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2017/11/28 #

  • 01:34:00 +07:00 Detecting mobile browsers with one line of JavaScript# medium.com

  • 11:32:00 +07:00 DRM's Dead Canary - How We Just Lost the Web, What We Learned from It, and What We Need to Do Next# www.eff.org

2017/11/26 #

  • 01:00:00 +07:00 You Might Think You Hate Crowded Stores, but Science Says Otherwise# www.racked.com

  • 01:02:00 +07:00 Russia will now label the reporting of global news outlets as the work of “foreign agents”# qz.com

  • 01:23:00 +07:00 The 'masculine mystique' – why men can't ditch the baggage of being a bloke# www.theguardian.com

  • 01:29:00 +07:00 A minimalist guide to tmux# medium.com

  • 08:32:00 +07:00 How to remove/hide all Google Analytics data associated with a specific page?# stackoverflow.com

  • 08:49:00 +07:00 More than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments were Likely Faked# hackernoon.com

  • 08:54:00 +07:00 Linux champion Munich will switch to Windows 10 in €50m rollout# www.zdnet.com

  • 09:12:00 +07:00 FCC doubles down on its dead-wrong definition of how the internet works# techcrunch.com

2017/11/25 #

  • 02:53:00 +07:00 Report for exceptions from Google Analytics exception tracking# stackoverflow.com

  • 03:25:00 +07:00 How To Make A Thanksgiving Leftovers Pastie# digg.com

  • 03:40:00 +07:00 Sexual harassment doesn't just happen to actors or journalists - Talk to a waitress, or a cleaner# www.theguardian.com

  • 03:56:00 +07:00 A Supercut Of Black Friday Shopping Chaos# digg.com

2017/11/23 #

  • 01:35:00 +07:00 The Fight Over Net Neutrality Is a Protection Racket# nymag.com

  • 02:15:00 +07:00 This German Town Is Literally Cracking Apart# digg.com

  • 02:44:00 +07:00 Bitcoin mining will consume all the world’s electricity by February 2020 - We probably need more Bitcoin# powercompare.co.uk

  • 02:51:00 +07:00 Britain has officially abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth largest economy# money.cnn.com

  • 05:12:00 +07:00 The Subtle Genius Of 'The Cable Guy'# digg.com

2017/11/21 #

  • 01:12:00 +07:00 Australian Politician's Attempt To Change The Subject From The Gay Marriage Referendum Result# digg.com

  • 01:22:00 +07:00 Some people are really very excited about long thin thing from another solar system# digg.com

  • 01:27:00 +07:00 This Japanese Game Show Called 'Slippery Stairs' Is Absolutely Perfect# digg.com

  • 01:34:00 +07:00 The Soviet Military Secretly Mapped the Entire World# www.citylab.com

  • 01:38:00 +07:00 How many holes does a straw have?# digg.com

  • 02:03:00 +07:00 Meet the People Who Listen to Podcasts at Super-Fast Speeds# www.buzzfeed.com

  • 02:31:00 +07:00 Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will# nautil.us

  • 03:04:00 +07:00 Nehru, the Patron Saint of Soviet Sexual Liberation?# thewire.in

  • 03:27:00 +07:00 MPs vote 'that animals cannot feel pain or emotions' into the Brexit bill# www.independent.co.uk

  • 03:45:00 +07:00 Encrypting user credentials, session & recovery data for better application security# medium.com

  • 04:04:00 +07:00 The Linux Foundation is like loggers who claim to speak for the trees# www.theregister.co.uk

  • 04:37:00 +07:00 Can this blogger become Russia's president?# www.bbc.com

  • 05:25:00 +07:00 No spoilers, this is a great video, seriously# digg.com

  • 09:54:00 +07:00 The Other Victims of the Sexual Harassment Fallout# www.slate.com

  • 10:18:00 +07:00 How do groups work on Linux? (TL;DR running login is required to refresh your groups)# jvns.ca

  • 10:56:00 +07:00 It’s our turn now. Time to relegate men to the minority status they so richly deserve# www.refinery29.com

  • 11:20:00 +07:00 Pitch reel for Jim Henson's cyberpunk muppets TV series# boingboing.net

