin - Organises bounties on open source projects, developers get paid in etherium based coinsgitcoin.co #

  • Pinterest and Grubhub’s Former Growth Lead on Building Content Loopsfirstround.com #

  • How viral loops and good design can result in real-world product viralitymedium.com #

  • In the three weeks following the Facebook and YouTube ban, Alex Jones' Infowars audience has fell by roughly halfwww.nytimes.com #

  • Amazon’s Plan to Reach 500 Million Indians: Speak Their Languagewww.nytimes.com #

2018/09/05 #

Today’s links:

  • Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibrant free web’techcrunch.com #

  • Australia Wants to Take Government Surveillance to the Next Level - "Designated communications providers"www.nytimes.com #

  • EU officials announce that 30% local content quotas for streaming services to become lawvariety.com #

  • MailMason uses Grunt, Handlebars, and Sass in conjunction with layouts and partials to create both the HTML and plain text versions of your transactional emailspostmarkapp.com #

2018/09/03 #

Today’s links:

  • The effort required to build a design system is tiny compared to the effort required to maintain itux.shopify.com #

  • UK media groups call for oversight of social networkswww.ft.com #

  • India Pushes Back Against Tech ‘Colonization’ by Internet Giantswww.nytimes.com #

2018/09/01 #

Today’s links:

  • California passes strongest net neutrality law in the country, EFF calls it "a gold standard net neutrality bill"www.theverge.com #

  • Why is a Java guy so excited about Node.js and JavaScript? (Interesting perspective)blog.sourcerer.io #

  • Why you should replace forEach with map and filter in JavaScriptgofore.com #

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