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2018/09/30 #

  • 04:52:48 +07:00 Elon musk settles SEC fraud charges, agrees to pay penalty fees and step down as chairman of the board# www.sec.gov

  • 05:37:25 +07:00 Remi Sharp lists his favourite improved CLI tools# remysharp.com

  • 05:47:11 +07:00 Remi on maintaining the popular open source nodemon library, receiving donations, tools and motivation# remysharp.com

  • 06:03:23 +07:00 Hundreds of academics at top UK universities accused of bullying# www.theguardian.com

  • 06:09:53 +07:00 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 answers# en.wikipedia.org

  • 06:20:17 +07:00 Tim Berners-Lee unveils Solid, an open source project to decentralize the web and give users control of their data# medium.com

  • 12:50:23 +07:00 Indonesia tsunami toll soars amid push to save survivors (800 people dead)# www.nytimes.com

  • 16:49:46 +07:00 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 #

  • 01:46:03 +07:00 Creating meaningful micro-interactions# uxplanet.org

  • 02:00:03 +07:00 Creating Users, Not Addicts# medium.com

  • 03:36:19 +07:00 Hacker changes his mind and cancels livestream deletion of Zuckerberg's Facebook page# www.engadget.com

  • 03:43:56 +07:00 Indonesia earthquake and tsunami - At least 30 dead in Palu# www.bbc.com

  • 03:55:42 +07:00 BBC talks to Linus Torvalds about his "be more polite" personal direction# www.bbc.com

  • 04:57:31 +07:00 Society creates drug users and then calls them the abusers# en.wikipedia.org

  • 05:33:31 +07:00 Facebook security update about having to force logout 90 million users# newsroom.fb.com

  • 05:35:01 +07:00 Facebook is another titan tech company that has removed support contacts from their "Help Center" pages# www.facebook.com

  • 14:04:25 +07:00 Static Marks - Convert your plain bookmark files into a static web app (and version control with git)# staticmarks.com

  • 17:59:14 +07:00 How to Brexit? - Explore the (im)possibilities of the different Brexit scenarios# news.ycombinator.com

2018/09/28 #

  • 04:13:57 +07:00 Google makes it easier to keep track of travel research# www.engadget.com

  • 04:21:12 +07:00 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

  • 04:36:30 +07:00 Javascript feature support for Node.js# node.green

  • 04:52:44 +07:00 node.cool - Delightful Node.js packages and resources# github.com

  • 06:58:55 +07:00 LinkedIn appear to have removed ways to contact customer support from their website# www.linkedin.com

  • 09:28:31 +07:00 SEC announces it is suing Elon Musk over “false and misleading public statements” (tweets), Tesla's stock price drops# www.buzzfeednews.com

  • 17:08:09 +07:00 Daniel Johnston and the Rhythm Rats - "Hard Time"# www.youtube.com

2018/09/27 #

  • 01:47:02 +07:00 Interesting solar powered website out of Barcelona - How to Build a Low-tech Website?# solar.lowtechmagazine.com

  • 12:49:56 +07:00 You Need Feeds - Clear information about how to start using web feeds to read your favourite websites# www.youneedfeeds.com

  • 13:06:53 +07:00 PM2 used to run Node.js processes in production deployments, now support running Python processes# blog.pm2.io

  • 13:30:58 +07:00 Native extensions for Nodejs - Useful in understanding the Nodejs stack in more depth# www.nan-labs.com

2018/09/26 #

  • 01:39:06 +07:00 Tethered Together or Poles Apart? Japan and India - A Cultural Comparison# www.bootsnall.com

  • 03:44:10 +07:00 New Copyright Powers, New "Terrorist Content" Regulations - A Grim Day For Digital Rights in Europe# www.eff.org

  • 04:00:02 +07:00 Google addressing account sign-in, cookie clearing controversies in Chrome 70# 9to5google.com

  • 05:46:15 +07:00 uBlock Origin gets option to block all JavaScript execution by default# www.zdnet.com

  • 09:23:22 +07:00 HN Thread about the Google Chrome Forced Login Situation - Product Updates Based on Your Feedback# news.ycombinator.com

2018/09/25 #

  • 00:54:16 +07:00 Eric Schmidt predicts internet to bifurcate into Chinese-led and US-led versions within the next decade# www.cnbc.com

  • 04:36:13 +07:00 Instagram’s Co-Founders to Step Down “to explore our curiosity and creativity again”# www.nytimes.com

2018/09/24 #

  • 01:47:37 +07:00 Chrome now auto logs you in (forced-login) to the browser when you log in to a Google service (confusing)# ha.x0r.be

