QR HACKER
The most creative QR Code generator / editor on the web.
Place the information you wish to be turned into a barcode (ie a piece of text, a URL etc …) and then you can mess around with it. You can give the code rounder edges, alter the colours, add photos (foreground and background, with custom opacity) or colour each pixel individually.
It should be noted that there are limitations to altering the barcode for scanning legibility (about 30% of the data can be changed), so some experimenting maybe useful. Having said that, you can still save your creation regardless.
Could be a creative way to create Christmas messages, or sharing a Spotify playlist (or trolling …)
From the paper (PDF link) AppleInsider found:
By exploiting these leaked capabilities, an untrusted app on these affected phones can manage to wipe out the user data on the phones, send out SMS messages (e.g., to premium numbers), record user conversation, or obtain user geolocations all without asking for any permission.
In other words: Android OEMs are playing fast and loose with customer privacy and security when tinkering with Android’s underpinnings, adding features, or making modifications to suit their priorities.
Oh Microsoft…
He’s a goner (Taken with instagram)
Gingerbread man (Taken with instagram)
A window to the world (Taken with instagram)
After seeing too many YC companies have recruiting ads that look something like the one below, I decided to provide a quick translation guide for those wanting to work at a startup.
Typical startup job posting: “We are a pre-revenue startup that got early traction with customers that love our…
Mimicking the brain, in silicon (via MIT News)
New computer chip models how neurons communicate with each other at synapses:
For decades, scientists have dreamed of building computer systems that could replicate the human brain’s talent for learning new tasks.
MIT researchers have now taken a major step toward that goal by designing a computer chip that mimics how the brain’s neurons adapt in response to new information. This phenomenon, known as plasticity, is believed to underlie many brain functions, including learning and memory.
With about 400 transistors, the silicon chip can simulate the activity of a single brain synapse — a connection between two neurons that allows information to flow from one to the other. The researchers anticipate this chip will help neuroscientists learn much more about how the brain works, and could also be used in neural prosthetic devices such as artificial retinas, says Chi-Sang Poon, a principal research scientist in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
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The =~ and !~ operators
The operator
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QR HACKER
The most creative QR Code generator / editor on the web.
Place the information you wish to be turned into a barcode (ie a piece of...
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“Pink cloud”
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Newly Found Alien Planet Could Host Life
The newly confirmed planet, Kepler-22b, orbits smack in the middle of the habitable zone of a star...
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