  • 12:20:00 +07:00 "Epidemic" of loneliness threatening our health# www.bbc.com

2017/11/19 #

  • 13:00:00 +07:00 Teaser Trailer For 'The Incredibles 2'# digg.com

  • 13:15:00 +07:00 How Google Is Training Computers To Hear Like Humans Do# digg.com

2017/11/18 #

  • 00:35:00 +07:00 Introducing security alerts on GitHub# github.com

  • 00:52:00 +07:00 Y Combinator Cuts Ties With Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program# www.buzzfeed.com

  • 00:58:00 +07:00 YouTube Stars Can Now Earn Brave's Browser Tokens# www.coindesk.com

  • 01:05:00 +07:00 Germany bans sale of child-snooping smartwatches# m.dw.com

  • 01:13:00 +07:00 Twitter confirms it’s testing a tweetstorm feature# techcrunch.com

  • 01:27:00 +07:00 The New Tesla Roadster's Acceleration Doesn't Even Look Real# digg.com

  • 07:58:00 +07:00 Watch This Thrilling Video Of 217 Jumpers Breaking A World Record Formation Skydive# digg.com

  • 09:36:00 +07:00 AWS Amplify – a JavaScript lib for front end and mobile devs to build cloud-enabled apps# news.ycombinator.com

  • 15:15:00 +07:00 What's the difference between git clone --mirror and git clone --bare# stackoverflow.com

2017/11/17 #

  • 04:25:00 +07:00 Holy Crap, Boston Dynamics' New Robot Can Do Backflips# digg.com

  • 04:27:00 +07:00 This Parrot Can Turn On And Off The Lights Using An Alexa# digg.com

  • 05:58:00 +07:00 How to run a cron job using the sudo command# askubuntu.com

  • 09:32:00 +07:00 How To Truly Seduce Someone On A Date# digg.com

2017/11/16 #

  • 01:41:00 +07:00 Being in on an open secret feels like doing something - But it’s not# thelily.com

  • 03:00:00 +07:00 What In Tarnation Is This Wiggly Mass Stuck To A Tree?# digg.com

  • 03:02:00 +07:00 Humpback Whale Gets Up Close And Personal With An Unsuspecting Paddleboarder# digg.com

  • 05:07:00 +07:00 How can I use mongodump to dump out records matching a specific date range?# stackoverflow.com

  • 11:13:00 +07:00 proto VS. prototype in JavaScript (The Javascript Palava)# stackoverflow.com

2017/11/14 #

  • 01:08:00 +07:00 Guys Set Out To See How Far They Can Drive On An 'Empty' Tank Of Gas# digg.com

  • 23:56:00 +07:00 “Zero tolerance” sexual harassment policies are terrible for women# qz.com

2017/11/13 #

  • 00:00:00 +07:00 Geldof returns Dublin honour in protest over Aung San Suu Kyi# www.bbc.com

  • 00:02:00 +07:00 EU preparing for possible collapse of Brexit talks# www.bbc.com

  • 00:11:00 +07:00 What Japanese women think of Ivanka Trump# www.bbc.com

  • 00:34:00 +07:00 Paradise Papers reveal cozy relationship between Stubhub and Canadian botmaster/scalper kingpin# boingboing.net

  • 00:44:00 +07:00 This British gent lives life like it's the 1940s# boingboing.net

  • 01:13:00 +07:00 They need brains - not just footballing brains or diseased brains but healthy brains from all walks of life# www.bbc.com

  • 01:17:00 +07:00 'Bullying and toxicity' in Welsh Government, says ex-aide# www.bbc.com

  • 01:23:00 +07:00 Remembrance Sunday - UK falls silent to remember war dead# www.bbc.com

  • 03:09:00 +07:00 Using cache-control for browser caching# varvy.com

2017/11/12 #

  • 00:16:00 +07:00 Teen Girl Posed For 8 Years As Married Man To Write About Baseball And Harass Women# deadspin.com

  • 01:44:00 +07:00 Brave new world: Welcome to the Outrage Economy# scobleizer.blog

