December 2011
8 posts
TreeMapping →
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AppleInsider: Serious security flaws discovered in... →
chartier:
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...
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Do Men Really Think About Sex More Often Than Women?
– Do Men Really Think About Sex More Often Than Women?
November 2011
20 posts
Future Thoughts by Niklas Agevik: Startups say the... →
niklas-a:
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…
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Playing with data structures in Ruby →
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Badass JavaScript: ThreeNodes.js: A Visual WebGL... →
badassjs:
ThreeNodes.js is a visual dataflow based WebGL editor that uses drag and drop to create a scene. It is similar to vvvv, which is described as “a graphical programming environment for easy prototyping and development.” It allows the user to drag and drop units known as “patches” onto a…
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Tumblr Numbers: The Rapid Rise of Social Blogging... →
The Social Media Infographics Series is supported by Vocus’ Social Media Strategy Tool, a free, six-step online tool that lets you build a custom social media framework tailored to your organization’s goals. In four short years, Tumblr has grown from relative obscurity to start-up darling to…
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Badass JavaScript: BicaVM: A JVM Implementation in... →
badassjs:
Writing compilers/transpilers in JavaScript is all the rage right now. It started with CoffeeScript and Objective-J, and quickly expanded to tons of existing and new languages, some of which are now listed on the AltJS website. We’ve also seen projects like Emscripten, which takes LLVM…
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Steve Jobs: One Last Thing on PBS
October 2011
13 posts
We are launching CasaBonanza.com →
Wolfram Alpha Password Generator →
minimalmac:
onethingwell:
Search Wolfram Alpha for “secure password” and it generates one for you.
Via HN
I don’t have a iPhone 4S to try this with but I wonder if, “Siri, generate a secure password for me.” works.
Ubuntu 11.10 tour →
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Steve Jobs →
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September 2011
14 posts
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clientsfromhell:
Client: “I really liked your proposal, but I thought about it overnight and I feel that getting a website is really a last resort.”
Me: “What do you mean?”
Client: “Like if someone’s business is failing, they would want to advertise and maybe get a website. But since my business is fine, I don’t want to send that sort or message to my customers.”
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We definitely shouldn’t launch the site on labor day. We don’t know if that part...
– (via clientsfromhell)