Building web stuff for fun and living since 2000s. Blogger, sometimes translator, book author in hiatus, former teacher, overly curious mind.
This is my account on Kbin, a link aggregating service similar to Lemmy. I use it to post links I find interesting for various reasons. Not always endorsing things I post here.
I'm also there: https://hachyderm.io/@lukem
What is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?
Ill start:...
Typo leaks millions of US military emails to Mali web operator (archive.is)
Steady flow of email traffic continues to the .ML domain, the country identifier for Mali, as a result of people mistyping .MIL, the suffix to all US military email addresses. Control of the .ML domain will revert on Monday to Mali’s government, which is closely allied with Russia.
Reddit is OpenAI’s moat (www.cyberdemon.org)
Interpreting Reddit's API changes in light of how it serves OpenAI.
/kbin - a few quick announcements
Good morning! :) Today I want to focus mainly on reviewing the pull requests you've submitted. There are many great things there that will help improve the kbin experience. That's amazing, thank you! I'm also in the final stages of sorting out the infrastructure-related formalities. Soon, the situation with the website's...
What are your favorite Nintendo Switch games?
We recently got a switch and love it! I've been sent back to my childhood and get to enjoy playing with my kids now. We've been playing the following. Looking to see what else might be out there too....
Why Konami Pushed Hideo Kojima Out of The Company (2020) (www.youtube.com)
This video game documentary about Hideo Kojima details the whole story of why Konami pushed Hideo Kojima out of the company after he was employed there for nearly three decades.
An America-less Internet (www.nthbrock.com)
Whether access to the internet is a right or not, what I have access to is not guaranteed. I’m not expecting there to suddenly be a US-shaped hole in the routing table, but what if? Exactly how screwed would I be?
Domain Knowledge or a lack thereof (2013) (jacquesmattheij.com)
I believe that a lack of domain knowledge is the root cause of a lot of very bad software that gets developed and I think that it is up to computer programmers and their managers to deal with this. Acquiring domain knowledge is an essential component in the development of software that really works well for its users.
Netflix's password crackdown leads to massive subscription spike (mashable.com)
Ever since Netflix announced it would start cracking down on password sharing, the movie streaming company has received a lot of blowback from customers. But, the numbers don't lie: The unpopular move from Netflix seems to have worked in the company's favor.
EU Member States Still Cannot Agree About End-to-End Encryption (cyberlaw.stanford.edu)
The responses of the 20 member states (or rather, their LEWP representatives) cover a spectrum, from extremely anti-encryption and pro-police powers, to robustly pro-encryption, with quite a few countries occupying a middle ground best described as “encryption is important, but…”.
/kbin update - upvotes, boosts, languages...
Hi everyone, You may have noticed a small change on the website. From now on, upvotes work just like on Lemmy - they are equivalent to Mastodon's "favourite." You can boost a post using the button that replaced "favourite." Another change is that you can now rate and boost your own posts. Boosting has a one-time effect - it...
GTA V - OVERHEAT [Full Movie] (www.youtube.com)
Captivating 4K car-related feature film made entirely by one person in GTA V Rockstar Editor.
[Marc Andreessen, a16z] Why AI Will Save The World (pmarca.substack.com)
The era of Artificial Intelligence is here, and boy are people freaking out. Fortunately, I am here to bring the good news: AI will not destroy the world, and in fact may save it.
Millions of domains to be deleted as Freenom loses its first TLD (domainincite.com)
Controversial free-domains registry Freenom has lost its deal with the government of Gabon after years of abuse. The government has retaken its ccTLD and will delete as many as seven million .ga domains.
Moderation strike: Stack Overflow, Inc. cannot consistently ignore, mistreat, and malign its volunteers (meta.stackexchange.com)
As of today, June 5th, 2023, a large number of moderators, curators, contributors, and users from around Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network are initiating a general moderation strike.
The work is never just “the work” (davestewart.co.uk)
A deep dive on why projects always overrun and a framework to improve future estimation
Breaking Conventions with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) (www.youtube.com)
In this 2017 GDC session, Nintendo's Hidemaro Fujibayashi,...
[Rachel Kroll] Feedback: I try to answer "how to become a systems engineer" (rachelbythebay.com)
I think it goes something like this: you start from the assumption that when you see something, you wonder why it is the way it is. Then maybe you observe it and maybe do a little research to figure out how it came to be the thing you see in front of you.
How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul (simone.org)
Screen time doesn’t matter. It’s not about how much you use your phone. It’s about whether your phone is a needy, attention-sucking vampire.
These CCTV cameras recorded the Chernobyl disaster (www.youtube.com)
For the first time, this is an in-depth review of historical CCTV systems that were used with nearly all Chernobyl robots back in the 80-s.
Shutterstock to Acquire GIPHY from Meta for $53 milion (Meta had bought it for $400 milion) (www.prnewswire.com)
Shutterstock, Inc. today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GIPHY, Inc. from Meta Platforms, Inc.
"Where have all the hackers gone?" + a way to discuss programming languages (morepablo.com)
A way to talk about programming languages, and a plea to Think Different™