Steven Rosenberg's microblog of short posts

AWS Cloud9: A cloud-based integrated development environment for writing, running and debugging code in the browser

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:41:51 UTC

AWS Cloud9: A cloud-based integrated development environment for writing, running and debugging code in the browser https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/

Bacteria found on International Space Station may be alien in origin, says cosmonaut | The Independent

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:08:31 UTC

Bacteria found on International Space Station may be alien in origin, says cosmonaut | The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/alien-life-bacteria-space-international-station-bacteria-cosmonaut-astronaut-russia-a8080036.html

Asking members to support its journalism (no prizes, no swag), The Guardian raises more reader revenue than ad dollars » Nieman Journalism Lab

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:07:15 UTC

Asking members to support its journalism (no prizes, no swag), The Guardian raises more reader revenue than ad dollars » Nieman Journalism Lab http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/asking-members-to-support-its-journalism-no-prizes-no-swag-the-guardian-raises-more-reader-revenue-than-ad-dollars/

Reasons not to buy from Amazon -- Richard Stallman

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:27:13 UTC

Reasons not to buy from Amazon -- Richard Stallman https://stallman.org/amazon.html

The number of people who use Netflix to fall asleep has doubled in the last two years

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:25:16 UTC

The number of people who use Netflix to fall asleep has doubled in the last two years http://exstreamist.com/the-number-of-people-who-use-netflix-to-fall-asleep-has-doubled-in-the-last-two-years/

The End of Moore’s Law – Rodney Brooks

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:24:17 UTC

The End of Moore’s Law – Rodney Brooks https://rodneybrooks.com/the-end-of-moores-law/

Introducing Amazon Translate: Real-time language translation | AWS News Blog

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:23:03 UTC

Introducing Amazon Translate: Real-time language translation | AWS News Blog https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-translate-real-time-text-language-translation/

Is Amazon becoming consumed by its desire to own the world? — Quartz

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:21:54 UTC

Is Amazon becoming consumed by its desire to own the world? — Quartz https://qz.com/1140428/jeff-bezoss-business-genius-built-amazons-empire-and-could-be-its-downfall/

Three quarters of Android apps track users with third party tools | The Guardian

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:17:23 UTC

Three quarters of Android apps track users with third party tools | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/28/android-apps-third-party-tracker-google-privacy-security-yale-university

Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload A Clear Photo of Your Face' | WIRED

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:16:04 UTC

Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload A Clear Photo of Your Face' | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/facebooks-new-captcha-test-upload-a-clear-photo-of-your-face/

Why Do You Need to Learn Javascript? | ProgrammableWeb

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:06:23 UTC

Why Do You Need to Learn Javascript? | ProgrammableWeb https://www.programmableweb.com/news/why-do-you-need-to-learn-javascript/analysis/2017/11/14

Fix for Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.1 root bug - Apple Support

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:03:51 UTC

Fix for Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.1 root bug - Apple Support https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208315

Ink! Coffee's gentrification sign sparks backlash, calls for boycott in Denver

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:06:01 UTC

Ink! Coffee's gentrification sign sparks backlash, calls for boycott in Denver http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/22/ink-coffee-gentrification-joke-denver/

How I dumped cable, saved money and lived to watch plenty of TV - Chicago Tribune

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:25:02 UTC

How I dumped cable, saved money and lived to watch plenty of TV - Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-cable-dumping-netflix-showtime-hbo-streaming-amazon-1129-story.html

81-year-old celebrates 60th year at JPL, becomes longest-serving woman in NASA

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 09:36:14 UTC

81-year-old celebrates 60th year at JPL, becomes longest-serving woman in NASA http://www.pasadenanow.com/main/sue-finley-celebrates-her-60-year-anniversary-at-jet-propulsion-laboratory/

Colorado colleges overflowing with huge wave of computer science students – The Denver Post

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 09:31:13 UTC

Colorado colleges overflowing with huge wave of computer science students – The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/28/colorado-colleges-overflowing-computer-science-students/

Welcome back, sneakernet: Why net neutrality repeal will drive us to the edge | ZDNet

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 09:14:00 UTC

Welcome back, sneakernet: Why net neutrality repeal will drive us to the edge | ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/article/welcome-back-sneaker-net-why-neutrality-repeal-will-drive-us-to-the-edge/

HP quietly installs system-slowing spyware on its PCs

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 08:27:13 UTC

HP quietly installs system-slowing spyware on its PCs (Engadget). https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/28/hp-quietly-installs-system-slowing-spyware-on-its-pcs/ Note: The HP Touchpoint Analytics software was installed on my laptop on Nov. 17, 2017.