  • 02:13:23 +07:00 Amazon is looking more like a traditional retail company with a loyalty program, house brands and advertising# medium.learningbyshipping.com

  • 02:25:07 +07:00 Stunning Photos of Kyrgyzstan and Its Untouched Landscape# mymodernmet.com

  • 03:19:07 +07:00 News Site to Investigate Big Tech, Helped by Craigslist Founder Graig Newmark# newsprimeglobal.com

  • 03:50:17 +07:00 The history of the ice trade - Why Iceland doesn't actually have that much ice# digg.com

  • 04:03:13 +07:00 White House proposes executive order to Trump that would examine tech companies’ practices# thehill.com

  • 05:56:26 +07:00 US-China trade - US imposes biggest round of tariffs yet# www.bbc.com

  • 15:10:54 +07:00 A pretty good explanation of the tricky part of linux shell output redirection# superuser.com

2018/09/23 #

  • 05:18:46 +07:00 Anonymous stock-market manipulators behind $20B+ of "mispricing" can be tracked by their writing styles# boingboing.net

  • 05:56:30 +07:00 Discover the Incredible Story of One Man’s Mission to Paint a Massive Mural in Cairo# mymodernmet.com

  • 06:26:56 +07:00 express-promise-router - Wrapper for Express 4's Router that allows middleware to return promises# www.npmjs.com

2018/09/22 #

  • 02:20:56 +07:00 Google suppresses memo revealing plans to closely track search users in China# theintercept.com

  • 02:27:32 +07:00 Google defends Gmail data sharing, gives few details on violations# www.reuters.com

  • 02:37:20 +07:00 China's “pay-for-knowledge” podcast industry estimated $7.3B, US ad-driven podcast industry $314M# www.marketplace.org

  • 11:37:52 +07:00 Elon Musk - Yusaku Maezawa "Moon Loop" Press Conference# www.youtube.com

2018/09/20 #

  • 08:34:44 +07:00 The Science Behind 100,000-View Blog Posts# www.animalz.co

  • 12:28:08 +07:00 Revue - newsletter building tool with Stripe integration so you can charge a fee# www.getrevue.co

  • 12:38:01 +07:00 Surveillance news - Insurance companies are starting to require customers wear Fitbit tracking devices# mobile.twitter.com

  • 14:06:06 +07:00 Professional photographer Zach Arias interviews Unsplash founder Mikael Cho# dedpxl.com

2018/09/19 #

  • 01:57:42 +07:00 Following the lead of the Node.js project, AMP moves to an open governance model# amphtml.wordpress.com

  • 02:06:13 +07:00 Mozilla releases Firefox Reality, it's web browser for VR, available in the Viveport, Oculus, and Daydream app stores# www.zdnet.com

  • 02:10:21 +07:00 Shopify’s adds AR shopping support for 600,000 stores - preview items in your home using iOS AR# www.theverge.com

  • 02:47:35 +07:00 Interview with Vimsy Founder, creator centric online service for creating video channels# www.indiehackers.com

2018/09/18 #

  • 05:03:56 +07:00 Nice to see Twitter listening to it's users and adding chronological/algorithmic feed switcher feature# www.theverge.com

  • 05:17:28 +07:00 Stripe expands e-commerce offering into bricks and mortar in-person payments# www.recode.net

  • 05:18:38 +07:00 Stripe Terminal - The programmable point of sale (currently US invite only)# stripe.com

  • 05:45:53 +07:00 npm scoped packages - a way of grouping related packages together (they don't seem to be used much)# docs.npmjs.com

  • 07:02:38 +07:00 US-China tectonic plates moving again, $200bn worth of opportunities for entrepreneurs# www.bbc.co.uk

  • 10:36:14 +07:00 Musk unveils first tourist for SpaceX 'Moon loop' - Japanese online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa# www.bbc.com

  • 12:47:13 +07:00 AI Def - Bomb The Bass Ft. Will Self - 5 Ml. Barrel# www.youtube.com

  • 14:43:40 +07:00 Run node scripts using nvm and crontab without hardcoding the node version# gist.github.com

2018/09/17 #

  • 01:49:46 +07:00 This Overview captures an incredible blanket of tones in the trees of Bow, New Hampshire# www.getrevue.co

  • 02:02:27 +07:00 Attack of the killer Jedi! The bizarre story of Turkish Star Wars# www.theguardian.com

  • 02:07:33 +07:00 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Latest Coen Brothers Film Official Trailer)# www.youtube.com

  • 02:25:02 +07:00 Astronomers have found the universe's missing matter# www.wired.com

  • 02:29:14 +07:00 Korean 'Uncle Service' - Great but what happens when the bullies team up with the bigger billies huh?# boingboing.net