  • 03:01:00 +07:00 Lunduke interviews Richard Stallman# lunduke.com

  • 03:20:00 +07:00 How to export Feedly subscriptions to OPML# www.cnet.com

  • 04:46:00 +07:00 Why is this baby so overweight?# www.bbc.com

  • 06:20:00 +07:00 Kitty does not trust the cupcake wrapper# imgur.com

2017/11/11 #

  • 00:33:00 +07:00 Guy Drops Paper Airplane At 2,000 Feet, Through Some Miracle Is Able To Catch It# digg.com

  • 00:40:00 +07:00 Why Xi Jinping’s (Airbrushed) Face Is Plastered All Over China# www.nytimes.com

  • 00:51:00 +07:00 Lovesense sex toys make accidental audio recordings of your sex sessions, which the company describes as a "minor bug"# boingboing.net

  • 01:49:00 +07:00 Reel dilemma - are we condoning the conduct of Hollywood's tyrants by watching their films?# www.theguardian.com

  • 03:26:00 +07:00 Trevor Noah Says Trump Did A Complete 180 On His Attitude Towards China# digg.com

  • 05:56:00 +07:00 Displaying a remote SSL certificate details using CLI tools# serverfault.com

  • 08:36:00 +07:00 Uber ‘Express POOL’ offers the cheapest fare if you’ll walk a little# techcrunch.com

  • 09:13:00 +07:00 What do people say before they die?# www.bbc.com

  • 10:19:00 +07:00 YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeting children# www.theverge.com

2017/11/10 #

  • 01:03:00 +07:00 LA police investigating Hollywood paedophile ring claims made by Corey Feldman# www.theguardian.com

  • 01:33:00 +07:00 Portia de Rossi accuses Steven Seagal of sexual harassment# www.bbc.com

  • 01:37:00 +07:00 Brexit date and time to be enshrined in law# www.bbc.com

  • 01:49:00 +07:00 Testimony - Bill O’Reilly's contract virtually allowed him to sexually harass women, unless proven in court# boingboing.net

  • 01:50:00 +07:00 Canadian censor board says "fuck" OK for French speakers, but not English speakers# boingboing.net

  • 02:14:00 +07:00 Using free software for HTTP load testing# www.linux.com

  • 02:18:00 +07:00 beeswithmachineguns - utility for arming (creating) many bees (micro EC2 instances) to attack (load test) targets (web applications)# github.com

  • 07:12:00 +07:00 Al Franken just gave the speech big tech has been dreading# www.wired.com

  • 07:21:00 +07:00 Why America's Land Looks Like This From An Airplane# digg.com

  • 08:38:00 +07:00 Does each server behind a load balancer need their own SSL certificate?# serverfault.com

  • 10:08:00 +07:00 Trump tweets in China - how, and why does it matter?# www.bbc.com

2017/11/09 #

  • 01:46:00 +07:00 Inside ‘DrugsLab’ - Why the Netherlands pays these hot young people to get high on YouTube# mic.com

  • 07:53:00 +07:00 A Wall Of Lava Lamps Is Used To Keep The Internet Secure# digg.com

  • 08:19:00 +07:00 Brexit is 'getting dramatic', says EU# www.bbc.com

  • 08:33:00 +07:00 Elliott Erwitt travelled to the Soviet Union and Cuba during the Cold War, he describes his iconic photos of Richard Nixon, Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara# www.bbc.com

2017/11/08 #

  • 02:35:00 +07:00 TV Shows Have Been 'Jokingly' Calling Out Kevin Spacey For Years# digg.com

  • 02:48:00 +07:00 Australians Have Once Again Gone Wild At The Melbourne Cup# deadspin.com

2017/11/07 #

  • 00:00:00 +07:00 WeWork Launching Grade School for Budding Entrepreneurs - Educating “from birth to death”# www.bloomberg.com

  • 01:29:00 +07:00 My web app died from performance bankruptcy, TL;DR Chrome team breaks web to make Chrome perform better# tonsky.me

  • 02:04:00 +07:00 The facts about Apple’s tax payments# www.apple.com

  • 02:08:00 +07:00 Apple has reportedly relocated its international tax residency to Jersey# techcrunch.com

  • 02:14:00 +07:00 On YouTube Kids, Startling Videos Slip Past Filters# www.nytimes.com