A super-fast history of supercomputers: CDC 6600 to today -- HPE.com

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:00:11 UTC

A super-fast history of supercomputers: CDC 6600 to today -- HPE.com https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/a-super-fast-history-of-supercomputers-from-the-cdc-6600-to-the-sunway-taihulight-1711.html

Remembering obsolete technologies makes us feel good

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:42:30 UTC

Remembering obsolete technologies makes us feel good https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/11/the-secret-knowledge-of-obsolescence/546902/

Rails 5.2.0 beta: Easier file uploads with Active Storage

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:22:22 UTC

Rails 5.2.0 beta: Easier file uploads with Active Storage http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2017/11/27/Rails-5-2-Active-Storage-Redis-Cache-Store-HTTP2-Early-Hints-Credentials/

Cassette tapes make a comeback

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:07:28 UTC

Cassette tapes make a comeback https://www.marketplace.org/2017/11/22/business/cassette-tapes-make-comeback

Three Days with Sandi Metz on Practical Object-Oriented Design - Sihui Huang

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:39:42 UTC

Three Days with Sandi Metz on Practical Object-Oriented Design - Sihui Huang http://www.sihui.io/sandi-metz-pood/

Bulma: a modern CSS framework based on Flexbox

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:47:42 UTC

Bulma: a modern CSS framework based on Flexbox https://bulma.io/

Basscss: Low-Level CSS Toolkit

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:45:51 UTC

Basscss: Low-Level CSS Toolkit http://basscss.com/

Spectre.css - a Lightweight, Responsive and Modern CSS Framework.

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:41:58 UTC

Spectre.css - a Lightweight, Responsive and Modern CSS Framework. https://picturepan2.github.io/spectre/

Skeleton: A dead simple, responsive boilerplate.

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:41:09 UTC

Skeleton: A dead simple, responsive boilerplate. http://getskeleton.com/

Cutestrap: A sassy, opinionated CSS Framework. A tiny alternative to Bootstrap.

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:39:58 UTC

Cutestrap: A sassy, opinionated CSS Framework. A tiny alternative to Bootstrap. https://www.cutestrap.com/

Minimal CSS frameworks for coding demos (via Avdi Grimm's Virtuous Code)

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:34:42 UTC

Minimal CSS frameworks for coding demos (via Avdi Grimm's Virtuous Code) -- I am very interested in this. Who wants to code CSS from scratch? http://www.virtuouscode.com/2016/07/10/minimal-css-frameworks-for-coding-demos/

Hanami - a web framework for Ruby that isn't Rails or Sinatra

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 10:38:51 UTC

Hanami is a web framework for Ruby that isn't Rails or Sinatra. Getting started http://hanamirb.org/

The LA Times flirts with unionization, defying its history - Columbia Journalism Review

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:12:29 UTC

The LA Times flirts with unionization, defying its history - Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/los-angeles-times-union.php

The most popular mobile applications built with React Native

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:43:11 UTC

The most popular mobile applications built with React Native https://www.qualium-systems.com/blog/useful-it-articles-and-advices/the-most-popular-mobile-applications-built-with-react-native/

Three tools that help digital journalists save their work in case a site shuts down

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:38:52 UTC

Here are three tools that help digital journalists save their work in case a site shuts down » Nieman Journalism Lab http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/here-are-three-tools-that-help-digital-journalists-save-their-work-in-case-a-site-shuts-down/

Review of Robert Sedgwick's Algorithms, Part I

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:58:53 UTC

Review of Robert Sedgwick's Algorithms, Part I https://sumit-ghosh.com/articles/coursera-princeton-algorithms-data-structures-MOOC/

The Watch Guy watch repair blog

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:42:45 UTC

The Watch Guy watch repair blog is a great site http://watchguy.co.uk/

Extensions, API changes and Reader Mode in Firefox 58

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:26:59 UTC

Extensions, API changes and Reader Mode in Firefox 58 https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/11/20/extensions-in-firefox-58/

Adding Notepad++ to my Windows path allows me to call it in Ruby

Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:25:34 UTC

Adding Notepad++ to my Windows path allows me to both run it from the Windows command prompt and to call it using the system command in Ruby

The Windows 10 terminal is a lot more forgiving than the Windows 7 version

Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:23:31 UTC

The Windows 10 terminal (aka command prompt) is a lot more forgiving than the Windows 7 version, especially when it comes to allowing users to copy/paste into it.

I am upgrading an old laptop from Lubuntu 14.04 to 16.04

Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:46:13 UTC

I am upgrading my ancient IBM Thinkpad R32 (circa 2002) from Lubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. When I booted it today, I didn't know what I would find (Xubuntu, Debian, OpenBSD?)