  • 07:05:16 +07:00 Linus Torvalds is temporarily stepping away from Linux maintenance# lore.kernel.org

  • 08:16:34 +07:00 Salesforce billionaire Marc Benioff to buy Time magazine# www.bbc.co.uk

2018/09/16 #

  • 07:15:26 +07:00 It's very difficult to get Digital Ocean to answer important questions about the articles they (apparently) write# www.digitalocean.com

2018/09/15 #

  • 03:51:14 +07:00 Back-end Developer Hiring Guide 2018 - Salaries, Freelance Rates, and More# www.codementor.io

  • 04:29:00 +07:00 Noam Chomsky - I would vote for Jeremy Corbyn# www.youtube.com

  • 18:14:23 +07:00 Evolution of the V8 code base over the years (Best watched at x4 speed)# www.youtube.com

  • 18:19:21 +07:00 Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine# github.com

  • 18:21:19 +07:00 The official mirror of the V8 Git repository# github.com

2018/09/14 #

  • 04:40:00 +07:00 Print the global node_modules directory - npm root -g # docs.npmjs.com

  • 05:04:49 +07:00 List just the top-level modules - npm list --depth=0# coderwall.com

  • 05:48:08 +07:00 The definitive Node.js handbook - surprisingly concise yet comprehensive overview of Nodejs# medium.freecodecamp.org

  • 05:57:32 +07:00 The Serverless Framework is an open-source CLI for building and deploying serverless applications# serverless.com

  • 06:12:29 +07:00 Standard Library - Serverless platform to build, ship, host, document, scale and integrate with APIs# stdlib.com

  • 07:34:36 +07:00 Node.js v10.10.0 released - fs.readdir withFileTypes option looks like it could be useful# nodejs.org

  • 16:32:59 +07:00 Disruptive Interfaces & The Emerging Battle To Be The Default# medium.com

  • 17:10:31 +07:00 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 documentaries# monsterrally.bandcamp.com

2018/09/13 #

  • 02:39:58 +07:00 iPhone XS and 6.5-inch XS Max announced - Big phones are officially cool# www.theverge.com

  • 03:13:35 +07:00 Switch Between Desktop Spaces Faster in Mac OS X with Control Keys# osxdaily.com

  • 03:22:17 +07:00 EU approves controversial Copyright Directive, including internet ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’# www.theverge.com

  • 04:18:43 +07:00 freeCodeCamp - Learn to code with free online courses, programming projects, and interview preparation for developer jobs# www.freecodecamp.org

  • 08:56:31 +07:00 How can we find which process is using a particular port?# askubuntu.com

  • 12:58:40 +07:00 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 #

  • 06:33:21 +07:00 The man who can laugh for hours on end# www.bbc.com

  • 09:52:13 +07:00 Moving static sites from a VPS to Netlify# alexpearce.me

  • 10:34:24 +07:00 Jekyll::Compose - Streamline your writing in Jekyll with some commands# github.com

  • 14:22:44 +07:00 John Deere wins "right to tractor repair" battle against farmers in California# boingboing.net

  • 14:34:17 +07:00 Legendary Steve Caballero on 'Skater's Favorite Skater'# boingboing.net

  • 14:40:42 +07:00 Oh noes - EU Approves Amended Copyright Filtering Law That Could Ruin The Internet# digg.com

  • 14:54:47 +07:00 Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks Space Force and Space Debris# digg.com

  • 15:36:34 +07:00 Chrome DevTools - Debugging Node.js Application Using ndb# nitayneeman.com

2018/09/11 #

  • 04:24:51 +07:00 Why you probably shouldn’t add a CLA to your open source project# ben.balter.com

  • 12:44:08 +07:00 Why European creators must oppose the EU's proposal to limit linking and censor the internet# boingboing.net

  • 13:57:00 +07:00 Map the News - dynamic headline visualization using the News API (Interesting project)# medium.com

2018/09/10 #

  • 06:41:56 +07:00 Popular mac app stole users' browsing history and sent it to China# www.buzzfeednews.com

  • 06:46:27 +07:00 Additional Mac App Store apps caught stealing and uploading browser history# 9to5mac.com

  • 07:06:05 +07:00 Flipboard CEO Mike McCue - 'There's a real bright road ahead for publishers'# www.thedrum.com

  • 07:06:19 +07:00 Software developers are now more valuable to companies than money# www.cnbc.com

  • 08:28:53 +07:00 stream-handbook - how to write node programs with streams# github.com

  • 11:00:45 +07:00 Apple’s Shazam acquisition cleared by EU regulators# techcrunch.com