  • 05:53:00 +07:00 When you think of freedom, remember the Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta# boingboing.net

  • 06:02:00 +07:00 #Paradisepapers - How rich people dey dodge tax# www.bbc.com

  • 06:08:00 +07:00 How Saraki, other African leaders dey 'hide money'# www.bbc.com

  • 06:16:00 +07:00 BBC Pidgin Minute - All di local and world tori you suppose know in 60 seconds!# www.bbc.com

  • 12:24:00 +07:00 Trump urges N Korea to 'come to table' over nuclear issue# www.bbc.com

  • 23:44:00 +07:00 Something is wrong on the internet# medium.com

2017/11/05 #

  • 01:42:00 +07:00 Brazile hit Clinton campaign for treating her like a ‘whipping girl’# thehill.com

  • 02:34:00 +07:00 History of Shoegaze - "The landscape had been very grey. So for us, it was about sex, drugs, love. We wanted to provide an escape"# www.uncut.co.uk

  • 03:06:00 +07:00 Prop Town - The Fake Rooftop Suburb that Hid a Whole WWII Airplane Factory# 99percentinvisible.org

  • 03:20:00 +07:00 Internet Association Endorses Internet Censorship Bill# www.eff.org

  • 03:23:00 +07:00 Webhook – incoming webhook server to execute commands# github.com

  • 05:50:00 +07:00 Explosive Martin Luther King document amid JFK files# www.bbc.com

  • 08:03:00 +07:00 RIP Stephen Parr, Oddball Films' eccentric archivist# boingboing.net

  • 08:11:00 +07:00 Dad shares time-lapse of his daughter from birth to age 18# boingboing.net

  • 10:48:00 +07:00 ‘Termination of chaos’ - How daylight saving solved America’s clock craziness# www.washingtonpost.com

2017/11/04 #

  • 03:30:00 +07:00 The Boys Are Back To Their High-Flying Stunts In The 'Grand Tour' Season 2 Trailer# digg.com

  • 04:32:00 +07:00 Instead of #MeToo, French Women Say 'Out Your Pig'# thin.npr.org

  • 07:22:00 +07:00 Show HN - CertStream – See SSL certs as they're issued in real time# news.ycombinator.com

  • 07:33:00 +07:00 Donald Trump embarks on marathon tour of Asia# www.bbc.com

  • 08:15:00 +07:00 Raver tots - Parents and toddlers embrace rave culture together# www.bbc.com

  • 08:20:00 +07:00 Glazzed Carrots - Also good cooked with orange juice# www.yummly.com

  • 10:11:00 +07:00 Largest Node.JS best practices list - Curated from the top ranked articles and always updated# github.com

  • 10:40:00 +07:00 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than $1 billion worth of stock this week# www.theverge.com

  • 11:16:00 +07:00 Pope confesses he sometimes seeks shut-eye while praying# boingboing.net

2017/11/03 #

  • 01:18:00 +07:00 Donald, you're fired - 'Lone Twitter staffer' deletes Trump's account# www.theregister.co.uk

  • 01:30:00 +07:00 What is 2017's word of the year?# www.bbc.com

  • 02:05:00 +07:00 Asynchronous Styles in Javascript# medium.com

  • 02:55:00 +07:00 How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C.# www.npr.org

  • 03:04:00 +07:00 A “Silicon Valley” actor is terrified by what’s happening in Silicon Valley# qz.com

  • 06:57:00 +07:00 South Korea police campaign against hidden camera pornography# www.bbc.com

  • 07:05:00 +07:00 Catalonia crisis - Protests as ex-ministers held in Spanish custody# www.bbc.com

2017/11/01 #

  • 07:41:00 +07:00 Aziz Ansari Roasted The Hell Out Of The Award Show That Just Gave Him An Award# digg.com

  • 07:42:00 +07:00 Wendy Williams Passed Out On Live TV In Her Halloween Costume# digg.com

  • 07:55:00 +07:00 Why Medieval Cats Approved of the Plague# nautil.us

  • 07:57:00 +07:00 Massive ‘monster planet’ found orbiting puny star leaves astronomers stunned# bgr.com

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