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Think globally, microblog locally
Thu, 07 Dec 2017

Amazon wants a key to your house. I did it. I regretted it. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/12/07/amazon-wants-a-key-to-your-house-i-did-it-i-regretted-it/?utm_term=.2ef0fdb98056

The FCC still doesn’t know how the Internet works | Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/12/fcc-still-doesnt-know-how-internet-works

Patreon is shifting processing fees from creators to supporters https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/07/patreon-shifting-processing-fees-creators-to-supporters/

The price of bitcoin has doubled in two weeks, now above | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/07/the-price-of-bitcoin-has-doubled-in-two-weeks-now-above-16k/

The world’s most popular audio file format arrives at Wikimedia https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/12/04/wikimedia-mp3-support/

Forget New York, millennials are flocking to 10 US cities to get a job, buy a home and start a life - Business Insider http://www.businessinsider.com/best-housing-markets-2018-millennial-home-buying-2017-12/

Keylogger found on nearly 5,500 infected WordPress sites https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/keylogger-found-on-nearly-5-500-infected-wordpress-sites/

What we learned in 2017 in science, medicine and health - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/science/what-we-learned-in-2017.html

Why old-school PostgreSQL is so hip again | InfoWorld https://www.infoworld.com/article/3240064/sql/why-old-school-postgresql-is-so-hip-again.html

Taking a second look at the learn-to-code craze https://theconversation.com/taking-a-second-look-at-the-learn-to-code-craze-86597

As Discord nears 100 million users, safety concerns are heard - Polygon https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/7/16739644/discord-100-million-users-safety

Wed, 06 Dec 2017

I booted into my Fedora laptop, and I miss it. It was time to do an update. Even in GNOME Shell, I tend to enjoy using it.

Bitcoin is the revolution – Hacker Noon https://hackernoon.com/bitcoin-is-the-revolution-2aac943acd97

Vine founder Dom Hofmann hints that Vine may be back https://twitter.com/dhof/status/938469576052011008

The '80s software program that made email famous https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mb9ad8/eudora-email

What Have We Learned from the PDP-11? | Dave Cheney https://dave.cheney.net/2017/12/04/what-have-we-learned-from-the-pdp-11

Disqus is acquired by marketing technology company Zeta Global (whatever that is) https://blog.disqus.com/disqus-and-zeta

A Bitcoin Frenzy Like No Other Is Gripping South Korea - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-06/bitcoin-frenzy-like-no-other-has-koreans-paying-a-16-premium

Mon, 04 Dec 2017

Many of my social-media posts originate here http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/updates/

If you do ANY programming and post to Twitter, you should check out the Twitter API. I'm using it to post, and it's way better than relying on a third-party service that wants to charge you for more than 10 posts a day. (That means you, dlvr.it). It's also faster. https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/post-and-engage/overview

I am using Firefox Quantum today for web production (lots of tabs, lots of WP and Google Apps) and it is performing very well. I heard about extensions that will show all tabs w/o scrolling, but they don't work yet with the new version of FF.

The easy guide to changing fonts in Vim | Vim Tips Wiki http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Change_font

Setting the font in the GUI | Vim Tips Wiki http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Setting_the_font_in_the_GUI

Sun, 03 Dec 2017

There is a time like the present http://nautil.us/issue/54/the-unspoken/actually-there-is-a-time-like-the-present

Fri, 01 Dec 2017

Shouldn't em dashes — in Vim, I mean ― be easier? I made these with ctrl-v u 2014.

Special characters in Vim | Arabesque https://sanctum.geek.nz/arabesque/special-characters-in-vim/

Interview with Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress - Mapping The Journey https://www.mappingthejourney.com/single-post/2017/12/01/episode-14-interview-with-matt-mullenweg-founder-of-wordpress/