  • 11:09:12 +07:00 Algorithms are protected by the First Amendment (algorithm output is considered corporate speech)# www.cjr.org

  • 11:45:07 +07:00 This OSX issue is literally killing me: Preserve Window Spaces Placement Between Restarts# apple.stackexchange.com

2018/09/08 #

  • 04:28:12 +07:00 Latest topics from the EFF - "Don't Break The Internet" - EU regulation, net neutrality, Google China, surveillance in Australia and more# www.eff.org

  • 04:32:56 +07:00 Longcaller - Cryptocurrencies explained in simple words# longcaller.com

2018/09/07 #

  • 13:34:10 +07:00 Advice on creating customized portfolios - The "Multiple Portfolio Strategy"# danmall.me

  • 13:37:36 +07:00 An Intro to Web Site Testing with Cypress - Specialises in end-to-end/integration testing# css-tricks.com

  • 14:00:16 +07:00 After Multiple Provocations, Twitter Has Banned Alex Jones And Infowars# www.buzzfeednews.com

2018/09/06 #

  • 03:41:52 +07:00 Vimeo pivots business from media to tech - To selling subscriptions to tools for people to make content# www.axios.com

  • 03:51:18 +07:00 Maker Magazine launches a job board - The Job Board for the Maker Community# jobs.makershare.com

  • 04:07:25 +07:00 Google is investigating ways to replace the URL - Apparently "Everyone is unsatisfied by URLs"# www.wired.com

  • 06:09:35 +07:00 Gitcoin - Organises bounties on open source projects, developers get paid in etherium based coins# gitcoin.co

  • 17:54:50 +07:00 Pinterest and Grubhub’s Former Growth Lead on Building Content Loops# firstround.com

  • 18:11:41 +07:00 How viral loops and good design can result in real-world product virality# medium.com

  • 18:33:21 +07:00 In the three weeks following the Facebook and YouTube ban, Alex Jones' Infowars audience has fell by roughly half# www.nytimes.com

  • 18:44:27 +07:00 Amazon’s Plan to Reach 500 Million Indians: Speak Their Language# www.nytimes.com

2018/09/05 #

  • 04:45:30 +07:00 Kubernetes 101 - Short article as a high-level overview# www.stavros.io

  • 06:45:49 +07:00 Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibrant free web’# techcrunch.com

  • 06:46:29 +07:00 Australia Wants to Take Government Surveillance to the Next Level - "Designated communications providers"# www.nytimes.com

  • 09:59:28 +07:00 EU officials announce that 30% local content quotas for streaming services to become law# variety.com

  • 13:18:52 +07:00 Chrome 69 released - It’s been ten years since Chrome was first released!# developers.google.com

  • 13:41:03 +07:00 MailMason uses Grunt, Handlebars, and Sass in conjunction with layouts and partials to create both the HTML and plain text versions of your transactional emails# postmarkapp.com

2018/09/04 #

  • 02:07:00 +07:00 Unpaid and abused - Moderators speak out against Reddit# www.engadget.com

  • 02:53:43 +07:00 What we're buying - A potent audio sampler that fits in your pocket# www.engadget.com

  • 03:17:18 +07:00 Pope Francis Embraces Silence as Calls Grow for Response to Allegations# www.nytimes.com

2018/09/03 #

  • 00:19:23 +07:00 The effort required to build a design system is tiny compared to the effort required to maintain it# ux.shopify.com

  • 07:23:37 +07:00 Communique to five eyes countries tech companies says governments want backdoors# www.theregister.co.uk

  • 07:27:07 +07:00 UK media groups call for oversight of social networks# www.ft.com

  • 07:28:06 +07:00 Experts Call for Transparency Around Google’s Chinese-Made Security Keys# motherboard.vice.com

  • 08:21:14 +07:00 India Pushes Back Against Tech ‘Colonization’ by Internet Giants# www.nytimes.com

2018/09/01 #

  • 03:36:11 +07:00 How a SaaS startup got its first 1,000 users (Codegiant)# blog.codegiant.io

  • 03:39:17 +07:00 California passes strongest net neutrality law in the country, EFF calls it "a gold standard net neutrality bill"# www.theverge.com

  • 03:41:38 +07:00 Twitter is testing threaded replies and status indicators# www.theverge.com

  • 03:42:46 +07:00 Why is a Java guy so excited about Node.js and JavaScript? (Interesting perspective)# blog.sourcerer.io

  • 03:44:09 +07:00 Why you should replace forEach with map and filter in JavaScript# gofore.com

  • 04:54:10 +07:00 Mozilla announces Firefox will block trackers by default# venturebeat.com

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