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2017/09/30 #

  • 03:43:00 +07:00 Strudel.js - Lightweight component framework, ideal step up for developers comfortable with jQuery who want to move on to something else# strudeljs.org

  • 04:17:00 +07:00 ES6 Promises - Patterns and Anti-Patterns - Are promises really any better than callbacks?# medium.com

  • 04:44:00 +07:00 Node8’s util.promisify - No more promise chains# hackernoon.com

  • 05:03:00 +07:00 This Unreal Engine Generated Face Almost Escapes The Uncanny Valley And It's Freaking Us Out# digg.com

  • 05:14:00 +07:00 The Incredible Speed With Which A Leopard Can Take Down An Animal# digg.com

  • 05:19:00 +07:00 Guys Find Fish Frozen Solid In The Act Of Eating Another Fish# digg.com

  • 05:28:00 +07:00 It’s time to give Firefox another chance# techcrunch.com

  • 06:52:00 +07:00 Declarative state and side effects management for popular JavaScript frameworks# cerebraljs.com

2017/09/28 #

  • 10:30:00 +07:00 Hugh Hefner, iconic founder of Playboy, has died at age 91# www.cnbc.com

  • 10:45:00 +07:00 The Northern Soul scene was all about the sound, and not just any sound# www.atlasobscura.com

  • 11:04:00 +07:00 Advantages and Pitfalls of Arrow Functions# medium.com

  • 11:41:00 +07:00 Vanilla JS Lightbox Slideshow# codepen.io

  • 12:05:00 +07:00 Facebook can absolutely control its algorithm# www.wired.com

2017/09/27 #

2017/09/25 #

  • 03:11:00 +07:00 Tools for Systems Thinkers - The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking# medium.com

  • 04:49:00 +07:00 Interview with Jim Carrey - He is a 24/7 painter artist now# www.wmagazine.com

  • 06:44:00 +07:00 Facebook U-turn: React, other libraries freed from unloved patent license# www.theregister.co.uk

  • 06:45:00 +07:00 On React and WordPress# ma.tt

  • 06:49:00 +07:00 Facebook Dropping Patent Clause# ma.tt

  • 07:15:00 +07:00 Brexit - Fresh round of negotiations to take place# www.bbc.com

2017/09/23 #

  • 05:18:00 +07:00 mongoist - node.js module for mongodb built with async/await in mind, that emulates the official mongodb API as much as possible# github.com

  • 05:29:00 +07:00 Modern JavaScript Cheatsheet# github.com

  • 13:06:00 +07:00 joi - Object schema description language and validator for JavaScript objects# github.com

2017/09/20 #

  • 01:32:00 +07:00 US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in just one year# reneweconomy.com.au

  • 01:38:00 +07:00 Dnslookupissue - update to the latest version of iTerm# gitlab.com

  • 07:42:00 +07:00 Load ES5 code using <script type="module">, no transpiling necessary, then load legacy javascript separate for older browsers# philipwalton.com

  • 08:06:00 +07:00 A chilling study shows how hostile college students are toward free speech# www.washingtonpost.com

2017/09/19 #

  • 21:21:00 +07:00 How To Mix Up A Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster From 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'# digg.com

  • 21:47:00 +07:00 World Wide Web Consortium abandons consensus, standardizes DRM with 58.4% support, EFF resigns# boingboing.net

2017/09/18 #

  • 02:08:00 +07:00 The year network television lost its grip on culture, according to Emmy data# qz.com

  • 02:20:00 +07:00 Here's One Man's Grand Plan On How To Handle The North Korea Threat# digg.com

  • 02:29:00 +07:00 Drone footage turned into video art# vimeo.com

2017/09/13 #

  • 02:08:00 +07:00 Just The Good Stuff From Tuesday's iPhone Event# digg.com

  • 02:24:00 +07:00 Instead of fixating on a fight between capitalism and socialism, imagine innovating a future economy that transcends old binaries# www.fastcompany.com

2017/09/12 #

  • 03:27:00 +07:00 Jim Carrey Pops Up At New York Fashion Week# digg.com

  • 03:55:00 +07:00 How to Protect a Drug Patent? Give it to a Native American Tribe# mobile.nytimes.com

  • 04:00:00 +07:00 Photographer wins 'monkey selfie' legal fight# www.bbc.com

  • 05:38:00 +07:00 Modern Modules - Re-thinking the Node.js ecosystem for modern JavaScript# medium.com

  • 05:51:00 +07:00 Atlassian talk about their new brand and on open working# www.atlassian.com

  • 05:57:00 +07:00 Every Programmer Should Know - How to use pretty icons effectively# github.com

2017/09/10 #

  • 10:46:00 +07:00 Boiling Water + Liquid Nitrogen = Cool Water Vapor Explosions# digg.com

  • 12:36:00 +07:00 Bodies of 'hundreds' of children buried in mass grave# www.bbc.com

  • 14:40:00 +07:00 Earthrise is a photograph of the Earth and parts of the Moon's surface taken by astronaut Bill Anders in 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission# en.wikipedia.org

  • 14:45:00 +07:00 Overview Effect - the sensation astronauts have when given the opportunity to look down and view the Earth as a whole# www.dailyoverview.com

2017/09/08 #

  • 00:18:00 +07:00 What one Alabama town’s attempt to secede from its school district tells us about the fragile progress of racial integration in America# mobile.nytimes.com