Virgin Mobile: You pay the taxes. MetroPCS and Boost Mobile: They pay the taxes

Sun, 19 Nov 2017 23:30:21 UTC

Virgin Mobile: You pay the taxes. MetroPCS and Boost Mobile: They pay the taxes

A great Vim cheat sheet

Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:37:56 UTC

A great Vim cheat sheet http://vimsheet.com/

For the three thousand five hundred and thirty seventh time: Technical interviews are broken

Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:23:43 UTC

For the three thousand five hundred and thirty seventh time: Technical interviews are broken https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/three-thousand-five-hundred-thirty-seventh-time-technical-phil-tomson/

Racket is a general-purpose programming language as well as the world first ecosystem for developing and deploying new languages

Sun, 19 Nov 2017 19:20:07 UTC

Racket is a general-purpose programming language as well as the world first ecosystem for developing and deploying new languages https://racket-lang.org/

The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) vs. How to Design Programs (HTDP)

Sun, 19 Nov 2017 18:26:42 UTC

The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) vs. How to Design Programs (HTDP) http://www.teach-scheme.org https://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Papers/Published/fffk-htdp-vs-sicp/paper.pdf #Scheme #FunctionalProgramming

I love Strings by Mail -- they have a great inventory of strings (LOTS of flatwound and classical strings) and offer terrific customer service. Give them a try.

Sun, 19 Nov 2017 17:34:43 UTC

I love Strings by Mail -- they have a great inventory of strings (LOTS of flatwound and classical strings) and offer terrific customer service. Give them a try. https://www.stringsbymail.com/

How to count files in a directory using Ruby - Stack Overflow

Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:09:46 UTC

How to count files in a directory using Ruby - Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6773413/how-to-get-files-count-in-a-directory-using-ruby

Are comments a code smell? Yes! No? It depends.

Sat, 18 Nov 2017 17:34:04 UTC

Are comments a code smell? Yes! No? It depends. https://pragtob.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/are-comments-a-code-smell-yes-no-it-depends/

Everything you should know about React: The basics you need to start building

Sat, 18 Nov 2017 17:30:18 UTC

Everything you should know about React: The basics you need to start building https://medium.freecodecamp.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-react-eaedf53238c4

In favor of commenting your code - from npf.io

Sat, 18 Nov 2017 17:26:14 UTC

In favor of commenting your code - from npf.io https://npf.io/2017/11/comments/

How Vans became the shoes everyone's wearing -- again

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:42:58 UTC

How Vans became the shoes everyone's wearing -- again http://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a13446025/vans-shoes/

Not much I want to tweet today

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:28:57 UTC

Not much I want to tweet today

Small functions considered harmful: Cindy Sridharan

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:46:40 UTC

Small functions considered harmful: Cindy Sridharan https://medium.com/@copyconstruct/small-functions-considered-harmful-91035d316c29

Fedora 28 hopes to improve Linux laptop battery life

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 09:32:27 UTC

Fedora 28 hopes to improve Linux laptop battery life https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-28-Improve-Battery-Life

One-hand watch: intriguing idea, but marketing makes me throw up in my mouth

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:26:09 UTC

One-hand watch: intriguing idea, but marketing makes me throw up in my mouth https://www.slow-watches.com/

JavaScript. The Core: 2nd Edition – ds.laboratory

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:45:44 UTC

JavaScript. The Core: 2nd Edition – ds.laboratory http://dmitrysoshnikov.com/ecmascript/javascript-the-core-2nd-edition/

Who invented the Phillips screw? Henry F. Phillips, 1890-1958

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:27:25 UTC

Who invented the Phillips screw? Henry F. Phillips, 1890-1958 https://jaysteeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/henry-f-phillips-1890-1958/

How to pass a programming interview - Triplebyte Blog

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:57:07 UTC

How to pass a programming interview - Triplebyte Blog https://triplebyte.com/blog/how-to-pass-a-programming-interview

Bootcamps vs. College - Triplebyte Blog

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:55:47 UTC

Bootcamps vs. College - Triplebyte Blog https://triplebyte.com/blog/bootcamps-vs-college

Triplebyte: "We're a small team of people from various backgrounds who want to make hiring better."

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:38:27 UTC

Triplebyte: "We're a small team of people from various backgrounds who want to make hiring better." https://triplebyte.com/about

Vim Tips Wiki: Word wrap without line breaks

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:15:49 UTC

Vim Tips Wiki: Word wrap without line breaks http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Word_wrap_without_line_breaks