Tim Bray: Just Too Efficient
Stop and think · Specifically, do it when something is annoying you; at work, or in your personal interaction with a big organization. Could this be explained by someone, somewhere, …
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NW8S Field Day 2020
Field day 2020 is in the books. NW8S posted our best score ever. Thanks to N8ESG for running a GOTA station. Check out the post for more details and pics. …
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Issues of Trust with Blockchain
Blockchain doesn’t eliminate the need to trust human institutions. There will always be a big gap that can’t be addressed by technology alone. People still need to be in charge, …
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Independent Online Radio Is the Algorithm Alternative You Need
But the anxiety of too much choice persists, with listening experiences feeling more contrived each day. It might explain the renewed popularity of online radio, which offers a human-driven reprieve …
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Massive Collection #1 Breach Exposes 773 Million Emails
There’s no shortage of data breaches these days, but this one should make you sit up and pay attention. The newly discovered “Collection #1″ is the largest public data breach …
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Shortwave Trading | Part I | The West Chicago Tower Mystery
Another article on the HF trading experimentation in Chicago.. Since 2014 this blog has extensively covered the wireless networks built by high-frequency trading (HFT) firms or network providers to reduce …
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HFT Traders Look At Shortwave Radio Tech For Low-Latency Datacomm
HF based high-frequency trading.. fascinating. Here’s a second more detailed article. Traders appear to be testing the idea of using shortwave technology to convey data between the CME facility …
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There are two ways to read, but one is useless.
The point of reading isn’t to memorize, and it’s certainly not to critique. It’s to absorb and filter with an open mind—to find the right thing at the right time …
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Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
I just deployed one of these on my home network, and man is it nifty! Source: Pi-hole®: A black hole for Internet advertisements – curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | …
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Scientists find the spiritual center of our brains
Whether your transcendent state involves a church, nature, or a stadium full of sports fans, it appears to have the same effect on the brain. Source: Columbia and Yale scientists …
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