  • 01:12:00 +07:00 Sacked model - 'All white people benefit from racism'# www.bbc.com

  • 01:13:00 +07:00 In South Korea, children of mixed race can be called "mongrels" - But Han Hyun-min didn't let racism stop him# www.bbc.com

  • 01:29:00 +07:00 Man dead after running into flames at Burning Man# www.msn.com

  • 15:12:00 +07:00 Incredible dancer spins over 100 times without stopping# boingboing.net

  • 23:31:00 +07:00 Addiction in the US - She turned to Google for help getting sober - Then she had to escape a nightmare# www.theverge.com

  • 23:44:00 +07:00 Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage used to be in a punk band called Whizzy# www.nme.com

2017/09/07 #

  • 01:31:00 +07:00 30 Hollywood Classics Streaming for Free in the Public Domain# www.vulture.com

  • 01:35:00 +07:00 Dude With A Perfect Sports Announcer Voice Commentates On Video Game Glitches# digg.com

  • 02:04:00 +07:00 The Node.js World Is Imploding - Another Programming Community Is Having A Meltdown Due To Festering Sexism# theoutline.com

  • 05:19:00 +07:00 Hack Siri And Alexa - Hackers can take control of the world’s most popular voice assistants by whispering to them in frequencies humans can’t hear# www.fastcodesign.com

  • 08:38:00 +07:00 London no longer most expensive place to buy beer# www.bbc.com

2017/09/06 #

  • 01:44:00 +07:00 Building Skeleton Screens with CSS Custom Properties# css-tricks.com

  • 01:49:00 +07:00 Critical Path CSS Generator - Internal CSS Style Sheet Generator for the above the fold content.# www.sitelocity.com

  • 02:56:00 +07:00 A Super Strong Microburst Wind Just Blowing Trees Over# digg.com

  • 03:14:00 +07:00 What the Industrial Revolution Really Tells Us About the Future of Automation and Work# m.cacm.acm.org

  • 03:26:00 +07:00 A student found an ancient Canadian village that’s 10,000 years older than the Pyramids# www.businessinsider.com

  • 03:31:00 +07:00 European court rules companies must tell employees of email checks# www.reuters.com

  • 03:49:00 +07:00 Waking up from The Dream™ - An immigrants perspective about DACA# medium.com

  • 05:47:00 +07:00 What Would It Take To Manufacture A Planet?# digg.com

  • 09:13:00 +07:00 Oliver Struempfel - New World Record Holder For 'Most Beer Steins Carried At Once'# digg.com

  • 09:58:00 +07:00 The Norwegian who's been to 445 English football grounds# www.bbc.com

  • 10:09:00 +07:00 John Motson - Commentator to end BBC football career after 50 years# www.bbc.com

  • 12:54:00 +07:00 The Deep State Is Real - But it might not be what you think# www.politico.com

2017/09/05 #

  • 00:52:00 +07:00 Deaf People Teach How To Sign Curse Words# digg.com

  • 01:08:00 +07:00 ORY Hydra is a hardened OAuth2 and OpenID Connect server# github.com

2017/09/04 #

  • 00:31:00 +07:00 Patreon allows creators to get paid by running a membership business for fans# www.patreon.com

  • 17:12:00 +07:00 Loggly - Real-time analysis of your logs and machine data# www.loggly.com

  • 17:27:00 +07:00 Logentries - Live Log Management and Analytics# logentries.com

  • 17:27:00 +07:00 Datadog - Monitoring that tracks your dynamic infrastructure and applications# www.datadoghq.com

  • 17:42:00 +07:00 content-filter - provides protection against NoSQL (like MongoDB) injection attacks for Node.js applications# www.npmjs.com

2017/09/03 #

  • 01:08:00 +07:00 If you’re a startup, you should not use React (reflecting on the BSD + patents license)# medium.com

  • 02:18:00 +07:00 async / await in JavaScript - What, Why and How# www.youtube.com

  • 04:22:00 +07:00 What's The Longest Possible Road Trip You Could Take?# digg.com

  • 04:32:00 +07:00 Why Your Grief Over a Celebrity’s Death Feels So Real# www.vice.com

  • 05:24:00 +07:00 Guy On Electric Skateboard Races Woman On Electric Wheelchair# digg.com

  • 05:47:00 +07:00 This Human Centipede Race With A Bull Is Just Bonkers# digg.com

  • 05:57:00 +07:00 Technologies can contain dangerous biases and assumptions and we're only beginning to understand the consequences# newrepublic.com

2017/09/02 #

  • 03:22:00 +07:00 The net neutrality comment period was a complete mess# www.theverge.com

  • 03:27:00 +07:00 A Really Cool Way To Visualize The Sun's Staggering Size# digg.com

  • 03:32:00 +07:00 A GIF Illustrating The Spread Of Cities In America Over The Last 400 Years# digg.com

2017/09/01 #

  • 04:05:00 +07:00 A Progressive Roadmap for your Progressive Web App# cloudfour.com

  • 06:48:00 +07:00 In 1.3 Million Years, the Solar System Will Briefly Contain Two Stars# motherboard.vice.com

  • 06:58:00 +07:00 Gain Motion Superpowers with requestAnimationFrame# medium.com

  • 07:13:00 +07:00 Rethinking drag and drop - Taking something basic and making it beautiful# medium.com

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